THE SNIDER RIFLE SUPERSEDED.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 104, 28 December 1868, Page 313

THE SNIDER RIFLE SU P E R SE D ED .

(GraJiamstown Journal.)

layered l iwitii a. siglrt.of Mr A.Ellioti’s in ventie.rrQfJiis.. breach' loading;rifle, aml were really suapriset) at ‘its;.simplici(y,/"'ati , ergtli i , 'rapidity, jujiti. ,gejne.gajjaat&cti'Qh* >, Oraliaois to'w p. o£v its was tbe'v.origiiiatqr'ofr tke: inyenfidri? At'the' 1 first glance* it yvduld appear to be an.improved £opy- of- the principle bijti.Mr jEfiidtit .perfected • w;as knpwnyr*vhe ra .entitled, full -credibjfor 'theifitteatidn. -■dts; act : ’Ope i^pjfpyetrt|ntis f ihejmode in ( wibicli tirspiistrikesthe^apan.theeartM ■ t]fg c ; ep,tr^ 1 4ik<|lyi:,fo|rAtlie jlin to break. Another advantage is,

is stronger, andconsequently less liable tojfiannacdident. morehiapid .tbe«;.db»Bje<jh>v;is ingj; Qutdbej burst* cartridges vThe-pugiber * df iwhich c&n-berflredim-a minute, with rsifety'from-tbe=shoulder,i * taking aba ; byia ppActisedliaffdi-caa be/fifteen. Anotliero deqided ifidyantage. ; ; in this rffieifo,-.;tkat whileia the-Sjiide&if any dirt-gets Underneath the -breech-it will aot MrcElliott hasingeniously provided.-for this by a< cavity where all dirt that might get-into the gucr is-recetiyedi - -In addition to this, his rifle is muchdighter and neater in appearaneerthan any- breech-loader we have previously seen.-- -To test its efficacy? Sir Percy Douglas'appointed a day .for its trial against; the Sniderrifle, fired by one of the picked-men of . the. 11th .Regiment. It-must be remembered that Mr Elliott is not a-, military-man, .drilled in the rapid use. of, fire-arms.., as his antagonist was. .Tlie test of trial was to be the 'greatest, aumb.eahof in ; ,one tninute.t ? Theresult was at one hundredLyards r—Military with Snider—/8* shots? dhe-buU’S eye, 'and-remain-tler generally wide? MrElliottwith his rifla—l2 sbots,.3bull’s eyes, - and remainderclose... Captain'Boileau and other --‘military 'autlioritiesi-'.oir • the ground expressed 'tkeirhpf>rObßtidn of the rifle, and Mr Elliott lids'siffcle left for • England-to offer his invention to the Home: -.Oovemment.-;--?-,We wish, him every* s&ccess;