Continuing on with the Ordnance Report in year ending 6/30/1893, the rifle and cartridge design had to be further defined. The "manufacture of the .45 caliber rifle was brought to a close during the month of June" (6/1893). The magazine rifle was not ready for manufacture yet and the smokeless powder for the cartridge still had to be figured out. It must have been a tenuous time stopping the manufacture of a rifle before being ready to start another, although they were tooling up for the new rifle. Also, they were, by law, required to reconsider American designs and continued with trials during this fiscal year. Below is from the 1893 report dealing with the issues of the new magazine rifle.

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