Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1915 — Advantage of Silencer. [ARTICLE]

Advantage of Silencer.

This crash of the bullet makes the ■value of the Maxim silencer very little, so far as military efficiency is concerned, in. the way that the fiction writer imagines the silencer to be useful, but not to prevent the enemy from discovering the position of the men firing as many fancy. Its value lies in the fact that It eliminates fully half of the recoil of the rifle from the action of the gases In its chambers, and it gives the officers much better control over the fire, because of the lessened noise of the rifles. It cuts down the roar of the Springfield to about the noise of the J 5-20 and thus the roar of the rifles at the firing line is much reduced, and the command* of the officers can be heard. —Outing.