ENABLING A SOLDIER, VOLUNTEER, OR OTHER PERSON TO USE THE SNIDER OR ANY OTHER RIFLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTISING AIMING AT A SHORTER
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Walter Morton, of No. 24, Charlotte
Street, Caledonian Road, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, in
the County of Middlesex, Gun Maker, for the Invention of
"ENABLING A SOLDIER, VOLUNTEER, OR OTHER PERSON TO USE THE SNIDER OR
ANY OTHER RIFLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTISING AIMING AT A SHORTER
Sealed the 30th July 1875, and dated the 10th March 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Walter Morton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th March 1875.
I, WILLIAM WALTER MORTON, of No. 24, Charlotte Street, Caledonian
Road, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
Gun Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"ENABLING A SOLDIER, VOLUNTEER, OR OTHER PERSON TO USE THE SNIDER OR ANY
OTHER RIFLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTISING AIMING AT A SHORTER RANGE THAN
COULD BE OBTAINED BY USING AN ORDINARY CARTRIDGE," to be as follows:-

page_text: A tube of the same dimensions as the cartridge used in a rifle or gun,
the bore of the tube being of any size to suit a smaller cartridge than
would be adapted if my false breech were not used in it, so as to enable
a soldier, volunteer, or other person using it to practice at a shorter
range than they could if the proper cartridge fitting the rifle were
used.
The cartridge to be used with the Snider is the No. 1 bulletted cap, as
used in saloon rifles, so that the soldier, volunteer, or sportsman may
practice against a card representing the regulation target as it would
appear if he were firing his proper ammunition at a much longer range,
and to enable him to practice ball practice in his own room, garden,
drill shed, or other place.
This Invention will also enable a sportsman, colonist, or other person
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Walter Morton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 31st August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WALTER MORTON, of No. 24, Charlotte Street, Caledonian Road, in the
Parish of St. Mary, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Gun Maker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date -the Tenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
cighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Walter Morton, Her special
licence that I, the said William Walter Morton, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Walter
Morton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make

page_text: use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"ENABLING A SOLDIER, VOLUNTEER, OR OTHER PERSON TO USE THE SNIDER OR ANY
OTHER RIFLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTISING AIMING AT A SHORTER RANGE THAN
COULD BE OBTAINED BY USING AN ORDINARY CARTRIDGE," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Walter Morton, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Walter Morton, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
A tube of the same dimensions as the cartridge used in a rifle or gun,
and varying in length with the rifle or gun in which it is used, the boro
of the tube being of a size to suit a smaller cartridge than would be
adapted if my false breech were not used in it, so as to enable a soldier,
volunteer, sportsman, or other person using it to practice at a shorter
range than they could if the proper cartridge fitting the rifle were
used.
The cartridge to be used with the Snider rifle is the No. 1 bulletted
cap, as used in saloon rifles, or any small metallic cartridge, so that a
soldier, volunteer, or other person may practice against a card repre-
senting the regulation target as it would appear if he were firing his
proper ammunition at a much longer range, and to enable him to practice
ball practise in his own room, garden, drill shed, or other place.
The Invention will also enable a sportsman, colonist, or other person to
use his breech-loading shot gun as a rifle when required, and save him
carrying an additional arm for the purpose of sport by placing the false
breech or tube, which for this purpose is rifled, in the breech-loading
shot
gun in the same manner as the cartridge is placed, and a metallic or
any other rifle cartridge which carries it own ignition may be used,

page_text: which is smaller than the cartridge intended to be used in the breech-
loading gun.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Walter Morton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of August, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy- &
five.
WILLIAM WALTER MORTON. (L.s.)
Signed, scaled, and delivered by
the above-named William Walter
Morton.in the presence of
(
JOHN EDMUND KEMP,
6, Pakeman Street,
Holloway,
Clerk.
FREDERICK GEO. MORTON,
26, Mayton Street,
Hornsey Rd., N.,
Compositor.