Columbia University - Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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FHL- - Wu, htm 1 'wf:'3fr4i ' . W4 U. M. C. Ammunition is made for Every Gun and for Every Kind of Shooting. . Ammunition. Its Evolution. HE years since the War of the Rebellion have been marked by great improvement in arms and ammunition. In the early days of breech loading rifles frequent missfires and wild bullets were so inevitable that big game hunters of the 60's and 70's were forced to rely solely on the shocking power of their cartridges rather than on their accuracy. Pistol and revolver shooting was handicapped for the same reason and in a greater degree. The shot gun had meanwhile gained in popularity but the shells were far from perfect ..... The perfect machine loaded shells of to-day were unheard of, all loading being done by hand. It was an era of thin metallic cartridges with uncertain priming, loaded with black powder and having unswaged bullets covered with an out side lubricantg an era of shot shells whose paper was lacking in tough- ness and water prooring, faulty in construction and finish ..... Smokeless powder revolutionized explosives by giving greater velocity and flatter trajectory and made shooting more popular by reducing the report and the smoke of the discharge. I hells were made stronger to with-stand the great force of the nitro powders and bullets were encased in a copper or nickel jacket. One by one these problems of ammunition making have been solved by the experts of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., which was the pioneer incentral fire cartridge and paper shot shell making in America. Gradually a system of construction and loading has been built up, based on these more than thirty years' of experience, which makes the U. NI. C. pro duct the standard of excellence. . . The U. Nl. C. Catalogue will give in detail the ammunition presented to the trade. Game Laws of the U. J'. and Canada and Shooting Records can be had for the asking. ..... . THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE Co. BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT Agency, 3I3 Broad way, New York Depot, 425 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. V

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