LAW PABRIQUE Armes & HATIOCNALE D*ARBES Seciete Anonyme DE OFFICES OF BARRY les Liege, MOHUN, WASHINGTON GUEFRE Certouches Outillage Bicyclettes Motecyclettes Automobiles Herstel | : Mre Dear that delle Paddy: dust received your letter are now back in Ogdene you of March le April 8, 19224 Browning, Orden, Utah, | 20th, from UeSeAe . SSO RISER Have not.yet had an apportunity the rifle to find out the cause of the misfires I had la jolla, : and suppose to do any firing with in Washington, as it is still in the drawing room. We figure thet it will take between 200 and Operations to manufacture the rifle which is in the neighborhood ef one the operations that there are on the machine rifle. PIstoL Started, and roome have “Ye the we have drawings just four receivers for received fo# the the slides and the specifications French models breech block for the pretty well are in the Belgian Army ments and will have to start imsediately to make a model models of course are being wade for the Luger Cartridge, for but enough ridiculouss for the Belgianse Some of their requirements are 250 querter model require- them. The French that ig not good They eopied as nearly as they could after the French, but went the French one better im some casese The French, you remember, wanted ea barrel not to exceed 20cm in length, a ctg. not less than 9mm and giving a velocity of at least 9360 meters per secdnd at the mzsle.They pistol mst not French; and the dispersion at also say at a range of 500 meters, mist go in a square 2 1/2 meters x 21/2 mters. exceed 20 cm in ail the bullets The Belgians say the whole length. The velocity 500 meters mst not be more mst be the sams as the than 2 = 2 meterse We have shortened the 9.65um ctge to the same length as the luger, the same bullet as before, and a tapered shell, sace as luger taper, and with less powier, in a barrel with the chamber shortened, we get a velocity of 355 mes. at 12 1/2 meters from the mszzle.o {When I say the same bullet as before, I mean the way you suggested they malfe it, that I am aiso having them make up some semples they are making a big crder of Luger ctgese lengthened lmm, the luger tliet, is, oval pointsinstead of conical. at the Cartoucherte Belge, where for the Dutch, vith the Imger shell only oval shaped, and a different porder which they say should give an increased velocity withcut increasing the pressure. Anything to be able to all the cartridge a Browning. Both the French and | Belgians, seem all of a sudden it gives practically no time could come over for a while. at to be in such a Imrry toe get ali for experiments, end the pistols, I certainly wish that you