THE CHATEAUVILLIER GUN. 



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The plug d is 

 shown in fig. 60, 

 where e represents 

 the point of the 

 needle which strikes 

 the cap on the car- 

 tridge. Beneath this 

 is the lock, in which 

 f represents one 

 striker just dis- 

 charged, the other be- 

 ing still cocked. The 

 cock g h is drawn 

 forward on the cen- 

 tre g, in order to 

 half-cock or full-cock 

 the gun, but unfor- 

 tunately it is so ar- 

 ranged that the two 

 locks are not inde- 

 pendent, and both 

 must be cocked to- 

 gether, though there 

 are separate triggers. 

 As, however, the 

 loading is effected at 

 the breech the dan- 

 ger is not so great 

 as it would be in a 

 muzzle-loader. Still 

 the plan is very ob- 

 jectionable. 



The c'irtridye used 

 with this gun is 

 similar to that of 

 Mr. Needh:im, ex- 

 cepting that it con- 

 tains a cap placed 

 with the cup to- 

 wards the powder. 



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