Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th June, 1892-Accepted, 16th July, 1892
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Figure 2, longitudinal section of Figure 1; the gun being ready for repeating,
and the bolt having pushed the first cartridge of the magazine into the barrel; the
handle or lever is not yet thrown over to the right.
Figure 3, vertical longitudinal section of the closing box, the magazine and the
loader; the cartridges are outside of the sphere of action of the bolt and, conse-
quently, repeating prevented.
Figures 4 and 5, are horizontal sections of the closing box with views of the bolt
fully drawn back in the two positions of the mechanism intended to prevent double
repeating.
Figure 6, vertical section of the bolt without cock, or moveable head.
Figure 7, lateral view of the cock with the firing pin.
Figure 8, longitudinal section and lateral view of the moveable head without
extractor.
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Figure 9, two views of the cartridge-drawer.
Figures 10 and 10 views and section of loader.
1) As in the breech-loading "Beaumont "
gun, this "Beaumont repeating
gun is provided with a bolt without spiral spring.
A main double branched
spring set in the handle or lever serves to cock the firing pin a when the bolt is
opened.
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The moveable head or block is made in three pieces: the moveable head properly
so called d, the extractor and the ejector i; they are connected to the bolt by the
aid of a screw f¹ which passes through the plate of the bolt and descends in front
of the swelling or enlargement d' of the moveable head. This latter forms one
piece with a lateral projection on the left which guides the moveable head d in a
longitudinal groove g of the box, Figure 3, and prevents its turning. This piece
extends in a projection beyond the front end of the moveable head, Figure 8.
The moveable head is provided beneath the piece i with a longitudinal perforation,
in which is placed the ejector i, kept in its position by its square head 3, susceptible
of a slight horizontal movement in the perforation, and stopped towards the back by
the coupling or clutch c' of the extractor. The projection 72 serves, concurrently
with the cartridge-drawer to keep the extracted case against the moveable head.
This projection is provided with a notch forming hook under which the flange
of the cartridge places itself directly the cartridge leaves the loader, so that a
cartridge cannot stop half way it is either introduced into the chamber or ejected,
according to the direction of the movement of the bolt; the result is that a
double repeating cannot be produced.
The cartridge-drawer consists of a plate c (Figure 9) forming spring set in a
groove (Figure 8) of the moveable head and terminating at its back in a

page_text: cylinder or coupling e¹ slid on to the thinned cylindrical part d² of the moveable
head, and kept in its position by its contact with the front end of the bolt.
When the cartridge-drawer c has seized a case, by reason of its elasticity, it
presses it against the projection and thus. keeps it against the moveable head.
The cylinder d² of the moveable head enters the perforation of the bolt reserved
for the firing-pin (see Figure 2).
A fastening stud or projection (Figure 6) is arranged on the bolt and moves
in the box in a longitudinal groove ending in a transverse groove not shown on
the drawing; it serves, concurrently with the handle, to ensure the fixing of the
closed bolt, at two opposite points and, thus, no deviation can take place either
to the right or to the left.
2) The loader, Figures 10 and 10 is made in two pieces, Figures 10 and 10ª.
The piece h, h, Figure 10 has openings s, s and receives on each side two
grooves, Figures 10° and 10E, which form ribs or beads in the interior of the
loader and serve to hold the cartridges.
The piece h, h, is then bent nearly to right angles following the dotted lines.
The second piece u is cut out as shown Figure 104, it is then bent under
the pressure of a mandrel so that the solid parts u', u', are formed into very
prominent ribs or projections h2, h3, of such dimensions that they may pass into
he openings, s, of the loader h. By the formation of these ribs the breadth
of the piece u has become transformed as shown Figure 10B and so that it
corresponds exactly to the inner breadth of the back of the loader h.
The piece, Figure 10³, is placed against the back of the loader in such a
way that the ribs 2 and 3 pass through the holes s, s, and project to the
exterior on the back of the loader, Figures 10° and 10. The piece u is then
fixed by bending its ends u², Figures 10 and 10B, on to the back of the loader,
Figures 10°, 10° and 10E.
The groover serves, as in all loaders, to hold the cartridges by their flange,
while the groove I made quite at the fore end of the loader, by the elasticity
of the sides of the loader encloses the cartridges at the height of their neck.
Further, the end of the groove is turned upward and outward, Figure 10°,
and comes against the stop piece in the magazine.
The loader is symmetrical and may be introduced into the magazine by one
or other of its sides indifferently; it offers the following advantages over loaders
of the same kind.
1) The ribs or projections h² and h³, projecting more prominently on the back
of the loader than they can be obtained by stamping out the actual back of
this loader without exposing the metal to too great a diminution of strength, are
more easily and more firmly seized by the hook or catch in the magazine, and
the loader is thus kept better fixed in the magazine.
2) The groove made vertically at the fore end of each lateral side, con-
stitutes, within the loader, a rib or projection which nips the cartridges at the
neck. The cartridges thus held by their flange and nipped at their neck, that
is to say held back and front cannot move in the loader. Their fixedness is
such that a loader which has fallen to the ground, may be immediately intro-
duced into the magazine without the necessity of readjusting the cartridges which
it contains.
3) The edge of this groove
against the corresponding side of the
the stop of the magazine and thus
magazine.
turned up outwardly, Figure 10°, bears
magazine, so that this edge comes against
prevents the loader sliding forward in the
When the loader containing the cartridges is introduced into the magazine, the
elevator inserts itself between the lower sides h, and is pushed towards the
bottom at the same time as the loader. The loader being fully entered into
the magazine, if left to itself, the hooked head m' of a lever m, actuated by a
spring p, places itself above the rib or projection and keeps the loader in
the magazine at the required height, to permit the bolt in its forward movement

page_text: to seize the upper cartridge and push it into the chamber. Repeating may
therefore take place in this position of the loader.
To prevent repeating it is only necessary, the box being open, to cause the
loader to lower in the magazine (see Figure 3) until the hollow rib h³ is beneath
the lower hook or catch m² of the lever m. If at this moment the foot or heel m³
of the lever m is pushed forward, the lever m pivots around the pin m* and, from
the position Figure 2, comes into the position Figure 3. If the loader is then
released, the elevator / causes it to rise with its cartridges, and the hollow rib or
projection comes to a stop in the catch m². In this position, the upper cartridge
of the magazine is downward of the bottom of the box and the bolt, in its to and
fro movement passes above the upper cartridge without touching it. Repeating is
therefore prevented, and the gun may be loaded cartridge after cartridge as if the
gun had no repeating.
To replace the loader at repeating, it is only necessary to cause it to lower again
in the magazine without touching the heel m³, until the hollow rib h³ is disengaged
from the catch m²; when the spring causes the lever m and the catch m' to pivot
forward and, if the loader is left to itself the elevator causes it to rise until the
rib h is stopped by the catch m'.
The last cartridge of the magazine being pushed out of this latter by the bolt,
the loader falls out of the magazine by its open bottom. To expel from the
magazine the loader charged with cartridges, when it occupies its position for
repeating, it is only necessary to open the bolt and to push the heel m³ of the
lever m forward; the lever m pivots and the loader, actuated by the elevator flies
out of the magazine by the top.
3) To prevent double repeating, a lever n pivoting around the pin n¹ and
actuated by a spring is set in the left side of the box, Figures 3, 4 and 5. This
lever n is provided at the front end with a pin or bolt n³ jointed or not which, when
the chamber of the barrel is free, projects into this chamber, Figures 3 and 4, by a
perforation in the side thereof. The lever n has at the tail end a heel or foot n'
which when there is no cartridge in the barrel, only slightly projects in the groove g
Figure 3, reserved in the piece and the head 3 of the ejector, in passing through
a suitable opening in the side of the box, but moves away actuated by the head ³
of the ejector (which then begins to act) giving passage to this head which, comes
against the rear end of the groove g and then, the opening of the magazine towards
the box is entirely exposed and, when the bolt is moved forward this latter may
seize a cartridge and push it into the barrel. If on the contrary there is a
cartridge, or a cartridge case in the barrel, this cartridge drives back the pin n³ of
the lever n outward and causes the lever a to pivot. Then, the heel n of this latter
enters further into the groove g and no longer permits the head of the ejector to
pass.
By the entrance of the heel n' further into the groove g, the head of the ejector i
is brought against this heel and arrests the bolt. In this position, Figure 5, the
forward end of the moveable head covers a part of the opening of the magazine
and the bolt in its forward movement cannot seize another cartridge from the
magazine. Repeating is therefore arrested until the cartridge lodged in the barrel
is extracted and expelled. Then, under the action of the spring n², the lever n
pivots, the pin n³ again projects into the barrel and the heel n* no longer enters the
groove excepting to an extent insufficient to stop the bolt when it retires.
A hollow or recess in the front side of the piece i', Figure 8, surrounds the pin n³,
and the forward part of the piece fills the vacant space in front of the pin n³ when
the bolt is closed.
The socket or cartridge case being seized by the cartridge-drawer and, as afore-
said, held between it and the piece 2, is carried with the bolt when this latter is
drawn backward. In this movement, the head of the ejector i, before reaching
the end of its journey, comes against the heel n which it drives back outwardly,
then it continues its course to the end of the groove g. In coming against the heel n
the head and the ejector receive a blow which drives them forward and the

page_text: cartridge case is expelled. As aforesaid this blow is produced before the bolt has
entirely exposed the opening of the magazine, so that the cartridge case is driven
out of the gun before the upper cartridge of the magazine rises into the box.
A suitable piece of wood covers the barrel where the soldier grips it, the sight
passes through this piece.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of August 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Repeating Guns.
I EDOUARD DE BEAUMONT, Proprietor of the Fabrique d'Armes Royale
Hollandaise at Maestricht, in the Kingdom of Holland, Gunmaker, 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 improvements in repeating guns and it consists :-
1. In the construction of the movable head or block.
2. In the construction of the loader or cartridge container and of the magazine.
3. In the mechanism serving to prevent a double repeating.
4. In the ejection mechanism.
On the drawing left with the Provisional Specification,
Figure 1 is a lateral view of the gun;
Figure 2, longitudinal section of Figure 1; the gun being ready for repeating,
and the bolt having pushed the first cartridge of the magazine into the barrel; the
handle or lever is not yet thrown over to the right.
Figure 3, vertical longitudinal section of the closing box or breech receiver, the
magazine and the loader or cartridge container; the cartridges are outside of
the sphere of action of the bolt and, consequently, repeating prevented.
Figures 4 and 5, are horizontal sections of the closing box or breech receiver
with views of the bolt fully drawn back in the two positions of the mechanism
intended to prevent double repeating.
Figure 6, vertical section of the bolt without cock, or movable head.
Figure 7, lateral view of the cock with the firing pin.
Figure 8, longitudinal section and lateral view of the movable head without
extractor.
Figure 9, two views of the cartridge extractor.
Figures 10, 10, 10, 100, 10, 10 views of the loader or cartridge container.
1) As in the breech-loading "Beaumont" gun, this "Beaumont" repeating
gun is provided with a bolt without spiral spring. A main double branched
spring set in the handle or lever serves to cock the firing pin a when the bolt is
opened.
The movable head or block is made in three pieces: the movable head properly
so called d, the extractor and the ejector i; they are connected to the bolt by
the aid of a screw 1 which passes through the plate f of the bolt and descends in
front of the swelling or enlargement d' of the movable head. This latter forms
one piece with a lateral projection on the left i¹ which guides the movable head d
in a longitudinal groove g of the box, Figure 3, and prevents ita turning. This
piece extends in a projection beyond the front end of the movable head,
Figure 8. The movable head is provided beneath the piece i¹ with a longitudinal
perforation, in which is placed the ejector i, kept in its position by its square
head, susceptible of a slight horizontal movement in the perforation, and stopped
towards the back by the coupling or clutch c' of the extractor. The projection 22
serves, concurrently with the cartridge-extractor to keep the extracted case against

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he movable head. This projection is provided with a notch forming nook
which the flange of the cartridge places itself directly the cartridge leaves the
oader, so that a cartridge cannot stop half way it is either introduced into the
chamber or ejected, according to the direction of the movement of the bolt ;
the result is that a double repeating cannot be produced.
The cartridge-extractor consists of a plate c (Figure 9) forming spring, set in a
groove d³ (Figure 8) of the movable head and terminating at its back in a cylinder
or coupling e' slid on to the thinned cylindrical part d² of the movable head, and
kept in its position by its contact with the front end of the bolt. When the
cartridge-extractor c has seized a case, by reason of its elasticity, it presses it,
against the projection and thus keeps it against the movable head. The
cylinder d² of the movable head enters the perforation of the bolt reserved for the
firing pin (see Figure 2).
A fastening stud or projection k (Figure 6) is arranged on the bolt and moves
in the box in a longitudinal groove ending in a transverse groove not shown on the
drawing it serves, concurrently with the handle, to ensure the fixing of the closed
bolt, at two opposite points and, thus, no deviation can take place either to the
right or to the left.
2) The loader or cartridge container, Figures 10 and 10% is made in two pieces,
Figures 10 and 10^.
The piece h, ½, Figure 10 has openings, and receives on each side two
grooves,, Figures 10" and 10%, which form ribs or beads in the interior of the
loader and serve to hold the cartridges.
The piece h, h, is then bent nearly to right angles following the dotted lines.
The second piece is cut out as shown Figure 10A, it is then bent under the
pressure of a mandrel so that the solid parts u³, u¹, are formed into very prominent.
ribs or projections 2, 3, of such dimensions that they may pass into the openings s, s,
of the loader . By the formation of these ribs the breadth of the piece w has
become transformed as shown Figure 10B and so that it corresponds exactly to the
inner breadth of the back of the loader h.
The piece u, Figure 10B, is placed against the back of the loader in such a way
that the ribs 2 and 3 pass through the holes s, s, and project to the exterior on
the back of the loader, Figures 10° and 10. The piece is then fixed by bending
its ends 2, Figures 10 and 10%, on to the back of the loader, Figures 10°,
and 10E.
10B
The groove serves, as in all loaders, to hold the cartridges by their flange,
while the groove made quite at the fore end of the loader, by the elasticity of
the sides of the loader encloses the cartridges at the height of their neck. Further,
the end of the groove is turned upward and outward, Figure 10", and comes
against the stop piece in the magazine.
The loader or cartridge container is symmetrical and may be introduced into the
magazine by one or other of its opposite open ends indifferently; it offers the
following advantages over loaders of the same kind.
1) The ribs or projections 2 and 3, projecting more prominently on the back
of the loader than they can be obtained by stamping out the actual back of this
loader without exposing the metal to too great a diminution of strength, are more
easily and more firmly seized by the hook or catch in the magazine, and the loader
is thus kept better fixed in the magazine.
2) The groove made vertically at the fore end of each lateral side, con-
stitutes, within the loader, a rib or projection which nips the cartridges at the
neck. The cartridges thus held by their flange and nipped at their neck, that is
to say held back and front cannot move in the loader. Their fixedness is such that
a loader which has fallen to the ground, may be immediately introduced into the
magazine without the necessity of readjusting the cartridges which it contains.
3) The edge of this groove r¹ turned up outwardly, Figure 10", bears against
the corresponding side of the magazine, so that this edge comes against the stop of
the magazine and thus prevents the loader sliding forward in the magazine.

page_text: When the loader containing the cartridges is introduced into the magazine, the
elevator inserts itself between the lower sides, and is pushed towards the
bottom at the same time as the loader. The loader being fully entered into
the magazine, if left to itself, the hooked head m² of a lever m, actuated by a
spring, places itself above the rib or projection h2 and keeps the loader in the
magazine at the required height, to permit the bolt in its forward movement to
seize the upper cartridge and push it into the chamber. Repeating may therefore
take place in this position of the loader.
To prevent repeating, it is only necessary, the box being open, to cause the
loader to lower in the magazine (see Figure 3) until the hollow rib ³ is beneath
the lower hook or catch m² of the lever m. If at this moment the foot or heel m³
of the lever m is pushed forward, the lever m pivots around the pin m² and, from
the position Figure 2, comes into the position Figure 3. If the loader is then
released, the elevator / causes it to rise with its cartridges, and the hollow rib or
projection comes to a stop in the catch m². In this position, the upper cartridge
of the magazine is below the bottom of the breech bolt and the bolt, in its to and
fro movement passes above the upper cartridge without touching it. Repeating is
therefore prevented, and the gun may be loaded cartridge after cartridge as if the
gun had no repeating.
To replace the loader at repeating, it is only necessary to cause it to lower again
in the magazine without touching the heel m³ until the hollow rib is disengaged
from the catch m²; then the spring p causes the lever m and the catch m² to pivot
forward and, if the loader is left to itself the elevator causes it to rise until the
rib h² is stopped by the catch m².
The last cartridge of the magazine being pushed out of this latter by the bolt,
the loader falls out of the magazine by its open bottom. To expel from the
magazine the loader charged with cartridges, when it occupies its position for
repeating, it is only necessary to open the bolt and to push the heel m³ of the
lever m forward; the lever m pivots and the loader, actuated by the elevator /
flies out of the magazine by the top.
4) To prevent double repeating, a lever n pivoting around the pin n¹ and actuated
by a spring n is set in the left side of the box, Figures 3, 4 and 5. This lever n
is provided at the front end with a pin or bolt n³ jointed or not which, when the
chamber of the barrel is free, projects into this chamber, Figures 3 and 4, by a
perforation in the side thereof. The lever n has at the tail end a heel or foot n'
which when there is no cartridge in the barrel, only slightly projects in the
groove g Figure 3 reserved in the piece and the head of the ejector, in passing
through a suitable opening in the side of the box, but moves away actuated by the
head of the ejector, (which then begins to act) giving passage to this head which,
comes against the rear end of the groove y and then, the opening of the magazine
towards the box is entirely exposed and, when the bolt is moved forward this latter
may seize a cartridge and push it into the barrel. If on the contrary there is a
cartridge, or a cartridge case in the barrel, this cartridge drives back the pin n³ of
the lever n outward and causes the lever n to pivot. Then the heel of this
latter enters further into the groove g and no longer permits the head of the
ejector to pass.
By the entrance of the heel n further into the groove g, the head of the
ejector is brought against this heel and arrests the bolt.
In this position,
Figure 5, the forward end of the movable head covers a part of the opening of the
magazine and the bolt in its forward movement cannot seize another cartridge from
the magazine. Repeating is therefore arrested until the cartridge lodged in the
barrel is extracted and expelled. Then, under the action of the spring n², the
lever n pivots, the pin n³ again projects into the barrel and the heel n² no longer
enters the groove g excepting to an extent insufficient to stop the bolt when it retires.
A hollow or recess in the front side of the piece ¹, Figure 8, surrounds the
pin n³, and the forward part of the piece ¹ fills the vacant space in front of the
pin n when the bolt is closed.

page_text: The cartridge-case being seized by the cartridge-extractor and, as aforesaid,
held between it and the piece , is carried with the bolt when this latter is drawn
backward. In this movement, the head of the ejector i, before reaching the end
of its journey, comes against the heel n, which it drives back outwardly, then it
continues its course to the end of the groove g. In coming against the heel n the
head of the ejector receives a blow which drives it forward and the cartridge-
case is expelled. As aforesaid this blow is produced before the bolt has entirely
exposed the opening of the magazine, so that the cartridge-case is driven out of
the gun before the upper cartridge of the magazine rises into the box.
A suitable piece of wood covers the barrel where the soldier grips it; the sight
passes through this piece.
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
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1. In repeating guns, a movable head provided with a lateral piece i¹ which acts
as guide to it in the groove g of the box and projects beyond the movable head, in
combination with :-
a) A cartridge-extractor c arranged in a groove of the movable head and
kept thereupon by a coupling or clutch slid upon a thinner cylindrical
part of the movable head, and by its contact with the fore end of the bolt.
An ejector movable in a perforation of the movable head and combined
with a heel or foot n which advances in the closing box or breech receiver
and, the ejection having taken place, retires to give passage to the head ³ of
the ejector.
2. In a loader or cartridge container, the arrangement of the two ribs or pro-
jections and h³ on the back thereof.
3. In a loader or cartridge container, the rib constituted by the groove r¹ and
serving to nip the cartridges at their neck.
4. In a loader or cartridge container, the fore end or edge turned upward.
5. A loader or cartridge container having at its rear end two ribs h² h³ in
combination with a lever m of the magazine, pivoting around a pin m* actuated by
a spring and provided with two hooks n¹ and m2, the first of which engaging
itself above the rib ² of the loader, keeps this latter so that the upper cartridge of
the magazine is at the desired height for repeating,-whereas the second m² pushed
forward by a pressure exercised upon the heel m³ of the lever m, introduces itself
into the ribs of the loader (when this latter is sufficiently pushed downward) and
then keeps the loader at such a height that the upper cartridge is below the sphere
of action of the bolt.
6. A mechanism to prevent double repeating, composed of a lever n set in the
box or adjusted thereupon, pivoting around a pin n¹ and actuated by a spring, this.
lever being provided at the rear with a heel nt and in front with a pin or bolt n³
which, driven back by the cartridge introduced into the barrel causes the lever n
to pivot and pushes the heel n, sufficiently into the box to arrest the head of the
ejector and the bolt before this latter has entirely uncovered the magazine,
respectively the upper cartridge of the magazine, as long as the pin or head *
remains in contact with the cartridge.
Dated this Fifteenth day of June 1892.