A NEW AMMUNITION.

Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 54

A NEW AMMUNITION.

CLEAN BORES. Sportsmen everywhere will remember how Remington startled the shooting world in the fall of 1926 with the announcement that its ballistic engineers had perfected rim-fire ammunition which absolutely eliminates corrosion, rusting, and pitting in the bores of rifles and revolvers adapted for rim-fire cartridges. Following the successful development of Kleanbore rim-fire ammunition the development work -was continued in other types of egytridges, including the .410 gauge' shotgun cartridge. It is with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction, therefore, that Remington now announces the .410 gauge shotgun cartridge in Kleanbore. The principal advantage of the Kleanbore. cartridge is, of course, the saving of time and labour in cleaning the bore of the gun after firing. There is an added advantage in the feeling of secur'ty which every sportsman may now enjoy that he does not need co worry about cleaning his gun af‘er the day’s shooting, and that- if he does not do so no harm will result. Sportsmer in all parts of the world, therefore, may consider this new Kleanbore development the most revolutionary achievement that has taken place in the firearms and ammunition industry since the invention of smokeless powder. Excellent targets and many new rifle, pistol, and revolver rc.ords have been made with the new Kleanbore ammunition, which is conclusive proof that the ani ore development has every advantage in its favour. In the new .410 gauge Kleanbore shotgun cartridge the sportsman will find a maximum of velocity and penetration combined with very uniform patterns. There may still be what may be termed “Doubting Thomases” in the field of sportsmen who do not believe that it .s no longer necessary for the man who uses Kleanbore cartridges to clean the bore of his favourite .410 gauge shotgun. If there be such they are. of course, free to convince themselves by actual tests. At the Remington factory there is a very interesting exhibit of a 22 calibre rifle through which 152,000 Kleanbore cartridges have been fired, covering a period of over a year. At the present time the rifle shows no signs of rust or wear. Apparently it is in the same perfect condition -as when the first shot was fired through it. There is also another very interesting exhibit in the same factory which shows the other side of the picture. It is a rifle similar in all respects to the one mentioned through which 10,000 of the old-style cartridges have been fired at various ti...es. No e’eaning rod .ias ever been used in this rifle. A careful record has been kept of the shots fired through this rifle at various stages of the test. After 5000 shots there w:.: much evidence of rust and wear, with a decided falling off in accuracy. At the present writing over 10,000 shots have been fired through this barrel without cleaning, and the rifle is virtually ruined.