The Athlete for 1869

18GO.J 'rfIE ATHLETE ADVERTISER. ADAMS'S NEW DOUBLE PATENT ACTION CENTRAL-FIRE BREECH-LOADING REVOLVER AS ADOPTED BY TIER iIAJESTY'S GOVEil_JJIE:N"T, Of the finest London l,Janufc1cture, and Wicrranted. SOLB £.ffUFACTL"REHS BY STE.UI ll.\CHI:SEUY- ADAMS'S PATENT SMALL ARMS COMPANY, LIMITED, 391, STRAND, LONDON, W.C, JOUN AD.UIS, ~I.~·AcrnG DmEcror:. OARTRIDCES <])Ccially designeclfor the above by Ooi. 110."fl-:R, U.A., Oltiff Superintendent ef tlt.e Royal Laboratories, n ... ool1l'ich. IlREECI-:1-LOADING RIFLES AND GUNS. WITH ALL :SECE! S.I.RY Al'PCRTE:-i' \.. 'CEE. rrice Lists, with J:'artlcular., can be obtained on application. OPINIONS OF TF.CE PRESS ON TF.CIS REVOLVER ... Fron~ the l'.A.LL J!AT,L G.AZET'l'E, of ;.Yorembe1· 23rcl, 1867. '\Vilh the.e considerations before us, we have mnch i:it\ · ·faction in announcing that the authoriti('~ luve determined to ahandon Capping Revolver~ in f,wour of a Drec-ch-Loadi11g Hevolver 1mb111itted by ::\lessrs. (l\Ir. Jon:-) AD.ms, which hkcs a central-fire copper cartridge, anti which only needs to be made of an honest callbr<', and to abandon all claims to finl', long-range ~hcotlng, to make an cxceedin,;ly c!Iecth·e weapon for our constabulary and regular forces.' Front tlte ENCIXERR, of Na:1 ~th, lRGS. 'The n.dapt.'1.tion of the breech-loading principle to milllary rifles was ,cry natunlly followed by n gen('rnl expre: ion of opinion that the exigencies of the service requir d a similar chaup:e In the rcvol ... Yers in the bands of our navy. \Ve haver •peatedly pointed out the advantag;ts which wonld accrue from such a. change, and later on our popular contemporary, the l'all .llall (Jazette, wrut further, and while expatiating on the advantages offore<l by the breech o\'er the muzzle loader, commended tbe Government upon their choice of :arr. AD-\ll»' · pi tol, and the nmmuuition . p ci !ly dc,,iime<i f,,r it hy Colonel Bo:irnr:. Since that time larg number· of the,e \ eapons b,i,·e b en made and many experiments conducted, nil of which haYe proved the correctue,;s ofoflicial judg11ll'11t. \\'e b:\\'e muth plensure, th<:'rl'for(', in laying h fore our readen; illu,;trations of the arm it elf, and of some of them chincry employed in its manulaclure.' Front the l'.,il,T., .VALL GAZb'1'TE, '!f July '.!'.:!nd, 1·Gq. 'Some month;; a o, in urgin~ the desirability of supcrse<litw the old capping re\•oh•cr pistols by breecb– londing revolvers firing a self-igniting cartridi;e, we got into an nrp:umC'nt with omc of (;Ur contemporarle~, who affirmed that n breech-lo:i<ling revolver ncc('.:arily ~bot lc,;s accurately and with less force than a cap-fire revolver. This po ition we di,puted, and we gave our rrasons. 'l'he En[Ji•,ecr of lal:'t week contains the re.-ults of a trial lately made at Woolwich of a Dt!.\.'E 111:cl ~\D.\ t revolver fired before nod after conversion to a breech-loader......... The calibre remn•ued unalter('d.......... The wbolc of the shooting was made from a hand-rc:t by the s:unc man. Any one acquainted with the prnctke of ritlc i-;bootiog will upprecinte the great improvement in the sbootin~ of tlie pl:tol alter ronnr:fon into a breech-loader. lt is not r:cce~snry now to discu.- to wh t cau~e · this improv ment is due. lt is suf– ficient for our pr<' cnt purpose to record that the same pistol, with n lighter char~e at1d a lighter bullet, firing under le~s fo\•ournble conditions, shot markedly better, to the extent of somfthing like 30 per cent. for accuracy, while the average time taken in loudiug and firin,i; twenty ~bots wns 5.05 minutes w:th tbo revolver bcforo conver. ion and 2.'.l ! minutes afterwards. The ere ults nre n sufficient an ·wer to these who object to a breech-londin,i; revolve:r on the irronnd that it i· nc • arily infnior ns nn nrm of preci ion to one on the old ~ystem, and justify our rccommcnt!ation that cnppiug revolvers bboulcl l>e lllscardcd by the naval, military, and police s~rvlces.' From, tlie E.YGJ,YEEI'., of January 1st, 18G9. ''\Ve are pleased to find thl\t, our commendation of the .,\.n.rn~ R •volver lrns been further supported by !he Ad1!1iralty officlaL~. Tb!lt excellent pistol bas been flnally approve1l, and 1.lr. Al,,\:llil i.:l sctti..:Ji; about convertmg a number of the pre:,ent service muzzle-loaders to hi:; patti:rn.' ..