108 pages, about 6" x 8", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 108

• Rifle Ammunition, 1859- Manufactures Therewith, Royal Arsenal- Woolwich
• By Arthur B. Hawes
• What Small-Arms Ammunition consists of
• THE BULLET.
• Material used, and the Tests for it
• Chemical Test or Examination
• 'l'lle "Lead-squirting" Machine
• Bullet-Machine
• Unwinding the Lead-rod, and passing it up to thru Cutting-off
• I.evers and Nippers
• Cutting off the Lead Pellet, and delivering it to the Die
• Compressing the Bullet into the Die
• Ejecting the Bullet from the Die
• Cutting off the Film
• Forging, Turning, and Finishing of Dies for thl' Buliet-machine
• Forging and Finishing the Punches. Film-plates, and Steel Bushes.-
• of Cutting off Levers of the Bullet-machines.-The Punch
• Film-plate
• Cost of Enfield Rifle Bullets, and Rate' of Production
• Casting Bullets
• THE PLUG
• Description of Wood used
• The Plug-cutting Machine
• Plugging. gauging. and Examining the Bullets
• THE CARTRIDGE
• Paper and the' Tests for it
• Cutting the Paper 10 the Different Shapes required for forming Cartridges
• Operation of Rolling or forming Cartridges
• Manufacture of I3ag~ for Cartridges from the Pulp
• Filling. Twisting. Lubricating. and Packing Cartridges, and the
• Precautions taken in Royal Laboratory
• Packing Small-arms Cartridges
• 'New Blank Cartridge
• The old form of Blank Ammunition
• Mode of forming Sharp's Breech•loading Carbine Cartridge
• Appliances required for rolling these Cartridges
• Sharp's Breech-loader Cartridge
• METALLIC TUBES.
• Manufacture of Metallic Tubes for preserving Cartridges from clamp
• LUBRICATION.
• 11lc Lubrication. or Anti-fouling Agent.-Material used and Tests
• Breaking up Ammunition
• THE CAP
• Materials used. and Tests for
• test for Copper
• Abraham's Cap-Machine
• Cleaning
• Filling
• Pressing
• Varnishing
• Drying
• Examining
• Second Drying
• Packing
• Composition used in Filling Percussion Caps
• Chlorate of Potash
• Fulminate of Mercury
• Preparation
• AMMUNITION BARRELS.
• Manufacture or Cooperage of Ammunition Barrels
• Making the Staves
• Making the "'Heads"
• Bending the Thongs
• Forming thco Barrel
• Heating the Wood. and Preparing the Barrel for Heads
• Hooping and Fixing the Heads in Ihe Barrel
• RIFLE-PRACTICE TARGETS
• EXPERIMENTAL TARGETS
• MANTELETS
• RIFLE RESTS.
• Shoulder Rest .
• The Fixed Rest
• THE MIROOMETER.
• Micrometer. or Spheromf'ter. u..;eu for M('asllIing the Diameter of
• l3ullel~. Cartridges. &c
• PENETRATION OF RIFLE-BULLETS.
• Testing the Penetration of Projectiles
• EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE.
• Carrying on Experimental Practice with Small Arms
• VERNIER
• PHOTOGRAPHIC Supplement