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ordinary percussion cap, b, against the point of an 

 iron anvil, a, which is confined in its position by 

 a copper broad-flanged cap, c c c c, at the ex- 

 tremity of which there is an aperture, h h, through 

 which the flame is driven which ignites the charge, 



D d is a soft thick wad, e e a thin hard one, 

 which are sown together, and keep the flanged 

 cap, c c, and its contents in position. 



The whole arrangement is very simple, and 

 there is scarcely any possibility of a miss-fire. 



Brothers are now manufactur- 



The " Boxer" 



ing these cartridges under the Patent 



of Colonel Boxer, R.A., of Woolwich Arsenal, 

 for Snider and other systems of breech-loading 

 rifles taking central fire cartridges of '577 and 

 451 bore, they having been adopted by Govern- 

 ment for use with the converted Snider Breech- 

 loading Rifle. 



The inventor states that they possess the fol- 

 lowing advantages : 



