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seen extremely good practice made at short ranges; but 

 there must of necessity be an escape of gas quite as great as 

 in the revolver, which has the advantage of permitting five 

 or six shots in rapid succession. If, therefore, the escape is 

 not objectionable to the sportsman, I should advise a 

 revolving rifle with five or six chambers in preference to this, 

 with only one. Still, Mr. Leetch's rifle has the advantage 

 of using the Government ammunition, and on that account 

 it will be valuable to sportsmen on distant stations, 



WESTLEY RICHARDS' NEW RIFLE. 



A patent was taken out in 1858, by a celebrated gun- 

 maker of Birmingh im, for a breech-loading carbine, which, 



i lA UK HAUD3 1 NEW RIFLE, OPEN (lIALP SIZE), AND SECTION OF THK 

 BARKEL (FULL SIZE). 



as recently modified, has given great satisfaction to the Small 

 Arms Committee, and for some purposes is likely to be useful 



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