. Annual report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War ... \ \ ! I I I LJ^UJ Mill I I I I I I [ I Ord 55 2. Ord 55 2 Appendix 13. REPORT OF TESTS OF SMOKELESS POWDER FOR SMALL ARMS BY PRESMOKELESS POWDER BOARD, FRAXKFORD ARSENAL, PA. go, [I. Weidig No. 1, for .30-caliber rille; II. Weidig Nos. 2 and 3,for .45-caliber rifle; III. Weidig samjilts No. 1, for .30-caliber, and No. 2, for .45-caliber rifle; IV. Rottweil, for .30-caliber rifle; V. Savage,lor .30-caliber rifle.] I. Frankford Arsenal,Philadelphia, Pa., March 31, : The board for the tests of contract powders has the ho
. Annual report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War ... \ \ ! I I I LJ^UJ Mill I I I I I I [ I Ord 55 2. Ord 55 2 Appendix 13. REPORT OF TESTS OF SMOKELESS POWDER FOR SMALL ARMS BY PRESMOKELESS POWDER BOARD, FRAXKFORD ARSENAL, PA. go, [I. Weidig No. 1, for .30-caliber rille; II. Weidig Nos. 2 and 3,for .45-caliber rifle; III. Weidig samjilts No. 1, for .30-caliber, and No. 2, for .45-caliber rifle; IV. Rottweil, for .30-caliber rifle; V. Savage,lor .30-caliber rifle.] I. Frankford Arsenal,Philadelphia, Pa., March 31, : The board for the tests of contract powders has the honor tosubmit the following report of test of a sample of Weidig smokelesspowder, for .30-caliber U. S. magazine rifle, received March 9, record of test is as follows: Sample Weidig No. 1 smokeless powder, for .30-caliber rifle, March 13, 1S97. PRESSURE GUN NO. 21. [Charge, grains; 220 grains nickeled-steel jacketed bullet.] i Pressure per square Velocity at 53 feetfrom muzzle. inch. Primer. Remarks. Initial. Final. Feet per second. Pounds. 1,873 39, 500 1,906 s§ 37,400 1,926 ^© 40, 250 Maximum pr
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