Elric
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A Muzzle Protector For The .30-40 Krag Rifle
American Rifleman, vol 37, no. 20, February 23, 1905 page 410
https://books.google.com/books?id=E...6AEIVDAI#v=onepage&q=Muzzle Protector&f=false
All expert riflemen recognize the necessity of preserving the muzzle of a rifle. Uniform and accurate shooting cannot be secured from a rifle having the extreme edge of the muzzle of the barrel worn out of true or bell muzzled; a bullet leaving the muzzle of such a barrel will be deflected by the gas first escaping from the worn side.
Rifle barrels must, of course, be cleaned, and the most natural and handiest way is to introduce the cleaning rod with the wiping rag from the muzzle. Cleaning rifle barrels is generally done this way, except by a few so-called cranks who have a fine rifle. They will not, if they can avoid it, clean from the muzzle, for fear of injury to that very important point. Many military experts have extra long wiping rods so that they may clean from the breech. They choose to purchase an extra wiping rod and put up with the inconvenience of cleaning that way rather than take chances of injuring their rifle.
With the new muzzle protector, brought out by the Ideal Mfg. Co., it is impossible to injure the muzzle of the rifle with the cleaning rod. None other than the regular service rod as issued with the rifle is required, and the cleaning may be done in the same old easy way with safety, as the hole through the protector is so small that the rod cannot touch the inner edge of the rifling near the muzzle. The protector is made a close fit to the outside of the muzzle of the .30-40 Krag, and it is held firmly by three knurled screws. In the point of each screw is inserted a hard leather disk, which prevents injury to the outside of the barrel and holds the protector firmly in place while the rifle barrel is being cleaned- No military shooter who appreciates the necessity of preserving the muzzle of his rifle will be without one of these useful auxiliaries.
American Rifleman, vol 37, no. 20, February 23, 1905 page 410
https://books.google.com/books?id=E...6AEIVDAI#v=onepage&q=Muzzle Protector&f=false
All expert riflemen recognize the necessity of preserving the muzzle of a rifle. Uniform and accurate shooting cannot be secured from a rifle having the extreme edge of the muzzle of the barrel worn out of true or bell muzzled; a bullet leaving the muzzle of such a barrel will be deflected by the gas first escaping from the worn side.
Rifle barrels must, of course, be cleaned, and the most natural and handiest way is to introduce the cleaning rod with the wiping rag from the muzzle. Cleaning rifle barrels is generally done this way, except by a few so-called cranks who have a fine rifle. They will not, if they can avoid it, clean from the muzzle, for fear of injury to that very important point. Many military experts have extra long wiping rods so that they may clean from the breech. They choose to purchase an extra wiping rod and put up with the inconvenience of cleaning that way rather than take chances of injuring their rifle.
With the new muzzle protector, brought out by the Ideal Mfg. Co., it is impossible to injure the muzzle of the rifle with the cleaning rod. None other than the regular service rod as issued with the rifle is required, and the cleaning may be done in the same old easy way with safety, as the hole through the protector is so small that the rod cannot touch the inner edge of the rifling near the muzzle. The protector is made a close fit to the outside of the muzzle of the .30-40 Krag, and it is held firmly by three knurled screws. In the point of each screw is inserted a hard leather disk, which prevents injury to the outside of the barrel and holds the protector firmly in place while the rifle barrel is being cleaned- No military shooter who appreciates the necessity of preserving the muzzle of his rifle will be without one of these useful auxiliaries.