Paper-covered Bullets

In consequence of the enormous initiarTt'lO'jity of The bullet in the new Mannlieher rie, and the resulting frk-tion and -vvear on the barrel, it Jias beoome necessary to devise some method preventing botli these ovils. Tlie mamager oí the Government Lal oa-atory at ÏJwim, Switzerland, has comsequently devised a meth'Od of in closimg tSue leaden bullet ia a thin metallic coveriaig, wfhdle over this he places a wrapper of specially prepai-ed oleaginous paper, whicli reduces the wear oí the rifle barrel tj :a minimum, without interfering -vith the course of the bullet.