A NEW IDEA IN BULLETS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2083, 9 March 1908, Page 2

A NEW IDEA IN BULLETS.

In the killing line a great novelty in announced. A new form of bullet has been discovered which promisee to revolutionize rifle shooting. This new bullet has an appearance exactly similar to the one now in use in the army except that instead ol being flat-nosed, it tapers to a fine point. This slight difference, however, has been found by army musketry experts to give the bullet certain overwhelming advantages which in actual warfare might, all other conditions being equal, gain victory for the side that used it.

The muzzle velocity of the existing flat-nosed service bullet is only 2,000 feet per second. With the new bullet it is as much as 2,450 feet per second. Suppose a soldier to be firing at an enemy, say, 800 yards away. All he will have to do will be to aim the rifle straight at his adversary without troubling about elevation or wind allowance, and the bullet, will find its mark. The increase in the “point-blank” range from 500 yards will be of incalculable value in warfare.

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