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Message started by butlersrangers on Feb 11th, 2019 at 4:55am

Title: Re: Clips and Chargers and Cartridge Carriers, Oh My!
Post by butlersrangers on Feb 12th, 2019 at 7:14am
More ramble and drivel:

Chapter 3: Interesting attempted solutions to a maybe non-existent problem.

"The Board of Ordnance officers that visited Camp Wikoff after the return of the army from Santiago, for the purpose of ascertaining the action in service of the arms and equipment supplied by the Department, reported several officers expressed a desire for a clip for more rapidly charging the magazine. In order to meet this demand, study and experiment have been devoted to the subject, and several forms of clips have been tried.
  None of them was satisfactory, and the attempt to attach such an appliance has been abandoned as not suited to our system. The testimony of the officers who fought at Santiago is that the rifle was used almost entirely as a single-loader, the contents of the magazine being held in reserve. This is in accordance with the recognized principle of the gun, which was adopted in preference to many systems using clips. Some believe a gun exclusively loaded from a clip conduces to extravagance in the use of ammunition, and ineffectiveness of fire. The U.S. rifle can be fired as a single-loader from 25 to 30 times a minute, which is rapid enough for most occasions, and holds a reserve of five cartridges for emergencies."

(Some 'attempts' attached):
Clip_Dickson_1899.jpg ( 64 KB | 0 Downloads )
parkhurst_clip_002.jpg ( 49 KB | 0 Downloads )
clip_Scott_patent.jpg ( 83 KB | 0 Downloads )

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