Pleasant Grove Review | 1940-09-06 | Page 3 | Fires 10,000 Shots a Minute, Silently

Fires 10,000 Shots a Minute, Silently ) ' v f , s 'I ti-,:. I rati - v -x i 1 1 - ' , LlijlJ--L-i- , 1 N Put through a test by its two inventors, William Hale and Durand Beam, this rifle fired 10,000 shots per minute with absolutely no noise. The rifle operates with compressed air. It reduced three-inch oak planks to kindling and turned airplane armor plate into steel mosquito netting. It resembles a sub-machine gun, and when it starts firing the barrel gets cooler instead of heating up.