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420 Federal Building, Dallas, Texas, July 14, 19S. Mr. George T. Corry, Sherifr, Wellington, Texase Dear Sheriff Corry: 7 Referring to recent investigation conducted at Wellington by Special Avent E.J. Dowd of this office, concom- ing the kidnapping of yourself and city marshal Hardy by the Bare row Brothers and Bonnie Parker, at which time you turned over to Agent Dowd s magazine containing 3C 106 enmmition; Yor your informat don, the magazine in question is only used in a Browning Automatic Rifle, one of the most deadly Weapons manufactured. The ammmnition contained in the magazine which hes s capacity of 20 cartridges, is Ine as SO calibre 1906, manus fectured in 1918 by the United States Cartridge Company, and is regular United States Army Ammunition and can be used in the regular service rifle ani machine gm. 4 Browning Automatic Rifle, Calibre .S0M1918, is an aimcooled gas-operated mgazine, fed, shoulder weapon, equipped with a leather sling. The'riflo has a forward recoil, and is fed from a magazine haying"20 cartridges. It can de fired effectively from any position, and easily opereted by an amatuw, Tho rifle weighs about 16 pounds, hus a muzzle velocity of about 2700 feet per second; has a cycle rate of fire of 600 shots per minute, and can be fired effectively at the rete of 60 to 50 shots per minutes It has three positions: sutomtic, semi-automatic and safe. The rifle will kill et three miles end has an effective range of 1600 yards, The two alleged machine guns that you saw in possession of the Barrow Brothers are, undoubtedly, sawed-off Brown ing Automatic Rifles, and probably Rave been stolen from some armarye 2l- A) 4~6