Show use of dry ice to cut firing costs new principle for shooting guns Is invented DENVER have you heard about the new gas fired pistols rifles and shotguns if youre a sportsman jot down in your notebook to look into this right after the war ray monner of denver a college professor who invented this new firing principle says the ammunition for the new gun will cost about one tenth as much as the guntow I 1 der type and will weigh only one third as much guns never heat with the gas explosive and barrels never have to be cleaned because there are no powder fumes or smokes the recoil is as gentle as a kittens purring and noise noise is is negligible this gun fires carbon dioxide gas otherwise known as or dry ice says monner who is blonde has a pleasant smile and has spent months in washington attempting to adapt the new invention to the U S ardys needs 1 I discovered the firing principle when I 1 was fooling around in my home workshop trying to make a toy he says the first gun I 1 made was just a toy that fired common BB shot similar to compressed air rifles the is carried in a small cartridge that will hold four ounces and will sell for around 1 cents this will fire about 2000 lead pellets of 22 caliber that cost about 50 cents a thousand the pellets are not mounted in a cartridge as a gunpowder propelled slug is but instead are placed in a magazine beside the barrel of the weapon the explosion of each shot of gas propels the pellet through the barrel at about the same velocity as if it w was as fired by gunpowder the recoil is gentler than that of gunpowder because the impact is applied to the slug throughout the entire length of the barrel of the weapon gunpowder applies its impact in virtually one instantaneous blow |