Fig. 56.
CALIBER 30 BALL CARTRIDGE.
Q. How is the rifle cleaned?
A. To clean the barrel, insert in the chamber a cartridge shell, the front end of which has been filled with a wooden plug, and close the bolt. Clean the bore with a rag saturated with soda water, or if this is not obtainable, with water. Wipe dry with clean rags. Remove the bolt and the cartridge shell, clean and dry the chamber from the rear. Thoroughly oil the chamber and the bore with a light coat of cosmoline oil. The stock and hand guard may be coated with raw linseed oil and polished by rubbing with the hand.
Q. When is the multiball cartridge used?
A. In cases where the great range of the service bullet would endanger persons or property at a considerable distance from firing.
Q. Of what is a multiball cartridge composed?
A. The service case charged with 34 grains of smokeless powder and two round balls.