

TERKY AND CALISHER S RIFLE. 



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The upper portion of the engraving (fig. 82) shows the 

 elevation of the rifle when charged ready to be cocked and 

 to have the percussion-cap placed on the nipple. Fig. 83 



FIG. S3. 



SECxft>N OF TEERY A^D CALISHER's RIFLE. 



shows a longitudinal section of the rifle with the chamber 

 open ready to receive the charge; and for the purpose of 

 fully illustrating it, a cartridge and ball are placed in the 

 position they take previously to being fired. The advantages 

 which the patentee states this rifle to possess arc its simplicity 

 and the small number of parts which enter into its construc- 

 tion, its safety, and the impossibility of accident arising from 

 its use with ordinary care; the ease with which it can be 

 loaded, and the rapidity with which it can be fired as com- 

 pared with any other weapon of the kind at present con- 

 structed. There are several peculiarities in the construction 

 of this rifle, and also in the formation of the cartridge, 

 which it will be necessary generally to notice before mi- 



