IMPROVE- MENTS IN MAGAZINE OR REPEATING RIFLES AND OTHER FIRE-ARMS to be as follows:
Year: 1886

page_text: I, OWEN JONES, of 18 Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MAGAZINE OR REPEATING RIFLES AND OTHER FIRE-ARMS to be as
follows:-
"
My invention relates to magazine or repeating rifles and other fire-arms of that
class wherein there is a breech-block arranged to slide to and fro within the body
and stock of the gun, as described in the specification of my former Letters Patent
dated 17th October 1883 No. 4942.
My present invention comprises various improvements hereinafter described
whereby I considerably reduce the number of parts of the breech-mechanism and
greatly improve the working of the gun as compared with that described in the
said former specification.
In carrying my present invention into practice the breech-mechanism is made
complete in itself, that is to say, the breech-block, the handle and sliding bar for
operating the same, the hammer, the trigger, the extractor and other parts of the
said mechanism are connected with a slotted plate or guide-bar which is secured to
the lower part of the body and stock of the gun, or with a lock-plate attached
thereto; therefore the said mechanism is a separate and distinct device which can
be properly fitted and adjusted before it is inserted into the gun and can be readily
taken out or removed from the gun with the said plate or guide bar.
The hammer is pivotted to a bracket carried by the said lock-plate and is
arranged to work through slots in the guide-bar and breech-block. The hammer
is cocked by the breech-block in its backward movement, the said block being for
this purpose provided on its underside with a projection, which extends through
the slot in the guide-bar. This projection is preferably provided with flanges
outside of the said slot and serves to guide the front end of the breech-block in its
to and fro movement. The main spring is carried by the said lock-plate and acts
upon the hammer to cause the firing of the gun, and also upon the trigger to cause
the same to engage with the bent of the hammer, when the latter is moved
downward by the breech-block, and thus hold the said hammer in its cocked
position.

page_text: The handle for operating the breech-block through the medium of the sliding
bar connected therewith is provided with means whereby, when the said block is
in its firing position, the said handle will be locked and securely held in place, and
accidental displacement of the breech-block will thus be prevented; but, when
pressure is exerted upon the said handle to move the same backward, it will be
unlocked or released.
The extractor is connected with a lever arranged to be acted upon by the breech-
block, to effect the extraction of an empty cartridge-case, after the said block has
been withdrawn a sufficient distance to open the breech and permit the depression
of the lid or deflector that closes the aperture through which the empty cartridge-
cases are ejected.
The extractor is usually pivotted upon the pin or bolt which secures the lock-
plate and guide-bar in the body of the gun. It is connected by means of a link
with a lever, which is pivotted to a bracket or stud carried by the said guide-bar,
or which is otherwise suitably arranged. This lever is so formed that, after the
extraction of a cartridge-case, the breech-block, in its continued rearward move-
ment, will hold down the said lever.*
To provide for starting the empty cartridge-cases from the barrel before they are
withdrawn by the extractor, another lever is pivotted upon a pin or bolt fixed in
the body of the gun. One arm of this lever extends upward and forms part of
the seating for the flange of a cartridge in the barrel.
The other arm of the said
lever extends rearwardly into position to be acted upon by the breech-block in the
downward movement thereof previous to its being moved backward. By these
means great force is rendered available for effecting the starting of the empty
cartridge-cases from the barrel.
The aforesaid link connecting the extractor with its operating lever is provided
with a wedge-shaped or other projection which, when the hammer has been cocked
and the said link moved forward, will lie between a projection on the trigger and
the lock-plate, and thus serve as a safety device to prevent the release of the
hammer while the breech is open. When the breech-block is pushed forward to
close the breech, the extractor is thereby moved back into its original position, and
the trigger thus unlocked so that the gun can be fired.
In some cases I arrange a magazine at one side or at each side of the gun
and provide it with the means hereinafter described for feeding the cartridges
successively into the gun through an aperture in the side thereof. This magazine
is fitted to slide up and down between suitable guides in or on the body of the
gun; and has an aperture, which, when the magazine is in its highest position,
coincides with the aperture in the gun. Two levers are pivotted one to each end
of the magazine, in such a manner that their free ends can be moved laterally to
and fro through the said apertures. The said levers are so connected that, when
one lever is moved, it will correspondingly operate the other lever. For this
purpose the said levers are sometimes slotted at or near the centre of their length,
and each lever is fitted within the slot in the other lever. One of the said levers
has a notched arm which, when the magazine is in its highest position, engages
with a projection on a lever pivotted upon the pin or bolt which secures the rear
end of the lock-plate and the guide-bar to the body of the gun. By moving the
magazine downward, the said notched arm of the lever will be moved out of
engagement with the said projection. The lever provided with this projection has
another projection which extends into the path of a shoulder on the breech-block,
so that, when the latter is moved backward it will, if the magazine is in its bighest
position, cause a cartridge to be fed therefrom into the gun.
The two levers in the magazine are moved back to their normal position, to
permit the descent of another cartridge into position to be fed into the gun, by
means of a projection on the back block or on the sliding bar to which the handle
is secured. This projection acts on the aforesaid lever in the latter part of the
forward movement of the said block or bar. The two levers in the magazine
are bevelled so that, if they should project through the said apertures, when the

page_text: magazine is moved downward, they will be automatically moved back to their
original position.
A bent lever is pivotted to the lock-plate. One arm of this lever extends forward
to, or nearly to, the free extremity of the aforesaid lid or deflector. The other arm
of the said lever extends upward into the path of a projection on the breech-block,
so that, after the said block has been drawn back and has operated the extractor,
it will act upon the said lever and thereby raise the said lid or deflector, so that
the latter will not interfere with the feeding of another cartridge from the maga.
zine into the gun.
I sometimes employ a magazine fixed on one side of the gun and inclined or
curved at the bottom so that the lowermost cartridge in the magazine will roll by
gravity into the body of the gun through an aperture in the side thereof. In this
case I employ an elevator for raising the cartridges into position to be thrust into
the barrel by the breech-block. This elevator comprises two levers arranged in a
similar manner to those of the feeding device above described so that, when one
lever is moved, the other lever will be correspondingly moved thereby. For this
purpose a pin is fixed in one of the said levers at or near the centre of its length
and is passed through a slot in the other lever. A plate is attached to the said
levers to support the cartridge to be raised thereby. One of the said levers is
formed with a projection which extends through a slot in the aforesaid guide-bar,
so that the said lever can be operated in the to-and-fro movement of the breech-
block by shoulders on the said block or on the sliding bar for operating the same.
To provide for rendering this elevator inoperative when desired, I sometimes
employ a lever which is pivotted to the guide-bar at or near the rear end thereof
and is bent at its extremity so that it will fit into the slot in the said guide-bar,
and, when in this position, will arrest the movement of the sliding bar before the
shoulder on the breech-block has acted upon the lever of the elevator. The said
bent lever is provided with means for adjusting it into or out of its operative
position.
When I employ this magazine and cartridge-elevator, I usually provide the gun
with a firing pin or striker operated by a spiral spring as described in the said
former specification. I provide, in combination with this firing pin, a suitable sear,
and I make the said firing pin with a projection which extends downward into the
path of a small lever pivotted to the back block that is to say the block which is
coupled to the breech-block and which is pushed beneath the same by the sliding
bar in its forward movement. This lever, in the rearward movement of the said
sliding bar, engages with the projection on the firing pin and cocks the said firing
pin but passes under the said projection in the forward movement of the said
sliding bar.
To prevent the firing of the gun before the breech is closed, I pivot the trigger
to the guide-bar and arrange, in combination with the said trigger, a lever which
is pivotted to the sliding bar and works in a slot formed therein. When the breech
is closed, this lever is in position to be acted upon by the trigger and to act upon
the sear to release the firing pin or striker. But when the breech-block is moved
backward, the said lever will be moved backward therewith and will therefore be
inoperative.
In some cases, instead of employing a hammer, I arrange a plunger and a spiral
spring in or upon the sliding bar in such a manner that the plunger will be cocked
in the forward movement of the said bar. This plunger is so arranged that when
released, it will strike a firing pin fitted to slide in the breech-block, and will thus
fire the gun.
I sometimes provide for feeding the cartridges through an aperture in the bottom
of the gun from a magazine attached to the underside thereof. This magazine is
preferably constructed as follows, that is to say, two end pieces, suitably formed to
receive the ends of the cartridges, are pivotted to the body of the gun or to the
guide-bar, and are so arranged that they can be turned down to permit the inser-
tion of the cartridges, or, when the gun is to be used without a magazine, -can-be

page_text: turned up so that they are within the body of the gun. A lever is pivotted to the
gun and is arranged to be operated by a spring to feed the said cartridges into the
gun. The said lever and spring are so arranged that, by turning the lever back, it
will be held by the spring clear of the magazine to permit the filling of the same
with cartridges.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Magazine or Repeating Rifles and other
Fire-arms.
I, OWEN JONES, of 18 Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My invention relates to magazine or repeating rifles and other fire-arms, and
comprises various improvements hereinafter set forth.
My said invention is chiefly designed to simplify and improve the construction
and increase the efficiency of fire-arms of the kind or class described in the
Specification of former Letters Patent granted to me and dated 17th October,
A.D. 1883, No. 4942, that is to say, fire-arms wherein the several operations of
loading, cocking and extracting are performed by the to-and-fro movement of a
slide or sliding piece arranged behind the barrel in such a manner that, in using
the gun, the said piece is operated by the hand nearest the shoulder, without any
lateral, rotary or angular movement.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal central section through the body and stock of
my improved gun, shewing the breech-mechanism in side elevation with the parts
in the positions which they occupy after the firing of the gun.
Figure 2 is a similar view shewing the parts in the positions which they occupy
after the breech-block has been drawn back and a cartridge has been transferred
from the magazine into position to be thrust into the barrel by the said block in
its succeeding forward movement.
Figure 3 is an elevation of the right-hand side of the said gun.
Figure 4 is a side elevation, and
Figure 5 a plan, showing the magazine detached.

page_text: Figures 6 to 13 shew different views hereinafter described illustrating details of
construction.
Figure 14 is a vertical longitudinal central section showing a modified form of
my improved gun.
Figure 15 is a side elevation illustrating details of construction.
Figure 16 is a transverse section on the line x, x, Figure 14.
Figure 17 is a vertical longitudinal central section, and
Figure 18 a side elevation, partly in vertical longitudinal section, showing
another form or modification of my improved gun.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
a is the stock, b the body, and c the barrel of the gun.
d is the breech-block, which is connected, by means of a link-d*, with a bar e
fitted to slide to and fro in the stock a, substantially as described in the said
former specification. e' is a handle, which is firmly attached to the bar e to
facilitate the movement thereof. f is the hammer, the trigger and h the
extractor.
In the gun shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the breech-block d, the sliding bar e,
the handle e¹, the hammer f, the trigger g, the extractor h and other parts of the
breech-mechanism hereinafter described are all mounted either upon the slotted
plate or guide-bar i (which is secured in the lower part of the body and stock of
the gun as described in the said former specification) or upon a lock-plate j firmly
secured to the said guide-bar; therefore the breech-mechanism is complete in
itself and constitutes a separate and distinct device which can be properly fitted
and adjusted before it is inserted into the gun, and can be readily taken out or
removed from the gun with the said guide-bar.
The handle e¹ for operating the breech-block through the medium of the sliding
bar e extends through, and is fitted to slide in, a central slot in the guide-bar i;
and is firmly connected with the bar e in any convenient manner. I provide the
said handle with means whereby, when the gun is ready for firing; the said handle
will be locked and securely held in place, so that accidental opening of the breech
or displacement of the breech-block will be prevented; but, when pressure is
exerted upon the said handle to move the same backward, it will be unlocked or
released, that is to say, the unlocking of the parts will be effected by the act of
drawing back the breeoh-block.
To provide for locking and unlocking the parts as above described, I prefer to
make the rear portion c³ of the handle e¹ separate from the body or main portion
thereof, and to pivot it thereto as at e*. The part e is provided with an
extension e, the extremity of which, when the parts are in the positions shown in
Figure 1, is forced, by means of a spring e, into a notch 2 in the guide-bar i.
When the hand of the person using the gun is brought against the part e, in
the act of drawing back the breech-block, the spring et is compressed and the
extension e³ withdrawn from the notch and the unlocking of the parts is thus
effected.
The hammer f, of which a side elevation, and an edge view are shown in
Figure 11, is pivotted to lugs f¹ formed or fixed on the lock-plate 7, which is
clearly shown, in plan and side elevation, in Figure 12. The said hammer is
arranged to work through the slot in the guide-bar i and through a slot d¹ in
the breech-block d. The said hammer is cocked by the breech-block in its back-
ward movement, the said block being, for this purpose, provided on its underside
with a projection d, which extends through the slot 2. The said projection is
fitted to slide in the said slot and is preferably provided with flanges d³ which
project beneath the bar i; the said projection, therefore, serves to guide the front
end of the breech-block in the to-and-fro movement thereof. The said flanges d'
are shown by dotted lines in Figure 13, which is a plan of the breech-block d and
sliding bar e. The main spring k is securely held in a recess or cavity j* in the
lock-plate j, and acts upon the hammer f to cause the firing of the gun, and also
upon the trigger g to cause the same to engage with the bent fi of the hammer f

page_text: and thus hold the said hammer in its cocked position until released by the pulling
of the trigger.
The extractor h is pivotted upon the pin or bolt j¹ which secures the lock-plate j
and guide-bar i in the body of the gun. The said extractor is connected with a
lever h¹ by means of a link h. The lever h' is pivotted to a lug h³ formed or
fixed on the guide-bar i, and is arranged to be operated by the projection d' on the
breech-block d, in the backward movement of the said block, to effect the extraction
of the empty cartridge-shell. The said lever and the projection d' are so arranged
relatively to each other and to the other parts of the breech-mechanism that the
extraction of an empty cartridge-shell will not be effected until the breech-block
has been withdrawn a sufficient distance to open the breech and permit the
depression, by its spring P, of the lid or deflector that closes the aperture through
which the empty cartridge-shells are ejected. The said lever h' is formed with an
extension h, so that, after the extraction of a cartridge-shell, the breech-block, in
its continued rearward movement, will hold down the said lever and thus prevent
its rising in front of the said block. The extractor h is shown detached in
Figure 10, which comprises a side elevation and an edge view thereof. The
lever hand the link h² are shown, in plan and side elevation, in Figures' 7 and 8
respectively.
To provide for starting the empty cartridge-shells from the barrel before they are
withdrawn by the extractor, a bent lever m is pivotted upon a pin or bolt m¹ fixed
in the body of the gun. One arm of this lever extends upward and forms part of
the seating for the flange of a cartridge in the barrel. The other arm of the said
lever extends rearwardly into position to be acted upon by the breech-block, in the
downward movement thereof previous to its being moved backward. By these
means, great force is rendered available for effecting the starting of the empty
cartridge-shells from the barrel.
The link h, which connects the extractor h with its operating lever h¹, is
provided with a wedge-shaped projection which, when the hammer f has been
cocked and the said link moved forward, will lie between a projection g¹ on the
trigger g and the lock-plate j, as shown in Figure 2, and will thus serve as a
safety device to prevent the release of the hammer while the breech is open.
When the breech-block is pushed forward to close the breech, it strikes the
extractor hand moves the said extractor, the link h' and the lever h¹ back to their
normal positions; the projection h³ is thus withdrawn from between the projection g¹
and the lock-plate j, thereby unlocking or releasing the trigger g so that the gun
can be fired.
n is the magazine which is provided with flanges or projections n' and is fitted
to slide up and down between suitable guides o formed or fixed on the body of the
gun. This magazine has an aperture n' which, when the magazine is in its highest
position, as shown in Figure 3, coincides with a similar aperture in the body of the
gun. p, p¹ are two levers which are pivotted one to each end of the said magazine
in such a manner that their free ends can be moved laterally to and fro through
the said apertures. These levers are so connected that they may be moved
This connection is
simultaneously by force applied to one of the said levers.
sometimes effected by forming the said levers with slots p³, p³ at, or near, the
centre of their length, and introducing each lever into the slot of the other lever,
as shewn in Figures 4 and 5. The lever p has a notched arm p', which, when the
magazine is in its highest position, engages with a projection q¹ on a lever q pivotted
upon the pin or bolt which secures the rear end of the lock-plate j and the guide-
bar to the body of the gun. A side elevation and an edge view of the said
lever are shown in Figure 6. The projection q¹ extends through a slot or
aperture in the body of the gun. By moving the magazine downward, the notched
arm p of the lever p will be moved out of engagement with the said projection q¹.
The lever q has another projection q* which extends into the path of a shoulder d
on the breech-block, so that, when the said block is moved backward, it will
act upon the lever q and, if the magazine is in its highest position, will cause à

page_text: cartridge to be transferred therefrom into position to be thrust into the barrel by
the breech-block. The two levers p, p² are moved back, to permit the descent of
another cartridge into position to be fed into the gun, by means of a projection e
on the sliding bar e. This projection slides in a slot a¹ in the stock a, and acts
upon the projection 92 of the lever q in the latter part of the forward movement of
the said bar. Instead of the arrangement above described, I sometimes provide
for the operation of the levers p, p¹ by making the lever p with a projection which
extends through an aperture or slot in the side of the gun, so that, when the
magazine is in its highest position, the said projection will be, in position to be
acted upon by the projections d and e³. The lower edges of the levers p, p' are
bevelled, so that, should the said levers project through the aperture in the gun,
when the magazine is moved downward, they will be automatically moved back
to their normal position by their striking against the lower edge of the said
aperture. An important feature of this part of my invention is that the cartridges
when moved laterally by the levers p, p¹ are always kept parallel, or nearly
parallel, with the line of movement of the breech-block and sliding bar. I can,
however, employ, in combination with the said sliding magazine, other means
than those above described for feeding the cartridges from the magazine into
the gun.
In some instances, I use a sliding magazine and a feeding device such as that
above described, on each side of the gun, so that, when the cartridges in one of the
magazines are all used, the other magazine can be raised into its operative
position. The construction of the breech-mechanism would then require to be
slightly modified to permit the cartridges to be fed into the gun from either side.
A bent lever s is pivotted upon the pin or bolt j. One arm of this lever
extends forward about as far as the free extremity of the lid or deflector Z. The
other arm of the said lever extends upward into the path of the projection d³ on
the breech-block, so that, after the said block has been drawn back and has operated
the extractor, it will act upon the said lever and thereby raise the said lid or
deflector, so that the latter will not interfere with the feeding of another cartridge
from the magazine into the gun. The lever s is shown, in plan and side elevation,
in Figure 9. In some cases, I provide for the ejection of the empty cartridge-shells
at one side of the gun, the deflector will then be pushed back to its normal
position, after the extraction of an empty cartridge-shell, by the succeeding car-
tridge as it is fed into the gun, and the levers can be dispensed with.
In the modification, of my invention shown in Figures 14, 15, and 16, the
magazine n is fixed on one side of the gun and is inclined or curved at n³ so that
the lowermost cartridge in the magazine will roll by gravity into the body of the
gun, through the aperture b¹ in the side thereof. In this case, I employ an elevator
for raising the cartridges into position to be thrust into the barrel by the breech-
block. This elevator comprises two levers p, p¹ arranged in a similar manner to
those of the feeding device above described, that is to say, so that, when one lever
is moved, the other lever will be correspondingly moved thereby, but these levers
work vertically instead of horizontally. The said levers are connected by means
of a pin p³ fixed in the lever p at, or near, the centre of its length and passed
through a slot p in the lever p¹. A plate p' is attached to the said levers to
support the cartridge to be raised thereby.
The lever p is formed with a projection p³ which extends through the slot i¹ in
the guide-bar, so that the said lever will be operated, in the to-and-fro movement
of the breech-block, alternately by a shoulder or projection d on the said block
and a shoulder e on the sliding bar e.
To provide for enabling this elevator to be put out of action when desired,
I sometimes employ a levert which is pivotted at t¹ to the guide-bar i at, or near,
the rear end thereof, and is bent at its free end so that, when it occupies the
position shown in full lines in Figure 14, its free end will fit into the slot 2¹ in
the said guide-bar and will arrest the movement of the sliding bar e before the
shoulder do on the breech-block has acted upon the projection ps of the lever p.

page_text: The bent levert is provided with a milled edge which projects through an
aperture in the guide-bar i, so that the said lever can be turned by the finger or
thumb to move it into, or out of, its operative position; or other suitable means
are provided for this purpose.
When I employ this magazine and cartridge-elevator, instead of using a hammer
as above described, I usually provide the gun with a rod or plunger A operated by
a spiral spring B, as described in my said former specification. I provide, in com-
bination with this plunger, a suitable sear u, which is pivotted to the said plunger
and is also acted upon by the spring B, which tends to move the said sear downward
at its forward end; and I make the said plunger with a stud or projection A¹
which extends downward into the path of a small lever v pivotted to the back
block forming part of the sliding bar 6. This lever v, in the rearward movement
of the said sliding bar, engages with the projection A' on the plunger and cocks
the said plunger, the sear u engaging with a shoulder u³ on the tube or casing u³
in which the said plunger and its spring are arranged; but, by reason of the
divergency of the lines of movement of the plunger and sliding bar, when the
said bar has moved a certain distance backward, the lever leaves the said
projection A. In the forward movement of the said sliding bar, the lever turns
upon its pivot and passes beneath the said projection.
To prevent the firing of the gun before the breech is closed, I pivot the trigger g
to the guide-bar i and arrange, in combination with the said trigger, a lever g²
which is pivotted to the sliding bar e and works in a slot e7 formed therein. When
the breech is closed, this lever is in position, as shown, to be acted upon by the
trigger and to act upon the sear u to release the plunger A. But, when the breech-
block is moved backward,, the said lever g² will be moved backward therewith and
will therefore be inoperative.
In some cases, I use a plunger A and a spiral spring B, which are arranged
within a casing secured to the sliding bar e, in such a manner that the plunger
will be cocked in the forward, instead of in the rearward, movement of the said
bar. This plunger is so arranged that, when released, it will strike a firing pin
fitted to slide in the breech block, and will thus fire the gun. An arrangement of
this kind is shown in Figure 17, wherein the plunger A is formed with a notch A²
which, in the forward movement of the sliding bar e, will engage with a hook g³,
formed on the trigger g, and will be cocked thereby, the said hook serving as the
sear. The trigger is provided with a spring 9* which tends to hold it in engage-
ment with the plunger A.
I sometimes provide for feeding the cartridges through an aperture in the
bottom of the gun from a magazine attached to the underside thereof. In
Figures 17 and 18, I have shown a gun provided with a magazine comprising
two channelled. or trough-shaped pieces 2, w¹. The piece wis pivotted at w³ to
the body b, and the piece w is pivotted at w³ to the trigger-guard g*. When
these pieces are in the positions shown in Figure 17, a row or column of cartridges
can be placed therein, as shown. A lever y is pivotted at y¹ and is acted upon by
a spring y' whereby, when it is in the position shown, it is caused to push the said
cartridges upwards so that they are successively raised into position to be thrust
into the barrel, the said lever working in a slot in the piece w. The lever y and
spring y are so arranged that, by turning the said lever back, until the spring
bears upon the part y³ of the said lever, the latter will be held by the spring clear
of the magazine to permit the filling of the same with cartridges. A cover z is
also pivotted at y' and is acted upon by the spring y³ which tends to force it
upward, the said spring being slit or divided so that it will act independently
upon the lever y and cover z.
A plate y is pivotted at y³ to the lever y, and a spring y6 is attached to the
said lever. When the magazine contains one or more cartridges and the breech-
block is in the position shown in Figure 17, this spring is straightened or
compressed by the upward pressure of the lever y, the uppermost cartridge being
held down by the block r; but, when the breech-block is moyed backward, the

page_text: said spring resumes its normal shape, and thus raises the front ends of the
cartridges, thereby bringing the uppermost cartridge into position to be thrust
into the barrel.
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When the gun is to be used without the magazine, the pieces w and w³, the
lever y and the cover are turned up into the positions shewn in Figure 18.
The lever 3 can, if desired, be used in combination with a paper or other
cartridge-holder, and the parts w, w¹ may, in this case, be dispensed with.
In all of the above described forms or modifications of my gun, the trigger may
be arranged either at the upper or the under side of the gun.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it understood
that I claim :-
First. The combination of the breech-mechanism with the guide-bar and lock-
plate in such a manner that they constitute a separate and distinct device which
can be readily inserted in, and removed from, the gun, as above set forth.
Second. The combination, with the breech-block and the sliding bar, of the
hammer, the trigger and the main spring, all arranged and operating substantially
as described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, for the purposes
specified.
Third. The combination, with the breech-block, the sliding bar and the operating
handle, of means whereby the said parts are locked or held in position when the
breech is closed, but will be unlocked by pressure exerted upon the said handle to
move it backward, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Fourth. The combination of parts comprising the extractor h, the lever h¹, and
the connecting link 2, substantially as set forth, whereby I provide for the
operation of the said extractor by the breech-block in its rearward movement, as
above specified.
Fifth. The combination of the projection g¹ on the trigger g and the projection h³
on the link h², substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Sixth. The employment of a bent lever pivotted to the body of the gun and
arranged to be operated by the breech-block, in its downward movement, for the
purpose of starting the empty cartridge-shells from the barrel, substantially as set
forth.
Seventh. The combination, with my improved gun, of a magazine at one side
or at each side thereof, fitted to slide up and down in suitable guides, for the
purpose specified.
Eighth. The combination, with a magazine fitted to slide up and down between
guides at the side of a gun for the purpose specified, of mechanism whereby the
cartridges are successively transferred from the said magazine into the gun, as
above specified.
Ninth. The combination, with the breech-block and the sliding bar for operating
the same, of the levers p, p¹, and means substantially as described for operating the
said levers in the to-and-fro movement of the said breech-block and sliding bar,
for the purpose of feeding the cartridges from the magazine into the gun, as above
specified.
Tenth. The lever 8 pivotted to the lock-plate and arranged to be operated by the
breech-block, in its rearward movement, substantially as, and for the purpose, set
forth.
Eleventh. The combination of the magazine curved or inclined at its lower end,
and the cartridge-elevator arranged to be operated by the breech-block and sliding
bar in their to-and-fro movement, substantially as. described with reference to
Figures 14, 15 and 16 of the drawings, for the purpose specified.
Twelfth. The employment of a bent lever pivotted to the rear end of the guide-
bar and fitting into the slot therein, as, and for the purpose, specified.
Thirteenth. The combination, with the rod or plunger and the spring arranged
within the stock, of the sear u, the lever g* carried by, and pivotted to, the sliding

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bar, and the trigger g, substantially as described with reference to Figure 14 of the
drawings for the purposes specified.
Fourteenth. The combination, with the plunger A provided with the stud or
projection A and the spring B, of the lever v pivotted to the block r substantially
as described with reference to Figure 14 of the drawings for the purpose specified.
Fifteenth. The employment of the rod or plunger and spring carried by the
sliding bar, and arranged in combination with a firing pin fitted to slide to and fro
in the breech-block, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Sixteenth. The combination of the lever y, the spring y, and the parts w, w¹,
with or without the cover z, and with or without the plate y' and spring y6, all
substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
Seventeenth. The combination, with the lever y and spring y³, with or without
the parts w, w¹, of a separate cartridge-holder, substantially as, and for the purpose,
set forth.
Eighteenth. The improved magazine or repeating rifle consisting of the parts
constructed and combined substantially as described with reference to Figures 1
to 13, or to Figures 14, 15 and 16, or to Figures 17 and 18 of the drawings and
operating as above specified.