AN IMPROVED BREECH LOADING RIFLE
Year: 1884

page_text: I CONRAD GARBE, Gentleman, of Berlin in the German Empire, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for "AN IMPROVED BREECH LOADING RIFLE
to be as follows:-
This Invention succeeds in all respects in meeting the demands made upon fire
arms as the extremely simple construction. of this breech loading rifle renders its
handling easy and it can be readily turned into a magazine rifle by appending a
simple magazine to the stock, or breech of the rifle.
The construction of this improved breech loading rifle and the method of using
it is as follows
A tube is secured by means of swallow-tail shaped fastening pieces to a guide in
the rear of the rifled tube which is formed prismatically.
On this guide a chamber can be moved backwards and forwards.
In the interior of the chamber a cylinder is held by a semi-circular shoulder
which catches in a correspondingly shaped groove.
In order to take the rifle to pieces quickly there is on the inside of the chamber
a second groove similar in size and shape to the first not however directly above
the latter but placed nearer the lock in order to prevent the cylinder turning when
the rifle is used.
In taking the rifle to pieces the chamber is moved back till one groove is directly
above the other so that the shoulder of the cylinder can be turned out of one groove
into the other and the chamber can then be drawn off from the guide.
A spring lies firmly in the cylinder and presses the hammer bolt screwed on to
the lock continually on to the closure piece.
The lock is provided on top with a shoulder which slides into the longitudinal
groove of the chamber, on the lower side of the lock there is a notch into which
when the chamber is drawn off a trigger spring catch snaps by which means the
lock is also taken away.
On the lower side of the closure piece is a hasp moveable in a joint.
In loading the rifle as soon as the spring has been pressed back with the thumb a
knob is slightly raised till the lower edge of a side lap is at an equal height with a
counter piece the knob together with the chamber is then drawn back till the
trigger catch snaps into the opening of the lock the cartridge is then placed in the
open guide and the chamber is pushed forward again whereby the closure piece
presses the cartridge firmly into the barrel.

page_text: By pulling the trigger the sinking of the trigger catch fastened to the spring is
effected and the lock together with a hammer bolt is pressed forward by the spring
and fires the cartridge.
When the hammer is drawn back again the spring fastened on the outside of the
guide which catches with a rounded head in a slit in the side of the guide throws
the empty cartridge case out.
:
The firm closing of the chamber is effected by the conical shape of the closure
piece which fits exactly into the cone of the tube.
The rebound of the chamber is prevented by a counter piece against which a side
lap strikes whereby the spring prevents the latter from springing up.
In order to prevent the rifle discharging too soon when being handled two slide
stops are attached, the first under the trigger spring in the butt of the rifle which
by a revolution of 90° catches with its arm close under the spring and thus prevents
the sinking of the trigger nib whereby the latter cannot be drawn out of the
notch of the lock and the second under the aide lap which comes into operation
when the said side lap is not completely pressed down that is to say when the gun
is not properly closed.
The spring which lies right across the chamber moves in this case a little forward
and blocks the way of the lock and not until the side lap is pressed down will the
hammer bolt reach the cartridge.
In order to ascertain whether the gun is loaded when the chamber is closed
the cylinder is provided with a bore hole through which the hammer bolt can be.
seen when the gun is loaded.
The hammer bolt may be also made in one piece in which case the trigger spring
nib catches in an open space of the tie.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
"
I CONRAD GARBE of Berlin, Germany do hereby declare the nature of the
invention for "AN IMPROVED BREECH LOADING RIFLE and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The Inventor has succeeded in all respects in meeting all the demands now made
on fire-arms, as the extremely simple construction of his breech-loading rifle renders
ita handling easy and by the appending of a simple magazine has turned a single-
loader into a magazine-rifle or quick loader. I refer to the drawings accompanying
my Provisional specification.
In loading this rifle 3 simple motions are necessary viz.
1 To draw back the chamber c by means of knob q in a straight_direction
without turning the chamber, as is necessary for instance in the Manser or
Chassepot rifles.
2 To put in the cartridge.
3 To shove back the chamber c in a straight direction again into its original
position in which motion turning whatever is avoided.
The construction is as follows:
Figure 1 shows the longitudinal section of the rifle in the moment of firing
whereby the hammer-bolt k is knocked by spring h against the cartridge Q
The tube a is secured by means of swallow-tail-shaped fastening pieces q' to the
guide 6 which as may be seen in Figures 6, 7, 8 is formed prismatically. On the
guide b the chamber c can be moved backwards and forwards.
In the interior of the chamber c is the cylinder d, which is held by the semi-
circular shoulder & which catches in a corresponding shaped groove f.
в
For the purpose of taking the rifle to pieces quickly there is on the inside of the
chamber ca second groove g. perfectly similar in size and shape to that of ƒ
however not direct above the latter but as may be seen in Figure 1 placed more
towards the lock to prevent the cylinder d turning when the rifle is used.
When the rifle is being taken to pieces the chamber is shoved so far back till the
groove g is directly above the groove f so that shoulder e of the cylinder d can be
turned out of the latter into the former and the chamber c can be drawn off from
the guide b.
The spring lies firmly against the cylinder d and presses the hammer bolt k
screwed into the lock i continually on to the closure-piece L.
The lock i is besides provided on top with a shoulder m, which slides into the
longitudinal groove of the chamber c; on the lower side of the lock there is again
a notch m¹, into which when the chamber is drawn off the trigger-spring nib o
anaps by which means the lock is taken away too.
On the lower side of the closure-piece is the hasp p¹ movable in the joint p³.
If the gun has to be charged as soon as the spring a* (figures 3.6 and 7) has
been pressed back with the thumb the knob g is slightly raised till the lower edge
of the aide-lap r is at an equal height with the counterpiece r1; the knob q and
together with it the chamber c is then drawn so far back till the trigger-nib o
snaps into the opening m¹ (figures 1 and 2) of the lock i then the cartridge is laid
into the open guide b and the chamber is shoved forward again, whereby the
closure piece presses the cartridge Q firmly into the barrel. By pulling the
trigger o¹ the sinking of the trigger nib o fastened to spring v³ is effected and lock į