-TrLT 12, 1883.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



471 



receivi Iclleti from toesi muirtere. th&oUing me for whal littte I 

 Imvc »« fi>i-<- s.-.i.i r->i Hi. in in v.. in obium.-. and askfne roe to say 



n...i. u. tle-ir lietl.-.lf. I now ,1m so Willi M , ... for 1 



I. now Iheir wishes and waHts. ami thi- Imi I crwn sad 



experience under 111 • 



Tin iii I. I.... I.- i- ii-irky, iin.i ii nowhere gives rnii satisfai Hon 



A., a hunting i ill.- ii never has hoon sal i-f <,l..i \ . though man-. :-.- i' 

 esp,vi.',ilv in in.- \\'..-i . i'..: large and dangerous game, ami ann'.i th,- 

 Inistil.> Indians. So would 1 under like eircumstam ..s, « I. 

 pri-servnlmii in lli ( . nr-l ..l.j... I in vi-w . And vet it has lii"Mi mi l rial 



f..r..v..,|..,ti tears ].-,.|-'i„sta .-.■«• wlial' vonr well known em- 



i. -p.-mhiu. ". n : .-|,!..|i I '..-v -av ami Vr Van Hvkr» author 



..I' Hint mo -I iitl.r. >; iiii_- I k. 11.. si'li Hunter." have to -av ali..nl 



II. In M u.m.I. Ilii-v .'..i,.|..|„n iK high .in v.- anil mini ..f -I .M.fin. - . in 

 slin.oinc. unci vi-i ih.-\ a..- a in. i. c mir in. <t pi minimi, I Imntors in Mm 



W. -I I'r-n in. mi a ' ul,,. dare I l,ii- I in.. ,.in ami loll what 



lll.'.V kllnn They hlivehe.-l, ...v.ili. .•.., I -..,.||, anil il will sprint ll|> 



"" ■'"' r 1 I'ruit. Wi- waul many niori- ■■! in-t -noli nun I 



- I> Li th.. I •■.... I an.l i a k ■' km .nn Hi.' iHfo.-ls .. I' i his rillo, for 



such ii lias. I ..r. . I,. | Mioiti rise fr,.ni . ,. -i\ l, oh ami lira I . ami p,,nr 

 ,, i..,„. m.hiinns. until ,i f.|.-t.. 



h..]H , ..fig .. l|i< piihl'i. .-.ii, w'. II endure 



Wot i -•ii-...iM-li,..l I mil. il, i- villi ill |.,,„i„. .... ■., 



«.- .ii... u ,,r war. 

 Now lei tin- makers of timso I'long-range" ami "fuld range - ' rifles, 



Which ar- hut lull, nam. .1 in ih> nlrv. mm their at lunlion to 



makiiighu, g rit|. s I.ol I hem slm c. to ,'nnl.e 



,il,|..| Ih. ■ niuz,de I. .ail,- 1 I... ,1,-a.h an.l . lose -1 



,. I, , 



'lilill lif pOS- 

 I for ..lu- 

 ll ill this, 

 i durable, 

 9 vale all 



Air i. 

 ' :r. projectile :,:.:; 



10 lOO.tr pr..j. .-lib-. ... .'..-ill 



•15— 4KH gr. pi'...j.'. lih- 3.063 



la 10.", gr. projectile . 8.600 



Snlhal I In- proposed 10 . alilioi-lnilgraiii pr.,j.oti|o is ahe.i.l..i all 

 the military pi ■,..),-. -lil.-s, hul inforior I., tlm l,,ng-ronge ",',,, grain I. ,11 

 !•■■- wuh i In- informal inn furnish.., I bj ' S- | o 



the 



•ains. this - 



• •i.-l 



Ml, he 



v HI t- 





favorable of "am 

 wondered thai -u 

 In-, n informed ih 



ri inarkl'd lll.ll h 



longer, il would I 



, Ml 1,600 f. B." is his I: 



that <-an be realized fro 



o'T. el" Ihan .-i r of ih- 

 is nut tin- proportion o 



salon* n.-ll 



fori,. Huso thing* n 

 pon.h-nt- have w it: 

 i.st ih first articl 

 nij luiuii-. nor did I 



llll r.lilnr. 



I hnv |..,! ,.. 



nn- llu- game ror w,-i 

 hut. on ih, other h • 

 Other times for its e 



Take ii all in all. i 

 the nm/..-!.' 1,-a-ior, p,.u i.-i 



New R.., m,i.i, K , N. Y- Mi 



t nt the request of 



< soini-linn-s 1..-I I., 



ips from a misfire. 

 ialu.rje.ed in ga at 



all kinds ol eao 



nil- . in i |,-,p, r ..,, 

 i . ina-l. 

 Aeursorv reading .-i 



m I f the best o: 



h.atl been , loinmi need 

 Ame 



MILITARY RIFLES. 



tin -ani, I. ...t - i;. ii..., I SepoF," in v,„u issue of 



I forth I,,,,,,-..,, n. ms f n regard to indil.-in 



Maleln.i. ih- t'..i|..wiiig 



hat I did n, a iliseiiss Ulu 



vain, Tin. 



i.f the 



K EVER 111 Nt, 

 April 5, vall-.l fori It In in, .u..e...li,„,s iniegard !■, mililan 

 ' dug Rillr "'-■•••- ■■ •■ -■■■ 



hl'.-ot. 



FSrdii 



rill.. 



ienl c 





'I'hi 



at.-1'i'o with I 



the .!•-• ■-rnii 



. -inli-.o-, I 

 French . 



iuiMiur, 



I 



mill,, oi 



fouliri 

 tnfon 



Lbeii 



hi,,. 







makei 



iroi i. 



rmedhv Mr. Carlos Gove, the noted ri 



, ■;■,.,■, Virir ii-i—isiisi '. ■. -I ,,.;,- ;:■ 



proportion, 



, i , i ii . .i !■ ■,- ri I, 



■ rsl in 



1 ;i. , i 



MaiorSl.i. 

 .the Muii-i 



of projeetfli 





produue a 



without. SOU 



powder, a- 1 



ments nilli s 



Since the i 





ml the it i, ) 



'-. pr 



Witt l,\ the llritisliOi 

 First ., i to aeeuraev.' -The B :■-. t I h 



' he air bu the inotioj • '-n- 



authority in the scientific world, The . 



,. il in ii, - '.,.. ;. i ,-.;-, ,f the air (takiii- Into m id Oie 



i-leniHiils ,,f Cm v,-eii»lit ami . • 1 1 Ili.-i- of tin- pr ..,,. - i 



as tin- sip.iare of Ih.-ilia for. an. I inversely as the 



projei-lilo: oi'iuni',. I; i edasthe of each projectifje, 



il-- the iliaineler in iuilii-s, ami w Hie weight iu ponmls. So that 

 iUCt Of '_' ri'presenti-d relatively the least air resistance of 



i -, ,,,-..„. tile. 



t. si iil\ '1 .-,-:. i i , .■■ r-iiui,-,. ;.: an index of 



■■■ it 



ci ra 3 ' i ic 1 iMoi thi element of veloe- 



,1, I'll, ■ : UOOll 



. --.-i- i- • i -a -.- ,,!■■ ,. 1 from Qiese experiments to 





- ii ,i 1 nil - is, is i tllOi s and l^SOf.s. As up to 



- , ,'- .0 ' . I,' - ■■, ii their known initial 



ranges of I, W 



velocities pass i 



hroiiKii litis zone c>t ,e rea 1 est air resistance, this ele- 

 ee can he oujil.teii ill the .-.Olilp ii I 1. 





several balls wi 



a- to accural.'"/: 



charge. 



'I'l.e I. 

 shim tils 



!u'"i!ari 



i.l ;tl I lit 1 ill i : '//,1c ;linl ill I ,' , ')i> v .ls. , w ith I lie s] ili."«l .-li*irj;i- . . 



r .in-l wtiieiit oi piojoctiii 



ii i 



1 1 



Aceuraey. * 





- 



Volo-jies of 



i:.,-]i.n'.si,,i, 





Total work 



I, 



realized. 



Vcloeit" 



f. S. ' g 



gravimetric donsitj' or the 



he itSbSitV of fhes, ises 



.ni uintsture, .to .... 



wifli liiiitrrs. powder and a 



No. I, the fa',, rin- long-range ball. By Imvi 

 to moit. should shiioi accurately 1; istou 



e- in ,1 ,ii I tic i ;es will give il a trial. I 



....;,. ... ,- as... , 



tin,) ltd 

 This nn 

 powder 



priijeoti 

 powder 

 l.s:tif. . 

 inch. 'J 

 e.vpei-in 

 its pr,, j, 

 Mlilait-is 

 pltohed 



per Ih. ( 



pi,.,I l.y 



useil in 



e 100-ton Armstn 



caliber, tinalilied 



1 lake it he will ii 



hi . Ii" ilr- 



spit ! hall i,o he wiiltihle 



Ml ()l .'ml el-efiil 



to all of close .ii',. 1 1 it ., 



express charges. 

 n as to whether the i, p,,il 



■ pr 



Its 



,i. there i no i 



i-i.tuplieniion-ol i, i, -ech mechanism, Th 



as rapid l.i a , ., , used, oil ac 



barrel, while he set ,,i leading -with 1 



■i. .|. ,. ,.,,,, b ji . i. i i,, a and his ft 



m.ii'e effeeiively The rapidity of m 



Ilyd iddes caiiipnigi 



