Improvements in Repeating or Magazine Pistols.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Repeating or Magazine Pistols.
A communication by CASPER ENGH, of Bressoux, and JOSEPH PAQUOT, of
Liége, both in the Kingdom of Belgium, Gunmaker and Manufacturer,
respectively.
I, GEORGE CECIL DYMOND M. Inst. M. E., of The Agency for Foreign Patent
Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both in the
County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: -
The following is a description of this invention, exactly as received by me from
my foreign correspondents with orders to file :-
This invention has for its objects improvements in repeating or magazine pistols,
whereby precision and rapidity of firing are obtained.
This pistol works with a bolt and with a rectilinear movement, and is actuated
by the pressure of the finger on the trigger for rapid firing. For repeated firing,
the ramrod is detached, and is inserted in the hole of the head of the catch, turning
the pivot downwards until it is heard to enter the hole formed in the handle or
claw of the spring. If the pistol be then taken in the right hand and the movement
of opening and closing be made, the ring of the operating slide being held with
the left hand and pushed forward in order to extract the empty cartridge, another
loaded one will be presented in front of the bolt or pin. The sliding bar or piece
is then drawn towards the person holding the pistol, in order to make the latter
ready for firing.
Precision of aim may be obtained simultaneously with the repetition of the fire,
and, directly the magazine is empty of cartridges, shots may be discharged in the
usual manner by loading each time afresh a single cartridge.
In order to load, the pistol must be taken in the left hand in such a way that
the thumb presses on the stop tenon of the magazine, and pushes it forward, at the
same time that the right hand thumb fits into the hollow formed in the plate of
the magazine, and pushes it downwards, until the opening is large enough to allow
of the cartridges being inserted, and the magazine is then closed.
In order to take the pistol to pieces, the pin of the magazine must be unscrewed,
and then this pin drops out of itself by the pressure of the spiral spring, the plate
covering the magazine and the elevator are withdrawn, the connecting pivot is
turned a quarter of a revolution in order that it may stand with its two wings
opposite the groove formed in the bottom of the magazine, and the cover plates of
the mechanism are removed, the operating slide piece is withdrawn, the spring of
the hammer is taken off, the pin of the wedge which covers the passage of the bolt
is removed, and also the cock, the bolt, the closing piece, the tumbler, the spring of
the tumbler and the catch of the rapid firing arrangement.
The cartridge employed for this weapon is choked, of a calibre of 6 millimetres,
or of other calibre according to the use of the pistol, and loaded with a metallic
ball, and a special smokeless powder which produces very little detonation. A better
trajectory is obtained with this improved pistol than with any other hitherto
emploved.

page_text: The advantages of this weapon are:-
Its very light weight, the solidity and simplicity of its parts in spite of their
small size, an extraordinary carrying power, convenience of handling, and avoiding
the danger so common with the so-called revolvers.
Dated this 26th day of January 1894.
improvements in Repeating or magazine ristors.
A communication by CASPER ENGH, of Bressoux, and JOSEPH PAQUOT, of
Liége, both in the Kingdom of Belgium, Gunmaker and Manufacturer,
respectively.
I, GEORGE CECIL DYMOND, M. Inst. M.E., of The Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both
in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, 1
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object improvements in repeating or magazine pistol,
whereby precision and rapidity of firing are obtained, and is shown in the 2
accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the barrel and the right side of the
butt;
Figure 2 a longitudinal section through the barrel and the left side of the butt;
Figure 3 is a cross section on the line ab of Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a side elevation from the right.
Figure 5 is an elevation of the operating slide from the right;
Figure 6 a plan view of the same;
Figure 7 an elevation of the same from the left.
Figure 8 is a side elevation of the trigger from the right.
Referring to the drawings
a is an opening for ejection of the spent cartridge; the ramrod; c the bolt
which throws the cartridge into position; c¹ the cartridge extractor; da recess in
the bolt to receive the head of a lever, e, which latter turns on a pin f and carries
a stud g, engaging in a slot in a slide provided with a ring by which it may be
pulled in or out; is the hollow butt divided by a partition we into two chambers k¹
and which receive the cartridges and lock respectively; the firing pin working
in the bolt c; the hammer pivotted at m and having a tooth a; o spring pressing
a tumbler p against the tooth n of the hammer; p a cartridge in position for
firing; a double spring of which one arm operates the hammer whilst the other
arm engages a small arm s pivotted on the slide i; is the trigger having one end t
in engagement with the tumbler p'; u is a loose stud carrying a rigid arm u¹ which
together form a precision firing catch adapted to be turned up to engage the
spring q; is a guide slot in the slide i in which engages the head of the pin f, the
said head being reduced approximately to a rectangular cross section; wis
the cover plate of the magazine held in position by a spring catch x; w³ is the
cover plate of the lock; y is a cartridge elevator acting under the impulse of a
spring coiled on a pin y¹; z is a connecting pivot for securing the cover plate w³
of the lock.
This pistol works with a bolt c and with a rectilinear movement, and is operated
for repeated firing by simply pulling the trigger and slide with the finger. For

page_text: this purpose the slide i is normally pressed outward into the position shown in
Figure 4 by the spring q, and in taking this position it pulls on the stud g by means
of the slot h, thereby throwing over the lever e which turns on the pivot f. By
this movement the head of the lever e throws back the bolt c, thereby cocking the
hammer and allowing a cartridge to spring up in front of the bolt. On grasping
the pistol in the customary manner and pulling the slide i inwards by placing the
finger in the ring; the parts will assume the position shown in Figure 1, the bolt c
being thrown forward pushing before it the cartridge pinto position for firing,
whilst the hammer still remains cocked being held so by the tumbler p'. The
trigger r which slides within the slide i is carried along with the latter in the move-
ment just described until its end t engages with the tumbler p' as shown. The
trigger now projects a little into the ring, and on the pull of the finger on the
ring being still continued the trigger is consequently pressed inwards, thus
pushing by means of its end t the tumbler p' out of engagement with the tooth n
of the hammer so that the latter under the impulse of the spring y springs
against the firing pin striking the latter into the cartridge and the pistol is
fired. The bolt c which can only be returned by movement of the slide i with-
stands the pressure of the powder gases. Upon removing the pressure of the
finger on the ring j, the slide i again springs outward to the position shown in
Figure 4, throwing back the bolt c, whilst the extractor c' draws back the spent
cartridge, and the hammer which during the firing rested behind the bolt c is
again cocked by the latter and the pistol is thus again ready for another shot,.
the spent cartridge being pushed out sideways at a by a fresh cartridge rising to
take its place.
For firing with more precision of aim the ramrod is detached and is inserted
in a hole transversely through the head of the stud u of the precision-firing
catch so as to obtain sufficient leverage to rotate the latter, thereby raising the
arm u until its end is heard to enter the notch in the claw of the spring 9 thus
taking the pressure of the spring from off the slide i. The ramrod is then replaced
in its socket below the barrel. If the pistol be now taken in the right hand, and
the slide i be drawn out by pulling the ring with the left hand, the bolt c will
be thrown back, the spent cartridge extracted, another cartridge elevated in front
of the bolt and the hammer cocked, all precisely the same as was done by the
spring 9 in the movement described in the previous paragraph with reference to
repeated firing. The slide i is now pushed in, thus throwing the bolt forward so
that the parts assume the position shown in Figure 1 with the exception that the
arm u will in this case be up in engagement with the spring q, thus taking the
pressure of the latter from off the slide i so that the parts will remain in the position.
shown whilst precise aim is taken, when a slight pressure on the trigger r will
fire the pistol, whereas in the case of repeated firing previously described the parts.
were only retained in this position by continued pressure of the finger on the
ring of the slide which prevented precision of aim. After firing, the slide i is
again drawn out and pushed in by the left hand in order to prepare for another
shot.
Precision of aim may thus be obtained with repetition of fire, and directly the
magazine is empty of cartridges, shots may be discharged in the usual manner by
loading each time afresh a single cartridge through the aperture a.
In order to load or recharge the magazine, the pistol must be taken in the left
hand at the same time that the right hand thumb fits into the hollow formed in the
cover plate wol of the magazine in order to depress the catch and the cover plate-
is then pushed downwards, until the opening is large enough to allow of the
cartridges being inserted, and the magazine is then closed. A stop tenon may be
used as a precaution to lock the bolt e in its backmost position whilst recharging
as above.
In order to take the pistol to pieces, the pin y' of the magazine' must be unscrewed,
and then this pin drops out of itself by the pressure of the spiral spring y², the
plate w' covering the magazine and the elevator y are withdrawn, the connecting

page_text: pivot 2 is turned a quarter of a revolution in order that it may stand with its two
wings opposite the groove formed in the bottom of the magazine, and the cover
plate of the lock may then be removed, the operating slide piece i is withdrawn,
the spring g of the hammer is taken off, the pin of the wedge which covers
the passage of the bolt is removed, and also the cock l, the bolt c, the closing piece
or lever e, the tumbler p', the spring o of the tumbler and the catch u u¹ of the
precision firing arrangement.
The cartridge employed for this weapon is choked, of a calibre of 6 millimetres,
or of other calibre according to the use of the pistol, and loaded with a metallic
ball, and a special smokeless powder which produces very little detonation. A
better trajectory is obtained with this improved pistol than with any other hitherto
employed.
The advantages of this weapon are:-
Its very light weight, the solidity and simplicity of its parts in spite of their
small size, an extraordinary carrying power, convenience of handling, and avoiding
the danger so common with revolvers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A pistol having a chamber or magazine adapted to contain a number of
cartridges, in combination with an elevator y actuated by spring y³, whereby the
cartridges are successively brought into position for firing substantially as set
forth.
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2. In a pistol, the combination of the operating slide i and trigger with bolt c,
spring 9, closing piece or lever e, cock and tumbler p', whereby the bolt c is pushed
forward to insert the cartridge in the barrel and also at the same time to close the
breech the moment the shot is fired, substantially as set forth.
3. In a pistol, the means whereby (after the shot is fired) the empty cartridge is
ejected on the return of the parts referred to in Claim 2 to their normal position
substantially as set forth.
4. The combination of parts taken as a whole and forming this improved pistol
substantially as described and shown on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 26th day of October 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.