Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1901 — New Swiss Revolver. [ARTICLE]

New Swiss Revolver.

Swiss military papers speak in high terms of the new revolver which has been adopted for the mounted troops of the Swiss army, and which is the invention of two Berlin engineers. The recoil on firing brings a fresh cartridge from the magazine into the barrel. The pistol weighs 11 pounds 13 ounces, and its center of gravity lies Immediately over the hand of the flrer. The magazine carries eight cartridges, and practiced shots can fire <8 rounds in from 28 to 30 seconds. The caliber of the weapon is .32 inches, and its range is given at 2,000 yards. In the last forty years Great Britain has produced 40,000,000 tons of steel, or about one-third of the world’s total products.