98 CENTRAL FIRE RIFLE. 



Westle ^ r ' Westley Richards has also in- 



Central Fire vented a most excellent central-fire 



Military 



Rifle. military breech-loading rifle, containing 



the ignition in the cartridge, which promises to su- 

 persede all other systems. But notwithstanding 

 that the Duke of Cambridge's prize for breech- 

 loading arms had been won for seven years in 

 succession with rifles of his manufacture, he with- 

 drew it from competition at the late Wimbledon 

 meeting this year, because Mr. Henry's rifle, 

 which is not a military arm, was put in compe- 

 tition with it. 



Compared with the Snider Enfield, it has the 

 advantage of being considerably lighter. The 

 Snider Enfield and sixty rounds of ammunition 

 weighing 2^ Ibs. heavier than "Westley Richards' 

 rifle and its sixty rounds. 



For rapidity of fire it cannot be surpassed, as 

 twenty shots per minute can easily be fired with 

 it; and its accuracy of shooting is the same as 

 that of his well-known breech-loader, which super- 

 seded the Terry rifle in the Services, and has 



