140 
shipment promptly to the Chief of Ord- 
nance of the Army. 
“Very respectfully, 
SW. ©. eiALIy 
“Acting Adjutant-General.” 
In the Division of the Philippines the de- 
fective ammunition will be turned in to the 
Manila Ordnance Depot and the reports of 
shipment sent through the Chief Ordnance 
Officer of the Division. 
By Command of Major-General Wade. 
W. A. Simpson, 
Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General, 

GAS OPERATED FIREARM. 
735,131. Gas Operated Firearm. Samuel 
N. McClean, Washington, Iowa. Filed 
Jan. 20, 1898. Serial No. 667,361. 
e & 

ee ee 

SR BEBRE RE SEE SS SS eo 
AVVUVIANVNN 
(| 
\ 
WS SRAM OAHOH 
Da kann 
Wh 
an 





WAT 
ry 
wo 

§ 
r\ 

N 
ON 
oe 
AW 
MMQnani 
SAQHY ANY AMANO AAV Vg 
2 
> = 
et» 
wx = 
SNES SY 
M9 
a 
ms Secs 
2 
Claim.—In a breech loading gun, the 
combination of a barrel and a receiver, with 
a reciprocatory and rotary breech block, a 
slide operatively engaging said block to re- 
ciprocate and rotate said block to lock and 
unlock it, and means actuated by the gases 
of explosion and imparting movement to 
said slide, etc. 

ANSWERING HENRY WIGGIN. 
I have had a 25-20 carbine, and have used 
it constantly more than a year with no trou- 
ble whatever. I made over the carbine 
RECREATION. 
stock and put on a Swiss plate, removed 
carbine rear sight and put on a Lyman 
No. 2 with cup, also removed carbine 
front sight and put on a windgauge, with 
aperture pinched and ivory bead. I cut 
off forearm and magazine; took off the 
strap holding magazine and fastened it to 
the barrel with a dowel. Have eased up 
trigger pull to about 3% pound. This made 
considerable slashing, but the result ob- 
tained is gratifying. 
I have used this gun for woodchucks, 
and had no trouble getting them, within 
reasonable range. Have also shot it over 
200 yard range, loading bullet in barrel 
separately, using 22 or 23 grains semi- 
smokeless, with 75 or 86 grain bullet, with 
good results, taking into consideration that 
st a light weight gun and not a target 
rifle. 
For a gallery load I use 1%, 3 or 4 grains 
Laflin & Rand Infallible, with 65, 75 or 86 
grain bullet, preferably 75 grain, made fairly 
hard. This powder should be weighed, as 
a slight variation will raise or lower the 
bullet accordingly. I also use nitro primer 
and crimp bullet well in shell. 
Altogether it makes a fine all around gun 
and a good caliber to experiment with. 
H. B. Johnson, Syracuse, N. Y. 

ADJUSTABLE GUN STOCK. 
Adjustable Gun Stock. Joe C. 
Filed Jan. 9, 
138,374. (No 
729,030. 
Yount, Thayer, Iowa. 
1903. Serial No. 
model. ) 

Claim.—In a gun, the combination with 
the stock having a semicircular concavity 
in its outer end, of a lock chamber having 
a semicircular shaped end adapted to en- 
gage the semicircular concavity in the end 
of said stock, circular depressions formed 
in the sides of the end of said lock cham- 
ber, plates having one end fixed to said 
stock, their cpposite ends being adapted to 
engage the circular depressions formed in 
said lock chamber, serrations formed in 
the faces of said depressions and similar 
serrations formed on the contiguous faces 
of said plates, whereby said parts are pre- 
vented from slipping, and means for clamp- 
ing said plates in said depressions. 
