166 Testing the Value of Guns ~by Firing under Water. 



TABLE No. 1. 



PARTS. 



NO 



. 1. 



NO. 



2. 



Weight of cartridge 



Grains. 

 676 119 



• firams. 

 43 81 



Grains. 

 679 36 



Grams. 

 44 02 







" ofpofvder 



68 00 



450.380 



152.169 



5 570 



4.406 



29 170 



9 860 



.374 



68 630 



450.489 



156 490 



3.751 



4 447 



of bullet 





" of brass case 



10 140 



" ofparaffine 



243 







Total 



676 119 



43 81 



679.36 



.44 02 



II. The Springfield Model (or U. S. Army Eifle) .38 in. 

 caliber (14.7mm). Barrel 39.1-8 in. (1.0033m.) long. The 

 cartridges used were manufactured by the Winchester Co., 

 being very inferior to those manufactured by Remington — at 

 least ' one-half missed fire. The proportion of powder varied 

 considerably, as the following table shows : 



TABLE NO. 2. 









PARTS. 



No 



1. 



No 



.2. 



Weight of cartridge 



Grairs. 

 778 579 



Grams. 



.50.449 



Grains. 

 765 939 



Grama. 

 49 63 



" of powder 





90.000 

 542 627 

 131.026 



14.926 



5 838 

 35 225 

 8 49 

 .896 



84 727 



542 006 



129.328 



1 8 .565 



U 313 



5 490 



of bullet 





of brass case 



8 380 



of filling* and paraffine 



i .555 





i 085 



Total 



778.579 



50.449 



765 9.9 



49 63 



* The bullets were hollow to half their height 



—the cavit 



y being fil 



led with a 



substance 



resembling white lead or putty. 



III. The Spanish Model 

 35.1-8 in. (.9017m.) long. 



TABLE NO. 3. 



433 in. caliber (11mm.). Barrel 



PARTS. 



No 



1. 



No 



2. 



Weight of cartridge 



Grains. 

 605.127 



Grams . 

 39.21 



Grains. 

 612.69 



Grams. 









72.4579 



384 8990 



144.6070 



3 1639 



4.695 



24.940 



9.370 



.205 



73.121 



388 988 



147.848 



2.733 





of bullet 

















Tokl 



605.1279 



39.21 



612 69 



39.7 



The target consisted of a white-pine board 3 ft. high, 10 in. 



