VOLUNTEERING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 19 August 1907, Page 3

VOLUNTEERING.

DEFENCE NOTES, (By Artillery). The British rifle team, which has left for Australia, will travel through Canada. and ou September 0 will compete ill the Palma match at Ottawa, afterwards leaving for Sydney, where the Empire match is to be decided on October 2U. This important shooting event is open ; to teams from tho United Kingdom and all parts of th»» British Empire The cuiiTpeiitioii is for teams of eight, and ten rounds are to be fired at each range of 200, 300. fillO. 800, 001) and u thousand yards. Any military position is to be jM'nnitted, and the targets and other condition- will be .similar to those found at the KWey meeting. The names of t lie Xcw Xealanders who are to compete will not be known for several days, as Colonel Collins will require time to make a can-i'ul selection of the men who are , to uphold their reputation in jlmarkinanship. e It was recen ■ •:• -niieed, says a ( I Sydney exchange, that the new sharp- - 1 pointed bullet was being successfully c used at the Bisley meeting. Nothing .. known of the new bullet in rille-shoot-fjing or military circles here. Colonel

Irving. acliu<; 0.A.A.A.0., who is reco; liKcil an :mtliority 011 sucli matter, is of the opinion that the bullet is th outcome of experiments which have bee conducted for some time past by th War (Ulice ami private firms. Th 'horn point is not taken to refer to til foro pari of the lmllet. liut to ilio liase :is the following evtrael from (hp lates te\t-book on small arms will indicate:"llcliind Hie lmllet ill llijjht a parlia vacuum ami a trail of air bubbles an formed. The vannim retards the bill lei. as the base is deprived of the sup port of the ordinary atmospheric pres sure of lrdb to tile square inch. T( prevent I his vacuum forming;, and (1 Miabln. (he compressed air al 1 he front o the bullet to (low away easily. Messr Krnk.i and llclilcr produced a torpedo shaped build wilh a cylindrical hoh !own (he can I re. the rear end lilted int< 1 sa',„,| of papier im:»lis>. A very liiprl reloeily vn< claimed for this bullet oi iccoinil of the diminished air resistance nit it has 110! proved a practical success: \pparenlly I lie new bullet is an improve ncnt, on the one referred In, the hoi lowu the centre lining probably don 1 way with. 'Plie sabot of papier niach s titled lo the missile for the purpos ,f suoidvie.; a I'a.e upon which th orce of the explosion can be brought li ■ear. When the bullet leaves the tailzie (he sabot evidently drops oH\ anil he tnrp"do-sh:iped death-dealer goes on ! s way unencumbered,