Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1896 — THE SAVAGE GUN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE SAVAGE GUN.

It Will Be Used bjr the National Gnard of New York State. Herewith is presented an illustration of the mechaßlsm of the Savage gun, which has been selected by the Board of Examiners for tne use of the Ney York State National Guard. The rifle has a lever bolt action, with a fixed central magazine, holding five cartridges, with one In the barrel cha<n-

bar, making a total of six. When used as a single loader, the act of placing a cartridge In the breech opening holds the cartridges in the magazine In reserve automatically. A glance will ■how the number of cartridges contained in the magazine. Thus the rifle can be used alternately, as desired, either as a single loader or as a magazine rifle, at the will of the

operator l , and It can bo used ns a single loader while the full magazine la held in reserve in the evdnt of a rush being made at close quarters by the enemy. The rifle is hammerless, and tho magazine arrnngonidh#, atebrdlng to ciberts, is the best yet Invented. The rfEq Ig constructed to use the government cartridge, 30 calibre, 85 grains, of smoke leas powder, 220 grains metal jacketed buHeti The velocity Is 2,000 feot per second, tho barrel pressure being about'96,ooo pounds per square Inch. Should the guard ever ltfive to. co-opohitq lii the field with liberal troops both use the same cartridge, thereby Avpldlng t)m possibility of aeriops mistakes in serving out ammunition., • 1 ,

MECHANISM OF THE GUN.