Table I .—Principal Descriptive Data about the Small-arms in use. 
Austria.* 
®CD Cl'S C « 
Werndl re¬ 
gulation pat¬ 
°'°oo r "ao § & 
terns of 1867 
£ carver ?! 
and 1873. 
WeriD 
verted 
rifle 0 
verted 
Converted arms. 
Germany. 
Mauser, 
pattern of 
1871. 
France. 
Gras, 
pattern of 
1874. 
England. 
Martini- 
Henry. 
Russia. 
Berdan 
II. 
Italy. 
Vetterli. 
Spain. 
Remington 
Switzer¬ 
land. 
Vetterli 
repeater. 
Austria. 
The 
Wanzl. 
Russia. 
The 
Krnka. 
11 
11 
11-43 
10-66 
10-4 
11 
10-4 
13-9 
15-24 
4 
4 -i 
< 6 
4 
6 
4 
4 
4 
A millimetre = of an in. 
(nearly). 
1 gramme = 15-43 grs. troy 
(7000 to 1 lb. avordupois) 
1 kilogramme = 2-2 lbs. avr. 
Calibre .millim. 
("Humber. 
Form . 
If 
0 h Depth, 
O . 
I Length in mitres of 
L one complete turn 
/-Closing ..., 
Mechanism < 
s. Striking.... 
Length of arm.mitres 
Weight of arm.kils. 
Form 
Length in calibres... 
Diameter ...millim. 
Weight.grms. 
^Sectional density ... 
rectangular concentric. 
link-lock (flat spring). 
1-004 
M1867—4-5 
1—4-17 
cylindro-ogival. 
grooved. 
2-04 
20-2 
0-20502 
Action of the grooves .. 
Charge.grms. | 
Wgt.ofthe cartdg....grms. j 
Muzzle velocity ...mitres. | 
Sighted up to paces.5 
Carbine 2-1 
Kifle 31-7 
Carbine 29-2 
Rifle 436 
Carbine 298 
Rifle 1400 
Carbine 600 
11-0 
24-0 
0-2436 
cylindro- 
ogival, 
smooth. 
jheptagonal 
0-3 0-185 
0-56 0-559 
block. 
spiral spring, 
1-18 I 
4-0 
smooth. 
2-5 
: io-8 1 
0-27 
0-55 
4-35 
smooth cylinder, 
hemispherical head. 
2-7 
11-43 
319 
2100 
paper wrapper, set up and compression. 
430 
2100 
2-5 
10-8 
24 
0-2500 
5 
39-3 
436 
1600 
1-345 
4-35 
rectangular concentric 
0-2 0-25 
0-66 
block. 
direct. 
1-30 
4-075 
bolt 
spiral spring 
1-30 
4-7 
grooved cylinder, 
hemispherical head. 
2-4 
10-8 
20-4 
0-2245 
set up and 
expansion 
2-5 
11-4 
25-1 
0-2498 
set up and 
2-45 
10-8 
20-4 
0-2245 
set up and 
expansion, 
432 
1333 
cylindro- 
ogival, 
grooved. 
1-5 
14-3 
0-1850 
do. with 
expanding 
patch. 
1-87 
15-2 
36-87 
■ 0-1840 
Tt 
ion. ) 
set up. 
n 
and set up 
5-07 
55-04 
327 
The rifles and carbines are being converted at the same rate to Are the strengthened cartridge of 1877. 
Table II .—Mean Result of Fire with Arms of 0'43-in. calibre, with a bullet of 370 to 380 grs., and a charge of 76 to 80grs. 
Distance. 
Radius of the circle 
containing 50 p.c. 
of hits. 
Total dispersion. 
Per-centage of hits on a 
target of the height of a 
In height. 
In breadth. 
man and representing a 
company column. 
paces. 
ins. 
mitres. 
mitres. 
400 
10 to 12 
— 
- 
— 
600 
14-5 „ 16 
... 4 
- 
- 
800 
1000 
2-8 „ 3-2 
2-4 „ 2-5 
60 to 80 
40 „ 50 
Bullets fired at planks about 1 in. 
thick, placed at small intervals apart, 
go through 
1200 
3-8 „ 4-4 
2-6 „ 3-0 
30 „ 40 
7 to 8 at 600 yds. 
4 to 6 « 900 yds. 
1400 
6-0 „ 7-0 
3-6 ,, 4-0 
20 „ 30 
At 2600 yds., direct hits go through a 
1-in. plank. 
1600 
- 
7-6 „ 9-0 
4-6 „ 6-0 
15 „ 20 
1800 
- 
12-0 „ 14-0 
6-0 „ 7-0 
10 „ 20 
2000 
- 
18-0 „ 20-0 
7-6 „ 8-0 
9 „ 15 
THE SMALL-ARMS OF EUROPE. S THE SMALL-ARMS OE EUROPE. 
