THE LATEST MAN KILLER.
j The Gras musket; the new breaohj loader which the French are now puti ting, as quickly aa Assembly will perraitViritefthe hands of their troops, is in many; respects an improvement on the Chassepot, as the Chaise, pot itself wasu.superior weapon to the famous . Prussian" ... needle-gun. Jhe Cliassppot has twp^sei-toug.defects.'- In rapid firing it grew heated to such au extent as to blister the Jngera of the soldier as he 'and it soon became clogged and foul with the-moist black residuum of the gunpowder. M. Gras preserving the former gauge, has applied himself to construct a pieqe free from these faults. rep&bed the combustible silk., cartridge by a neat metal one. For thei-jpj% broken needle he substitutes aftjnjg A tinier claw, the tff'wticn is set in motion as the musket is pocked, tosses out the shell of the. cartridge, and leaves the ''clean and bright for a fresh loading. The new musket, more certain and,.more convenient than its predecessor, carries farther than the Chassepotf making good pracaticeat thirteen hundred En«. lish yards. The French army/ in case of need would embark well provided-o tt the rough and bloody work of war.
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Kumara Times, Issue 489, 22 April 1878, Page 2
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195THE LATEST MAN KILLER. Kumara Times, Issue 489, 22 April 1878, Page 2
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