Improvements in Magazine Pistols.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 29th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazine Pistols.
I ERWIN RIEGER of Vienna I. Wollzeile 22 in the Empire of Austria, Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to magazine pistols and consists in certain improvements in
the magazine and method of arranging and operating the same and in a locking
device more especially applicable to pistols in which the breach is closed by a
longitudinally moving bolt.
The
The magazine is a rotary holder having spring clips on its periphery to receive the
cartridges and a certain pin or gudgeons by which it is journalled in the case.
magazine is arranged below the barrel and as each cartridge comes uppermost it is
lifted into the breech, driven in, fired, withdrawn and thrown out of the breech
through a side opening. When the magazine is exhausted it is removed and refilled
or replaced by another already refilled. In the case for the magazine are two slots to
receive the pin thereof, and a locking device for fastening the magazine in place when
inserted. The opening in the case is closed by a sliding door having projections to
operate the magazine lock so that the opening of the door unlocks the magazine and
the closing of the door locks it. The magazine carries suitable teeth and recesses so
that it is revolved by the trigger and locked between each partial revolution.
The locking device which is to prevent accidental discharge of the pistol consists in
a cross sliding block on the back of the lock chamber by which the sliding bolt which
closes the breech may be fixed by engagement with this block either in its extreme
outward or inward position.
Dated this 13th day of Anril 1880
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazine Pistols.
1 ERWIN RIEGER of Wollziele 22. Vienna in the Empire of Austria Hungary,
Manufacturer 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 relates to magazine pistols and consists in certain improvements in
the magazine and method of arranging and operating the same, and in a locking
device more especially applicable to pistols in which the breech is closed by a
longitudinally moving bolt.
The magazine is a rotary holder having spring clips on its periphery to receive the
cartridges and a central pin or gudgeons by which it is journalled in the case. The
magazine is arranged below the barrel and as each cartridge comes uppermost it is
lifted into the breech driven in, fired, withdrawn, and then thrown out of the breech
through a side opening.
When the magazine is exhausted it is removed and refilled or replaced by another
already refilled. In the case for the magazine are two slots to receive the pin thereof
and a locking device for fastening the magazine in place when inserted, the opening
in the case is closed by a sliding door having projections to operate the magazine
lock so that the opening of the door unlocks the magazine and the closing of the door
locks it. The magazine carries suitable teeth and recesses so that it is revolved by
the trigger and locked between each partial revolution
The locking device which is to prevent accidental discharge of the pistol consists in

page_text: a cross ending block on the back of the lock chamber by which the sliding bolt which
crosses the breech may be fixed by engagement with this block either in its extreme
outward or inward position.
The improvements are represented in the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a side view of an improved repeating pistol with the side plate removed
from one side.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with the plate taken off from the other side.
Fig. 3 is a back view of the stop device.
Fig. 4 is a lock slide for the magazine shown in perspective.
Fig. 5 is the sliding cover Q.
Fig. 6 is a section.
Fig. 7 is a plan view from below of the bolt.
Fig. 8 is the improved trigger E shown in perspective reversed.
Fig. 9 is a detail view of a part.
Figs. 10, 11 and 12 show respectively the back, front and side view of the cartridge
holder with inserted cartridges.
Fig. 13 shows the cartridge holder empty.
The cartridge holder consists of a cylindrical frame F penetrated in its centre by a
pin F¹. On the circumference of the frame are vibrating metal wings F' which are
intended to hold the cartridges F³.
The frame F has on its circumference teeth f the number of which is equal to that
of the cartridges and into these teeth gears the projection E on the trigger herein-
after described which thereby revolves the holder for or through the distance of one
tooth on each movement of the trigger.
The frame F has also as many recesses f' as it has teeth and into these, gears the
hook E hereinafter described for preventing the cartridge holder from turning
spontaneously as well as to cause a slight turning of the same after the return of the
bolt D. Within the pistol frame is a space into which is inserted the cartridge holder
with the cartridges. Both cross walls o and o' of said space have horizontal slots o³
into which the ends of the pin F1 are inserted and within which they rest. Behind
the wall o is the lock slide P which is arranged to move on the pin p₁ by means of a
slot p.
When shifting the lock slide P, the nose p³ projects into the slot o' and
securely holds the arbor F within the space in the slot so enclosed.
In suitable guides in the pistol frame is a movable cover plate Q (Fig. 5) which is
provided on its upper surface with a button or projection q¹ by which it may be
conveniently shifted to and fro. At one end of this plate Qa pin q' is screwed,
which, upon the opening of the cover gears into the recess p³ of the lock slide and
carries the same along until the pin p₁ reaches the end of the slot p when the cover Q
and the slide P stop and are prevented from moving further. At the opposite end of
the lid is a projection 9 which upon shutting the cover Q, moves the slide pre-
viously shifted away, back into its previous position so that the projection p³ is
inserted into the slot o³. Any spontaneous shifting of the cover Q is at the same
time prevented by the pin on spring R (Fig. 2) secured to the pistol frame
engaging into one of the recesses 1 (see dotted lines in Fig. 5) in the cover plate.
The trigger E (Fig. 8) has a handle E³ with a projection E and is connected
by means of a spring with a hook E' revolvable on a hinge. The hook E³ causes a
slight backward revolution of the cartridge holder which is then by the projection E*
rotated further for a distance of one tooth's breadth.
The bolt locking contrivance consists of a sliding block T arranged at the back of
the pistol movable by hand, its movement being limited by means of a slot over a
pin s. During locking the projections on the upper part of the block gears into a
recess of the bolt D, and prevents its further movement or, also, places itself behind
the end D when the bolt has been inserted into the breech and prevents its
withdrawal. If the block T is so placed that the pin s is at the end of slot &³, the
projections is removed from the bolt D and the latter can be moved at option. The
other parts of the pistol are not novel, and are described in detail in the specification
of the 29 August 1887 of Messrs. Franz Passler and Ferdinand Seidl, No. 11724.

page_text: The pistol is used as follows.
The slide plate Q is drawn out as far as possible and carries with it the magazine
lock P so that the projection p' is withdrawn from the rear slot o³. A cartridge
holder filled with cartridges is then inserted with the arbor or gudgeons F into the
slots. The cover Q is then shut. Upon drawing the trigger E the bolt D pushes
into the barrel a cartridge which is then fired off by the pin D¹. Upon the return
of the trigger E and of the bolt D the projection E partially turns the holder so that
a fresh cartridge is placed underneath the bolt ready to be fired off. At the same
time the cartridge extractor d withdraws the empty cartridge which is thrown out
through a side opening b¹.
When a cartridge holder is emptied it can be quickly replaced by another. The
use of the lock device can be easily seen from the above description. According
to whether the block T is shifted to the right or to the left the bolt D is locked or
disengaged.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven"
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
Improvements in repeating pistols consisting of :-
1. A cartridge holder which consists of a round frame provided with vibrating
metal wings F, the wall F of which frame is provided with teeth f' and recesses f
and through the centre of which passes the pin F.
2. A device for fixing the magazine comprising an encasing chamber having cross
walls o and o' with slots o' therein, the movable cover Q and the lock slide P for
securing the magazine and adapted to operate in connection with the cover Q
substantially as set forth.
3. The combination with the magazine shown in claim 1 of the trigger E with
projection E thereon and the hook E' connected by a spring to said trigger sub-
stantially as set forth.
4. A locking contrivance for a breech closing bolt consisting of a sliding block
having projection s' and movable on a pin arranged on the pistol substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 29th day of November 1889
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.