Jan. 7, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



467 



TABULATED SUMMARY OF TRAJECTORY TEST. 















RIFLING. 



No. 



NA3IE. 



Weight 



o.f 

 Rifle. 



Weight 



of 

 Barrel. 



•ength of Barrel. 



Tivist— 

 Uniform or Gain. 



One turn in | 



No. of Grooves. | 



Depth of Gi'oove. 



Width of Groove. 







lb. oz. 



lb. oz. 



in. 





Mi. 









1 



2 





9 



11 



3 11 



38 



U 



30 



6 



.003 



.158 





11 

 9 



1 



5 1 



28 



U 



20 



6 



.003 



.153 



3 

 4 







4 8 



38 



U 



20 



6 



,003 



.138 





8 



3 1 



38 



U 



16 



6 



.003 



.103 



5 



Ballard .40-70 



10 



m 



15 



6 



30 



u 



30 



6 



.003 



.153 



6 

 7 



Ballard .40-85 



10 



6 11 



33 



u 



SO 



6 



.003 



.158 



Reraington-Hep. .40.. 



11 



3 





30 



u 



30 



5 



.0035 



.160 



8 



Remington-Hep. .38.. 



9 





6 8 



30 



u 



18 



5, 



.0035 



.150 



9 



Remington-Hep. .33.. 



7 





4 8 



28 



u 



16 



5 



.003 



.110 



10 





7 





4 8 



36 



u 



30 



5 



.003 



.110 



11 



Remington (Mil ) .50. . 



8 



13 





36 



u 



42 



5 



.006 



.170 















12a 





10 



1 



3 3 



26 



u 



60 



6 



.008 



.160 



13b 





10 



1 



3 2 



26 



u 



60 



6 



.003 



.160 



13 





10 



8 



8 10 



30 



u 



20 



6 



.003 



.143 



14 





10 

 9 





3 14 



28 



u 



40 



6 



.003 



.125 



15 



Winchester .33 



3 



K 



3 9 



24 



u 



30 



6 



.008 



.070 



16a 



BulJard .50 



10 



3 8 



38 



u 



73 



6 



.006 



.175 



16b 



Bullard .50 



10 





3 8 



28 



u 



73 



6 



.006 



.175 



17 



Billiard .45 



9 



14 



3 6 



26 



u 



30 



5 



.004 



.160 



18 



Bullard .40 



10 



1 



3 11 



36 



u 



30 



5 



.005 



.170 





BuUard .38 



8 





3 



26 



XJ 



22 







.005 



.140 



30 



Bullard .33 



8 



8 



3 5 



36 



u 



16 



6 



.004 



.080 



2lA 



Whitney-Kennedy .50 



8 



11 



8 8 



26 



u 



30 



6 



.006 



.160 



3lB 



Whitney-Kennedy .50 



8 



11 



3 8 



26 



u 



30 



6 



.006 



.160 



23 " 



Whitney-Kennedy .40 



10 



5 



3 15 



38 



u 



33 



6 



.006 



.140 



23 



Stevens .38 





2 



4 5 



36 



u 



18 



6 











7 







34 

 35 

 26 



8 



4 2 



83 



IT 



18 



6 







Stevens Hunters' Pet. . 



5 



2 12 



18 



u 



18 



6 



1 



8 



5 



36 



u 



20 



6 



j 



37 





8 



6 



5 4 



29 



u 



38 



6 



.003 



.140 



28 

 29 





8 





30M 

 26 













Colt .33 



7 



8 



3 6 



u 



34 



6 



.004 



.070 



30 



toprmgneia (iMii. ) .4:0.. 



8 



o y 



33 



u 



32 



3 



.005 



.235 



81 





10 



3 



5 4 



30 



u 



30 

 36 



6 



.003 



.120 



32a 



Bland .45 



8 



13 



5 8 



28 

 28 



u 



6 



.007 



.300 



32b 



Bland .46 



8 



13 



5 8 



u 



36 



6 



.007 



.200 



33 



Merrill (Muzzle) .43. . . 



11 



6>i 



8 6 



28 



G 



34 



6 



.010 



.105 



34 



Romer (Muzzle) .43. . . 



14 



12 



11 13 



27 



G 



34 



6 



.010 



.105 



CARTRIDGE. 



.4.5-85-285, Naked, C. F.. TJ. M. C 



.40-60-260, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.38-55-255, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.33-40-165, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.40-70-330, Patched, C. F., Winchester. . . . 



.40-8.5-370, Patched, C. F., U. M. C 



.40-65-335, Patched, C. F., Remington . . . . 



.38-50-330, Naked, C. F., Remington 



.32-40-130, Naked, C. F., Remington 



.33-13-90, Naked, R. F., U. M. C. 



.50-70-450, Naked, C. F., Winchester 



.50-95-312 (Solid), Naked, C. F., Win 



.50-95-300 (Express), Naked, C. F., Win... 



.45-75-350, Naked, C. F., Winchester 



.40-60-310, Naked, C. F., Wmchester 



.33-5-40, Naked, R. F., TJ. M. C 



.50-115-350 (Solid), Naked, C. F., TJ. M. C. . 

 .50-115-800 (Express), Naked, C.F., U.M.C.. 



.45-8.5-390, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.40-70-330, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.38-45-190, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.33-40-150, Naked, G. F., U. M. C. 



.50-95-313 (Solid), Naked, C. F., Win 



.50-95-300 (Express), Naked, C. F., Win... 



.40-60-310, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.38-40-145, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



..32-13-90, Naked, R. F., U. M. C 



.32-9-85, Naked, C. F., Winchester 



.33-5-40, Naked, R. F., U. M. C 



.40-70-340, Naked, C. F., Maynard 



.44-28-314, Naked, R. F., U. M. C 



.33-30-100, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.45-70-500, Naked, C. F., U. S 



.45-70^5, Naked, C. F., U. M. C 



.45-110-310 (SoUd), Patched, C. F., Eley. . . 

 .45-110-375 (Express), Patched, C. F., Eley 



.43-100-313 



.43-130-370 



100- Fard Trajectory. 



300- Fare? Trajectory. 





g 





g 



8 



o 



Yards. 



Yards, 



Yards. 



Yards. 



a 

 1 



Yards. 



inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



inches. 



1.131 



3.135 



1.613 



7.596 



11.236 



9.019 



1.991 



3.453 



3.1C4 



8.120 



11.635 



8.967 



3.134 



3.610 



3.303 



8.356 



11.617 



8.963 



1.773 



3.138 



1.868 



7.163 



10.135 



7.&50 



1.999 



3.453 



3.116 



7.913 



11.069 



8.344 



1.708 



2.061 



1.831 



7.037 



9.893 



7.450 



3.113 



3.630 



3.260 



8.639 



12.117 



9.1.59 



3.236 



3.774 



2.289 



8.853 



13.408 



9.. 371 





X.oKJo 



1.535 



6 298 



8.890 



6.964 



3.154 



3.968 



3.345 



12.937 



18.337 



13.974 



3.333 



3.986 



3.469 



10.050 



13.635 



10.. 530 



1.740 



3.303 



3.210 



7.966 



11.263 



8.513 



3.096 



3.388 



2.156 



8.003 



11.306 



8.493 



1.997 



3.533 



3.159 



8.592 



11.979 



9.359 



1.903 



2.390 



1.973 



8.063 



11.. 511 



9.026 



3.356 



4.209 



8.478 



13.490 



18.933 



14.614 



1.598 



1.817 



1.657 



7.361 



10.289 



7.968 



1.690 



3.047 



1.878 



7.306 



10.493 



8.189 



1.791 



3.210 



1.891 



7.726 



11.127 



8.737 



1.740 



2.157 



1.888 



7.341 

 8.954 



10.503 

 12.691 



8.353 

 9.851 



3.047 



3.443 



2.087 



7.933 



11.842 



8.678 



1.477 



1.178 



1.239 



7.517 



11.024 



8.665 



1.733 



3.530 



1.639 



7.800 



11.569 



9.IO0 



1.964 



3.433 



3.107 



Q QQO 

 O.OVV 



13.044 



y .oyj 



3.065 



3.619 





9.419 



13.588 



10.693 



3.933 



3.746 



8.108 



13.788 



18.018 



18.937 



3.837 



4.955 



3.976 



15.535 



21.987 



16.995 



3.534 



4.495 



3.651 



15.038 



21.070 



16.343 



1.7.58 



3.155 



1.895 



7.957 



11.087 



8.843 



3.499 



4.533 



8.730 



13.979 



19.213 



14.628 



3.316 



3.899 



3.453 



9.683 



13.550 



10.773 



3.835 



3.894 



3.454 



9.406 



13.987 



9.956. 



3.081 



3.630 



3.380 



8.5as 



11.659 



8.893 



1.053 



1.410 



1.383 



5.036 



7.530 



5.793 



1.175 

 1.130 



1.884 



1.383 

 1.373 









1.806 









4.499 



6.899 



4.993 









represented in the table of wind quarter!?. The barometric 

 readings are, of course, familiar to all, and the object in 

 having observations taken -with both wet and dry-bulb ther- 

 mometers was to determine the dew point and then the 

 humidity of the atmosphere. The dew point is that at which 

 the density of the vapor in the air becomes equal to the 

 maximum density corresponding to the temperature. This 

 temperature is called the dew point of the given mass, and 

 any further reduction of temperature will be accompanied 

 by the condensation of a portion of the vapor which will 

 take the form of dew, rain, snow, or hoar frost, according to 

 circumstances. The humidity is that condition of the air, 

 as regards moisture, which gives the ratio of the amount of 

 vapor present in the air to the amount which would saturate 

 the air at the actual temperature. It is upon this that our 

 sensations of dryness or moisture chiefly depend. It is some- 

 times called relative humidity, and it is usually expressed in 

 a percen tage. For instance if the weight of vapor present is 

 seven-tenths of that required for saturation, the humidity is 

 said to be 70 per cent. It will be seen that this has an im- 

 portant bearing upon the condition of the interior of the lifle 

 barrel, especially when, as in these tests, the firing was done 

 with a dirty barrel likely to be clogged by caking powder 

 scum. All the calculations in connection with the meteoro- 

 logical conditions surrounding the test were made by an 

 officer connected with the U. 8. Signal Service, and may be 

 relied upon. 



We wish in closing to again call attention to the fact that 

 we were in no wise making a trial of the accuracy of the 

 nies kindly placed in our care. Had we been inclined to 

 mare any such, which we were not, an entirely different 

 plan of operations would have been adopted. Hence it ig 



that there are no targets published. It would have been not 

 only unfair and misleading to make such exhibits, but they 

 would have needlessly encumbered the record. Each rifle is 

 undergoing a continuous test for accux'acy. Our rifle 

 scores, published from week to week of what is going on 

 upon scores of ranges, are simply returns of accuracy tests, 

 of course with a test of personal marksmanship attached, 

 and without this latter we know of no satisfactory machine 

 for making such a test. Nothing has yet been devised 

 which can take the place of the human rifle holder. There 

 is a nice poise and counterpoise in a rifle held to the shoul- 

 der, firmness and steadiness before the discharge, give and 

 balance after recoil sets in, which it is impossible to simulate 

 by any combination of swinging frames and slides and 

 springs. All this is essential when an accuracy test is car- 

 ried on, and these each marksman must conduct personally 

 for his own information if he would got any knowledge of 

 value to himself. 



The tables which we present bring the list of trajectory 

 heights into convenient form for immediate comparison, and 

 many other facts are there set forth in a shape for ready ref- 

 erence. 



In concluding, we tender our thanks again to the 

 several rifle companies who have so kindly sent arms for 

 the trial, and in some cases, we regret to say, got them back 

 rather the worse for wear; to Gall & Lembke, opticians, of 

 Union square, for the several instruments by which the sci- 

 entific observations of the weather were taken; to the Fair- 

 banks Scale Company, for a pair of balances by which the 

 weights of the rifle, complete, were taken as tested. The 

 officers of the National Rifle Association placed a portion 

 of the Oreedmoor range at our disposal, and we were thus 



enabled to carry on our trial, which is of world-wide im- 

 portance in many respects, upon a range which has been in 

 the past the scene of many international contests. 



OUR GRIZZLY CUBS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Noticing an invitation extended by you to your friends to 

 advise you as to the disposition of your bears, and trusting I 

 have the honor to be numbered among your friends, I beg to 

 suggest that yow send them to me. I would confine them in 

 a natural rock-walled basin of several acres in extent, from 

 which it would be impossible for them to escape. When 

 they art old enough to appreciate such favors, I will engage 

 to feed them a man a month, or of tener. We have some 

 deerhounders here whose occupation is gone. They would 

 gladly be fed to respectable bears, and are good for 'nothing 

 else, hardly for that, for they have grown wretchedly lean 

 since the law took effect. When the bears have grown old 

 enough and savage enough to be worthy foes, we will turn 

 them out with Mr. Roosevelt and his critics, and let the best 

 man or bear win. To give the bears a perfectly fair cbance, 

 I will agree to keep out of the fight myself. Hoping that 

 this suggestion may open a way to you of relieving yourself 

 of the care of such troublesome pets, I have the honor to be 

 very truthfully yours, Joseph Vekitt, Maj. U.S.H.M. 



Adironda, Jan. 4, 1886; 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



If the grizzlies crossed with Holsteins would produce good 

 milkers, they could be used to advantage in the war between 

 the farmers and the milk exchange. If otherwise, hold 

 another trajectory test at once, and without regard to 

 barometer, thermometer, dew point or wind, try a Winches- 

 ter on them over a three-yard range. Wawayanda. 



A Bear Score.— Cheboygan, Mich., Dec. 28.— Your ar- 

 ticle in last issue on the bear question has almost persuaded 

 me to try my hand at it. I now have thirty-four bears to 

 jtny credit, tillf; within t|je l^t four years.—CooPBB. 



