Jean Samuel Pauly – 1812 Firearm Innovations (Le Moniteur Universel, January 18, 1814)

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS.
FIREARMS OF PAULY'S INVENTION.

The report made by Mr. Baron Delessert to the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry, published in the Monitor on November 8, 1812, fully justified the merit of the firearms invented by Pauly for a year; the result of tests as rigorous as they were numerous, to which this type of firearm has been subjected, shows that its use is in perfect harmony with its theory.

This weapon, recognized as excellent by all classes of amateurs and the most distinguished artists, whose system applies to hunting rifles as well as to muskets, carbines, and war pistols, is such that, receiving both its primer and its charge through the breech of the barrel, it no longer needs a ramrod, pan, or hammer; resulting in precision that makes it as preferable to current rifles as they are to old muskets with matchlock and wheel lock from the 15th and 16th centuries.

The operation of these new weapons, whose beauty and elegance are in no way inferior to the old ones, is so simplified that one can fire at least 12 shots with these rifles and pistols, compared to 4 with ordinary ones; loading through the breech, there is no longer any fear of the inconvenience of double charges. The mechanism of the batteries is arranged so that everything is protected from atmospheric accidents, and even the heaviest rain cannot in any way affect their performance. In the use made of them by the best hunters, there is no instance of long fire or misfire, a recognized inconvenience that is too frequent with ordinary rifles in humid weather.

These rifles, whose solidity, safety, and precision are above all praise, offer in their use a saving of a third of the powder per shot, compared to what is required by the old ones, and they carry to a much greater distance.

The approval that this invention has received from many highly distinguished individuals undeniably attests to its merit, and its superiority, especially what has been invented and perfected to this day, is now guaranteed by opinion, use, and experience.

The reasoned announcement and models of this discovery, applicable to artillery, have been submitted for examination by experts.

The manufacture of these weapons, whose current purpose is limited to the making of luxury rifles and pistols, patented for ten years, is still located at Rue des Trois-Frères, No. 4.

The entrepreneur of this establishment could not meet the demands made to him in the current state of his workshops; but his goal is to give this branch of industry all the developments it is capable of.

A.M.