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THESURAPPER’S GUIDE; 
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[FEB. 10, 1906. 
Pressure in tons per sq.in. Time up Velocity over 
—- —, barrel. 20yds. inft. 
At lin At 6in. ec, per sec. 
Le oeeisn 3.10 1.47 -0036 1085 
72 ie 3.54 1.41 0039 1041 
Oaleieiesien 3.42 1.47 -0030 1039 
eeeoma aR 3.34 1.59 -0034 1100 
Av. 3.35 1.49 -0035 1066 
It will be seen that the pressure was distinctly high 
for the time of year, and that the velocity varied be- 
tween the wide extremes of 1039 and 1100 f.s. There is, 
however, nothing in the above results which is sugges- 
tive of deficiency of power. It accordingly became ap- 
parent that the most probable explanation for the two 
cartridges which went wrong as above was the omission 
to insert during the loading process the full charge of 
powder. Experiments have shown that the cap alone is, 
as a rule, insufficiently strong to force open the turn- 
over and push the shot into the barrel; but a few grains 
of added powder—say, five on the average—will so far 
supplement the strength of the cap as to deliver the 
| charge into the barrel, leaving it a varying number of 
inches in front of the chamber. Some experiments re- 
cently conducted by Messrs Holland and Holland cover- 
ing this very point were forwarded to this office for 
filing among our general information. The experiments 
in question fully confirmed the above assumption as to 
the number of grains which will produce the result in 
question, and we believe that other tests, conducted by 
Mr. Griffith, indorse the same view. 
The forty-eight cartridges which remained after the 
above proof tests were carefully analyzed with a view to 
ascertaining the nature of their contents. Regarding 
the shot charge, four contained exactly 140z., and the 
remainder a few grains more or less. The extreme 
regularity of the shot charges showed that the machine 
in use was performing in a most satisfactory manner. 
Of forty-three measurements which were carefully 
analyzed in tabulated form, there were nineteen with an 
aggregate of 99grs. above the nominal charge, and twenty 
with li6grs. below, this giving the extremely small mean 
deviation of about two pellets per charge. Applying the 
same process of examination to the powder charges, the 
results were not by any means so satisfactory. We give 
herewith in descending order of magnitude the forty- 
eight powder charges which were recovered from the 
cartridges in question: 
Analysis of the powder contained in forty-eight car- 
tridges, the charges being in descending order: 
Grs. Grs. Grs. Grs. Grs. Grs. 
44.0 43.0 42.1 41.8 41.5 40.7 
44.0 ° 42.8 42.1 41.8 41.5 40.5 
44.0 42.5 42.0 41.8 41.5 40.5 
43.9 42.5 42.0 41.7 41.5 40.2 
43.5 42.5 42.0 41.6 - 41.3 40.0 
43.3 42.4 42.0 41.6 41.2 39.5 
43.2 42.4 42.0 41.6 40.9 39.5 
43.1 42.2 41.8 41.5 40.8 36.4 
Although no single cartridge contained a charge run- 
ning down to anything approaching the smallness of 
weight which would cause the shot to remain in the 
barrel, there is evidence of an amount of variation which 
cannot but be regarded as giving evidence of incompe- 
tent loading. There is a difference of 7.6grs. between 
the highest and the lowest charge, and when such dif- 
ferences exist it is impossible to say what further vari- 
ations might be found from examining a larger number 
of cartridges. A loading machine of approved type, and 
adjusted with ordinary care, should repeat the nominal 
charge with a maximum variation of %4%gr. each way. 
The best-equipped loading establishments aim at, and 
regularly achieve, a uniformity of charge represented 
by plus and minus limits of 1-5 gr. Here, however, any 
series of five cartridges picked out haphazard might 
easily contain, as the five we first examined did con- 
tain, the following extraordinary series of charges: 43.9, 
40.8, 41.5, 40.9, 39.5; average, 41.3. Highest charge gives 
plus 2.6grs., lowest charge gives minus 1.8grs. uch 
loading easily explains the velocity variations noticed in 
the above proof gun results. The chance of finding a 
cartridge containing a mere pinch of powder being about 
1 in 47, the odds were slightly against finding another 
in the fifty-two rounds submitted by our correspondent. 
To this extent positive evidence of a cartridge con- 
taining only a few grains of powder does not exist, ex- 
cept in regard to the fact that one barrel was burst 
and another only missed the same fate by the _ provi- 
dential care of the shooter. However, one safe rule may 
be adopted in all inquiries of this character, viz., that 
when the cartridge is under suspicion a finding of not 
guilty cannot be given so long as there is sufficient evi- 
dence of bad workmanship to show that the requisite 
minimum of care in the process of loading has not been 
exercised.—_The Field (London). 
Rifle Range and Gallery. 
Fixtures. 
Feb. 12-17—Grand Rapids, Mich.—Indoor Twenty-two 
Caliber Rifle League of the United States tournament. 
Chas. J.) Otis) Cor. ‘Sec’y. 
March 12-17—New York.—One hundred shot indoor 
championship. 
Rifle Notes. 
Last week Barney Zettler, who, with his brother 
Charles G., founded the old Zcttler Rifle Club of this 
city, and his wife, celebrated their fortieth wedding an- 
niversary at their home in Brooklyn. 
The Lady Zettler Rifle Club held its regular meeting 
at headquarters, 159 West Twenty-third street, this city, 
the evening of Jan. 27, but instead of shooting, as usual, 
the members held a formal reception, which was well 
attended by its friends of both sexes. 
