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\)hii i r \.ovc the,irine iO tf.;s.tom «. «Vc.’FORMat they ve line.deeper.S mb ter sting experiments were tried a day or two since with a new fire arm. with the most sati'f.iet ry rt suits. I he weapon is known as H. . -y *s Ra .: * Rrp'titir^ Rifle, manufacture ] by the New Haven Arms Clt; mpany. It is capable ofbeii g fired fifteen times in rapid su cession afteror.ee loaded, which operation takes no ngi r time than udii g a Springfield niU'ket with a single cartridge. I re firingwas done bv Colon,el I^ifavette C. Baker, the»* *c Chief (Tf t lie Government Detect m a pi set • of Captai• Bi ckt ... J bn \\ .Rat d ai J other military and -cientifie experts. Thirtv shots were fired in a minute anti one-third, at a distance of ere hundred yards, and the thirtv bullet holes in the target could be covered by a piece of paper six inches square. It will do execution at a rai ge of over one th /.sand yards. The agvnt. Morris, has called 'he attcnti n of the Government to it. who are so well pleased with it that they have deter-t: : t i *o ~c- r a quantity of them. With such arcs in their hards, a regiment of soldiers w u d be equal to ten regiments with ordinaryF: a-ic.In every transaction, let the terms and eon-' • of I bargain bit' nndorst.wl b.-f. r»»-
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Oroville Weekly Butte Record
Oroville, California, US
Sat, May 17, 1862
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