The QesterreiehiscJie Militarische ZeiUchrift furnishes the annexed comparative table of the times required to load.and. fire one round of ball-catridge from the military breechloaders hereunder specified,. two seconds being in. each, case for aiming ; — Austrian "Werndl rifle, 7$ sec.; Bavarian Werder rifle, sec.; Russian Berdan rifle-, 7 sec.; English Martini-Henry rifle,. 7 see.; Dutch Beaumont rifle r 7- see-; Italian Yetterli rifle, 7 sec..; Swiss (Yetterli); repeating rifle (magazine charged beforehand), 4 sec. r Fruhwirth repeating rifle of the Austrian Gendarmerie (magazine' charged beforehand), 4 sec.; Swiss Yetterli and- Eruhwirth repeating rifles, used as-single-fire rifles, 7 sec. In the Fruhwirth repeating; rifle, twelve seconds are required for-filling-the jmagazine after every eight rounds.- "
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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 67, 3 October 1872, Page 2
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112Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 67, 3 October 1872, Page 2
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