The Secretary of War has decided that the report of the Board for the trial of breech-loading rifles at West Point is not conclusive in favor of any one of them as a standard government gun ...

Figure 1 is a side view of Marston's breech loading rifle ; figure 2 a like view of a breech loading pistol ; figure 3 is an inside view of an improved gun-lock ; figure 4 is an interior view ...

Erskine S. Allin developed this breech-loading rifle at the Springfield Armory; it used a .45-70 cartridge. This rifle had a breech-loading mechanism that was opened by a hinged lever resembling a ...