Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-03
4 PATENT GUN STOCK
A Prescott Mans Invention Which Will Meet With Favor From
 Sportsmen. {
By Its Use Gun Can Be Adjusted al Momant's Notice to Fit Any
 Gun or Any Man.

Arizona, or perhaps more properl, speaking, an Arizonan. has recent, invented an adjustable L m stocl which pr omises to come inSo genera use, the inventor being O. O. Scrip tUye of Prescott.
 Six patents, including this one have been issued for adjustable gur stocks, but MT. Scripture seems tt nave eclipsed all former efforts il this line Tn combining all the salient and i'm )rtant features in such 1; icoml ton and in getting one adap-od to general use. '
 For accuracy in shooting it IS ap parent to any gunner that different sized men should have different gun stocks. For instance, nan with 6 long neck requires a gun of differ ent shape from the one with a short ueck, but heretofore a single stand ard shape has been adhered to, ir the ordinary manufacture of arms Only a rich sportsman could in. dulge in the luxury ot gun manu- factured especially to suit the lines of his particular frame.
 Some of the adjustable stocks heretofore patented remedy some ol these inconveniences but this one combines all the advantages which can be secured in such an invention, and being constructed or an entirely different plan from all others does not conflict with or infringe on any of the other patents, the features of it being entirely different.
 Mr. Scriptures patent is dated July 4, 1899. 1'b- important fea- lures of his patent are, first, its ad- aptabiitF to any gun msnufact- ured; second, the ease with which it can be adjusted to fit any person; third, the absolute accuracy of aim secured by it's use.
 In regard to the first point it dif- fers materially from many of the oylier pateRts, as they are so con structed that they are not capable If being adjusted to any manufact- urr of gun. The combined features of the first and second points are also of great importance, as the ad- justment to the gun and to that of be person desiring to shoot it can both be done in a few seconds. and in doing this the third point, or ac- curacy of aim, is assured.
 R. D. French, the well known commercial traveller, who resides in Prescott, has been so faVJrably i'm pressed with the utility of the in ventiOn that he has puneh ased half interest in the patent zsd will soon commence the nanufzz<nre of tines !. gun stocks and pIace tfem on the market, and they willsaOn come into Hn:ve rsG. -;;se s.f->gss-E SFsa-sS,la.,n. tE corresponding with ths Parker Bro .. one of the largest manufacturers of fire arms in the United States. that firm writes MT. French that these self-sdjustable gun stocks are sure to meet with ready and large sales from the time their manufacture is commenced.
 The stock is divided into two sac- lions. One section consists of a butt provided with the usual shoulder piate and pistol grip if to be used oa shot gun, and the other section consists of a neck which IS adapted for connectiD with he barrel or barrels and forms a continuation of the pistol grip sec tion, or the butt portion of the stock, according to which the i'm Provement IS to be applied.
 Wiiho entering into a detailed expiar on of the invention the points vered ny the patent are as uliows:
 1. The combination with the butt section or rear section having a c0Ic9yityz at it's forward end, of the b.; al section or front section hay !uE {. convex rear end to fit the con cavity of the butt section, a trans verse pivot in the barrel section, a connecting rod extending Iearwar,i'y ' through the butt section and having a hattened front end mounted on said pivot directly. and means for moving said rod longItudinallY to clamp the sections togethe~.
 2. The combination with the butt section or rear section having a concavity at its forward end, of the barrel section or front section hay ing a convex rear end to fit the con- cavity of the butt section, said con vex and concave faces being formed with teeth adapted to interIock, a transverse pivot in the barrel sec tion, connecting rod mounted on said pivot directly and extending rearwardly through the butt section, the rear end of said rod being screw threaded, and a nut held to rsvolve on the butt section and screwing on tho rear end of the connecting rod.
 3. A gun stock constructed in sections, one section being arranged to turn in the other, a conveyed plate secured to one section. a con caved plate being attached 10 the other section, both plates being pro- vided with teeth arranged to inter lock, connecting rod pivotally at tached to one section, and passed through the plates of both sections, and an adjusting nut located at the shoulder portion of the rear or butt section, arranged to receive said con meeting rod, as for the purpose set forth.
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