A QUICK-FIRING GUN.
The Post says :— A working model of the quick-firing gun, invented by Mr William Bryant, of Palmerston North, has been on exhibition in the office of Mr H. Hughes, patent agent, Lambton Quay, for some days past, and has been critically examined by the Premier, Colonel Fox (Military Adviser to the Government), Sir Arthur Douglas (Under-Sectretary for Defence), Lieutenant-Colonel Newall (Adjutant of the Wellington Volunteer District), and others. The gun is of simple construction, and Mr Bryant estimates tbat it could be manufactured and sold at a profit for about JEIOO. The model possesses one barrel only, and is capable of firing over 200 ordinary rifle cartridges per minute, but Mr Bryant believes that by adding a few more barrels fully 1000 shots could be fired in that apace of time, or several hundred more than the Maxim gun. We understand thai the various experts who have examined the invention are very much impressed with its utility, and have complimented Mr Bryant on his ingenuity. The model was made by Mr Bergereen, of Palmerston.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5339, 17 August 1895, Page 6
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177A QUICK-FIRING GUN. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5339, 17 August 1895, Page 6
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