THE NEW ARMY RIFLE. 
In response to many requests I take pleas- 
ure in presenting herewith a p.cture of the 
new 30 caliber army rifle, known as the 
New Springfield. For comparison, I also 
show a cut of the Krag-Jorgensen, which has 
been in use in the army several years, and 
which has now been discarded. ‘The 
new rifle embodies the best features of the 
old one and of the Mauser, and has been 
given exhaustive tests under such condi- 
tions as are likely to be met in active ser- 
vice. Most army officers, as well as 
expert riflemen in the ranks, who have 
used this new arm, are enthusiastic in its 
praise; but, of course, its real value can 
not be known until it shall be subjected to 
actual hard service ia the field and in battle. 
distant the bullet rises 20.67 feet; whereas 
the bullet of the Krag rises 25.8 feet. In 
shooting at a target 300 yards away, with 
the old smooth bore musket, used in our 
army before the Civil War, the bullet rose 
129 feet at its turning point, which was 175 
yards from the muzzle. 
The New Springfield has a killing range 
of 5 miles, though, of course, it is impossible 
to see a man at that distance with the 
naked eye. The rifle is sighted for 3,000 
yards, and is capable of dropping a bullet 
into a line of troops or a camp with deadly 
efficiency, at that range. At 55 feet the 
New Springfield has penetrated 54 inches 
of pine boards, and 6 inches of pine boards 
at 1,500 yards. The new rifle is claimed to 

Upper 
The New Springfield is of the class 
known as the clip-loading magazine gun, 
and is provided with a cut-off which en- 
ables the soldier to use it as a single loader, 
with the contents of the magazine (5 car- 
tridges) held in reserve. 
The new rifle weighs 934 pounds, which 
is about one pound less than the Krag. 
The barrel of the new gun is 24 inches long, 
while that of the old is 32 inches. The 
entire length of the new rifle is 43 inches 
as against 49 inches for the Krag. The bul- 
lets of both rifles are of the same weight, 
220 grains. The powder charge for the 
New Springfield is 43 grains, whereas the 
Krag used 37 grains. This increase of pow- 
der charge gives the New Springfield a muz- 
zle velocity of 2,300 feet a second, which is 
300 feet greater than that of the Krag. 
The new rifle has a flatter trajectory than 
the old. In shooting at a target 1,000 yards 
How’s your wife, 
Rife—THE NEW 
Lower Rife—THE KRAG-JORGENSEN. 
SPRINGFIELD. 
give practically no recoil when fired, and 
this, of course, adds greatly to its possible 
accuracy at all ranges. The barrel of the 
new rifle is entirely encased in wood, which 
gives it a somewhat clumsy appearance, 
but it has been determined by a long series 
of tests in actual service that this plan of 
construction is necessary in order to give 
the arm the highest possible degree of dura- 
bility. 
With the new gun, experts have fired as 
high as 15 shots singly and 5 shots from the 
magazine, in 1534 seconds. 
It will require 60,000 of the new rifles 
to equip the army and navy, and the Spring- 
field armory is capable of turning them out 
at the rate of 250 a day. It is the intention 
to arm the militia of the various States with 
the new rifle, as soon as both branches of 
the regular service shall have been thus 
equipped. 
Blinks? 
Her head troubles her a good deal. 
Neuralgia? 
No; 
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she wants a new hat.—Selected. 
