28 O. N. Rood on Elongated Projectiles. 
long. Mr. Whitworth states, or is reported to state, that he 
succeeds in projecting ball after ball into a circle but little more 
than two inches in diameter, and that he will not rest satisfied 
till he has fired a ball from one of his rifles down the barrel of 
another, placed at that distance! This excessive hopefulness of 
Mr. Whitworth might cause some to hesitate at the story of the 
two inch circle; assuming it however to be true, it may possi- 
bly be shown that the American rifle under like circumstances 
will do as well or better. 
rifle similar to No. 1, (pro- 
vided only with globe and 
bead sights), at a distance 
of 220 yards, in the pres- 
ence of over a hundred 
persons at the yearly tri- 
al of skill held at Wal- 
tham, Mass.—of course in 
the open air. The aver- 
age distance of the shots One-half of full size. 
See tr tte 
In Mr. Whitworth’s by the help of “certain appliances with 
should b n under similar circumstances. The gun was 
< ip accurately into a frame resting upon a perfectly level plane, 
and the recoil was compelled to take place in a line precisely 
* The anterior probability of this statement may perhaps be rendered stronger m 
bY & comparison of the actual with this theoretic deviation. Rufle No. 1 when fired 
in the open air by only moderately skilled marksmen, gave 
Distance. Theoretical Deviation. Actual Deviation. 
110 vd, econ eeee cies i 
220 « 14 Oo 5 Ae 
500 * 3°69 on 
+3'02 a ag 
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