Improvements in Breech-loading Small-arms.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Breech-loading Small-arms.
I, GEORGE VINCENT FOSBERY, V.C., of The Cottage, Albury near Guildford,
in the County of Surrey, Colonel, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to magazine or repeating small-arms, and my improvements
are more especially applicable to small-arms having barrels of the kind or class
described in former Letters Patent granted to me dated the 20th June A.D. 1885
No. 7568.
According to my said invention I provide a longitudinally sliding breech-bolt.
fitted with a locking device comprising a transversely moving, or a rotating head
carrying an extractor. The to-and-fro or rotary unlocking, or locking movements
of the said head for opening or closing the breech and the movements of the
breech-bolt are operated by means of a sliding bar arranged parallel to the axis of
the barrel.
My improvements are advantageously applicable to magazine or repeating shot-
guns or to rifles.
In carrying my said invention into practice I provide a suitable plate secured to
the upper part of the neck of the stock in rear of the barrel of the gun, and also to
the barrel or action and having firmly secured thereto or formed thereon ribs or
rails of an shape, V shape or other suitable shape in transverse section adapted
to fit into correspondingly-shaped grooves or recesses formed in the under side of
the breech-bolt. Upon the front or fore part of the breech bolt is mounted so as
to be free to slide transversely or at right angles thereto, a head, which when the
breech is closed engages with suitable teeth or projections upon the gun barrel or
upon the fixed portion of the action or in a suitable groove or grooves therein, and
locks the breech-bolt firmly in position. The breech-bolt is bored out to receive
a firing-pin and spring, and a suitable hole is formed in the above mentioned head
to permit the passage of the end of the said firing pin to strike the cartridge. The
rear end of the said firing-pin projects through the breech bolt and through a ring
upon one end of a bar or rod arranged to slide in suitable ways parallel to the axis
of the gun, and is fitted with milled or other head. The other end of the said
bar or rod is connected to a grip or handle for convenience of operating the
to-and-fro movements thereof to open or close the breech as hereinafter mentioned.
The sliding bar or rod passes through an outwardly extending portion of the
head of the breech-bolt, and inclined surfaces are provided thereon which during
the movements of the said bar or rod will operate to lock or unlock the said head
and effect the opening or closing of the breech. preferably so arrange the
said inclines in connection with flat surfaces that the said head will be held securely
in either position. In some instances the said head is formed slightly taper or
wedge-shaped.
The magazine which may be of any well known or ordinary construction provided
with a follower and spring for raising the cartridges, is secured in a suitable recess
formed in the stock and an aperture is formed in the hereinbefore mentioned breech-
plate between the ribs or rails to permit the cartridges to rise in front of the
aperture in the gun barrel when the breech is opened. One or more flat or leaf
springs are provided moreover at both sides of the said magazine to hold or retain
the said cartridge until it is inserted into the gun barrel during the closing of the
breech.
When the above mentioned sliding rod or bar is operated to open the breech the
firing pin is first drawn back thereby so as to cause the point or firing end thereof

page_text: to clear the hole in the transversely sliding head; at the same time the firing
spring is compressed, and the said firing pin is retained in its cocked or operative
position by means of a suitable catch or sear. The further movement of the said
sliding rod or bar operates the unlocking of the head through the herein before
mentioned inclined surfaces, suitable grooves are in some instances formed in the
said head to correspond with the ribs or rails. The breech-bolt is drawn back or
slides upon the said ribs or rails. A semi-circular or other extractor is formed on
or firmly secured to the head which during the transverse movement of the latter
to unlock the breech engages with the rim of the spent or other cartridge case in
the barrel of the gun, and withdraws it therefrom during the opening of the said
breech. A suitable ejector is provided for throwing or kicking out the said
cartridge case when the breech bolt is drawn back sufficiently far for that purpose,
a fresh cartridge rising from the magazine and being held or retained in position
by the hereinbefore mentioned springs. The return movement or closing of the
breech is operated by moving the sliding rod or bar in the reverse direction. The
hereinbefore mentioned sear is connected with the trigger when the breech is
closed by means of a rod or plunger.
It will be seen that my improved breech mechanism forms an absolute safety
device as it is impossible for the firing pin to strike the cartridge and the
consequent discharge to be effected until the breech is properly closed.
In a modification of my invention I provide a rotating head secured upon the
breech bolt by means of fine screw-threads or otherwise, so as to be free to rotate
thereon, and provided with teeth or projections adapted to engage with corre-
sponding teeth or projections on the gun-barrel or on the fixed part of the action to
lock the breech bolt in position when the breech is closed, and one or more teeth
or projections adapted to engage with an inclined surface or surfaces upon the
sliding rod or bar to permit the rotation of the said head, to lock or unlock the
breech, to be effected. This head is fitted with an ordinary hook extractor.
When a tubular magazine is employed I so arrange it that it communicates with,
and discharges the cartridges into a chamber formed beneath the hereinbefore
mentioned aperture in the breech-plate. In this chamber is arranged one end or
arm of a pivotted lever having a semi-circular shaped spring grip secured thereto
near the mouth of the magazine and adapted to receive and hold the cartridges as
they issue therefrom. During the rearward movement of breech-bolt in the
opening of the breech the other end or arm of the said lever is moved downwards
by an extension upon the breech block or otherwise and that end or arm carrying
the cartridge is raised so as to bring the said cartridge into position to be inserted
into the gun barrel during the closing of the breech. When the cartridge has
been inserted a sufficient distance into the barrel of the gun the said lever is
returned to its normal position by the said extension on the breech-block or
otherwise, to receive another cartridge. A suitable plate or projection formed on
or secured to the end or arm of the said pivotted lever adjacent to the mouth of the
magazine is provided for preventing any of the cartridges leaving the latter
during the upward movement of the said arm.
When a rotating locking-head is employed I sometimes employ interrupted
threads instead of the hereinbefore mentioned teeth or projections.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1891
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Breech-loading Small-arms.
I, GEORGE VINCENT FOSBERY, of Queen Anne's Mansions, in the City of
Westminster, Colonel, V.C. 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 :—
My invention relates to breech loading small arms.
The object of my present invention is to provide a magazine or repeating small
arm of a simple and efficient character and capable of being rapidly worked with
great ease and safety. An improved small arm constructed according to my inven-
tion has a longitudinally sliding breech bolt in which the firing pin is placed, a
rotating or a sliding breech closer which acts as a locking device, carried upon the
said breech bolt, and a suitable extractor, and is also provided with improved means
for transferring cartridges from a magazine into a position whence they may be
pushed into the chamber by the said breech closer.
The said improved small-arm is also provided with an operating bar which lies
close to the side of the barrel and is arranged so that the user may with his left
hand give it reciprocating motion in a direction parallel with the axis of the barrel
in order to operate the breech bolt the breech closer and the extractor and set the
lock to full cock. The extractor and the breech bolt are operated by the said
operating bar to effect the removal of the spent cartridge from the weapon and
the transfer of a fresh cartridge from the magazine to the chamber.
It is an important feature of my said invention that the breech closer is arranged
to close the breech by engaging with the end of the barrel or with a portion of the
breech shoe adjacent thereto in such a manner that the force of the explosion of a
charge is not borne by the breech bolt but is transmitted by the breech closer directly
to the portion of the barrel or the shoe with which the said locking device engages,
consequently the said breech bolt may be made extremely light, which conduces
greatly to case and rapidity of manipulation and to the diminution of wear and
tear.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure is a side elevation of a sporting gun constructed according to my
invention.
Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the breech portion of Figure 1 with
the parts of the mechanism in the positions they occupy immediately after the firing
of a charge.
Figure 3 is a side elevation similar to Figure 1 but showing the breech fully
open, and showing in chain lines an intermediate position of the operating-bar.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the breech-bolt with the operating-bar shown in
chain lines in the position it occupies relatively to the bolt when the breech-closer
is unlocked.
Figure 5 is a view of the operating-bar turned over from the position it occupies
in Figure 4, in order that its inner face may be seen.
Figure 6 is an end elevation of the breech of a gun in which the rotating breech
closer is employed.
Figure 7 is an elevation of the breech-closer employed with the breech illustrated
in Figure 6, and shows the operating-bar in cross-section.
Figure 8 is a plan of the end of the barrel, the head of a breech bolt and a
portion of the operating bar and shows a transversely-sliding type of breech-closer
carried by the said bolt, the said breech closer being at one extreme of its travel in
readiness for the opening of the breech by the rearward movement of the bolt.
Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8, but with the breech-closer in section and
the parts in the positions they occupy when the breech closer is in position to close
the breech.

page_text: Figure 10 is an end elevation of Figure 8 with the breech bolt removed to show
the sliding breech closer more clearly.
Figure 11 is an underside view of the breech bolt.
Figure 12 is a plan of the breech of my said improved gun showing an arrange-
ment of ejector which may be arranged so as to be operated by a stud on the
operating-bar, and Figure 13 is a plan similar to Figure 12 showing an alternative
arrangement of ejector which may be operated by the breech bolt.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
With reference first to Figures 1 to 7-
A is the stock. B is the barrel, and C is the breech shoe. D is the breech bolt..
E is a plate secured to the upper part of the stock in rear of the barrel of the gun.
EE are ribs formed thereon and grooved to receive flanges D' formed on the
breech bolt. F is a rotatable breech-closer provided with a screwed hole into which
enters a screw stem F provided upon the holt, by which means it is retained upon
the said breech bolt so as to be free to rotate thereon. The said closer is provided
also with teeth F2 adapted to engage with corresponding teeth B₁ formed on the
inner periphery of the barrel just to the rear of the chamber to lock it in position
when the breech is closed. Upon the said breech-closer Fare two projections I³
for the purpose of engaging with the operating-bar in the manner hereinafter
explained. G is the firing pin adapted to slide endwise in the interior of the
breech bolt, G is a collar thereon, H is a spiral spring held between the said collar
and a screwed bush I which bush is employed to close the rear end of the hollow
breech bolt and to form a guide for the firing pin. G is a sear carried upon the
firing pin so that when the firing pin is near the end of its rearward travel the said
sear will engage in a notch 12 in the said bush so as to hold back the firing pin.
The said sear is provided with an enlarged end G³ which turns in a corresponding
bearing in the firing pin and is provided with a flat-bottomed recess to form a
bearing surface for a small plunger G which is pressed upward by a spiral spring G³
The said
situated in a cavity in the firing pin below the said end of the sear.
flat-bottomed recess is so placed in the end of the sear that the pressure of the
spring-operated plunger G tends always to move the free end of the sear away
from the firing pin. If the bush I be screwed back by rotating the firing pin
which in the present instance is of rectangular cross-section except at the striking
end or point it may be readily withdrawn from the breech bolt together with the
said firing pin and the spring H which is advantageous, inasmuch as the spring
being always retained between the bush and the collar G₁ will not fly out when
the lock is removed for inspection. De is a shoulder upon the outside of the breech
block with which a pawl engages as hereinafter described for the purpose of locking
the breech-bolt and operating-bar together.
Jis a block adapted to slide vertically in a suitable groove in the rear end of
the breech bolt immediately below and in line with the aforesaid notch in the bush.
The said block is retained in the said groove by the head of a screw J which is
screwed into the breech bolt. K is a rod arranged to move up and down vertically,
the upper end of which is adapted to slide in and through a hole in the plate Eand to
act upon the bottom of the said block J. The lower end of the said rod is attached
to one end of a lever L which turns upon a pin secured to the trigger plate. The
other end of the said lever bears upon a projection formed on the forward portion
of the trigger M which also is pivoted to the said trigger plate. N is a spiral spring
placed on the rod K and bearing at its upper end against the underside of the
O is a tubular
plate E and at its lower end upon a shoulder on the said rod.
magazine of the well-known type, secured to the underside of the barrel.
P is a hand-grip adapted to slide freely upon the outside of the magazine. Pis
the operating-bar attached to the said grip. P P are inclined surfaces formed
upon the said bar to gear with the two projections F³ upon the rotatable breechi
closer F. P³ is a slot formed in the end of the operating-bar to receive a projec-
tion D³ placed on the breech bolt D. The end Pt of the bar is bent at right angles
and slotted to engage with the enlarged end or head G of the firing pin.

page_text: Qis a pawl hinged to the rear end of the bar Pand provided with a tail Q¹.
A spring Q' secured to the bar as shown bears against the said tail so that when
the operating bar is moved sufficiently far to the rear the said pawl will engage
with the breech bolt for a purpose hereinafter fully explained.
R is a cam piece or tripper secured to the stock A and adapted to raise the
pawl Q which slides over it in the working of the gun. S is an elevator placed at
the end of the magazine from which the cartridges issue, for the purpose of
receiving each cartridge from the magazine and placing it in position in readiness
to be pushed into the chamber by the breech closer. The side walls of the said
elevator are turned inward towards each other for a portion of their length, at S',
and bevelled at their forward ends S, as shown. The inwardly turned portions of
the said walls have just sufficient space between their edges to admit of the entrance
of one of the teeth of the breech-closer, and are turned inward in order to
prevent the cartridge from being accidentally jerked out of the weapon; they also
prevent the rear end of any cartridge from rising out of the said elevator until the
head of the cartridge has entered the chamber sufficiently far to ensure the proper
guidance of the cartridge into the breech.
Sa is a tongue formed upon the front end of the elevator so that while the
said elevator is raised the tongue will prevent the issue of any cartridges from the
magazine.
The said elevator is provided with trunnions S*, and carries one arm T2 of a
lever T. The said trunnions rest in the slotted portions T' in the said arm, which
is forked to receive the elevator.
The said lever is secured upon a pin T3 placed in bearings under the breech plate E
and arranged to move endwise in its place. The said pin is provided with a head
by which it may be moved endwise to force the lever T laterally towards the side
of the breech frame against the resistance of a spring U by which the said pin is
maintained in its normal position, that is to say with its head projecting beyond the
outside of the stock. The arm T of the lever passes through a slot in the
plate, and is received in a groove D' provided in the under side of the breech bolt.
The form of the said groove is shown in Figure 11; it is narrowed at both ends by
the portions D' D of the breech bolt which project into it.
The end of the arm T, when the pin T3 is in its normal position, is operated by
the portions D D of the breech bolt, and serves also, by its engagement with the
portion D to limit the rearward movement of the said bolt.
Upon the pin T3 is secured a cam T bevelled so that two flats are formed upon
its periphery with an edge between them. A spring blade V is secured to the
breech shoe so as to bear upon either one of the bevelled faces of the cam to retain
the lever T in position when it and the cam are turned as hereinafter described, to
bring either of the said bevelled faces to bear upon the spring V; the sharp edge
of the cam between the said flats will prevent the lever from remaining in any
position except the position in which either of the two Hats bear on the said spring,
as aforesaid.
With reference now to the alternative locking arrangement illustrated in
Figures 89 and 10, a is a breech closer adapted to slide transversely to the axis of
the breech bolt in guides at the front end thereof, and provided with teeth c
projecting from its upper and lower sides to enter the transverse grooves d formed
in the rear end of the breech; the said grooves are provided with teeth a', behind
which the teeth c engage so as to lock the breech bolt in position and close the
breech.
The faces of the teeth c and d are slightly inclined to the direction of movement
of the breech-closer a, so that in the movement of the said closer the teeth c act
as wedges to force the face of the breech closer tightly against the rear end of the
breech.
The breech closer is slotted at c', to allow the point of the firing-pin to pass
therethrough and one end of the slot is bevelled at so that the point of the firing

page_text: pin may keep clear of the breech closer when the said breech-closer moves
outward across the face of the bolt.
The operating bar P1 in this case is formed with a bent portion p, and an
opening a is provided in the locking piece a through which the bar P' passes.
The said opening at its narrowest part is sufficiently wide to allow the straight
portion of the bar to pass through it, and it is widened at each end, so that the bent
portion p of the operating bar may fit therein, as shown in Figures 8 and 9.
a' is a semicircular projection or ledge upon the face of the breech-closer a,
forming a cartridge extractor.
3 is an ejector lever turning on a pin in the breech closer a. The end d, of the
said lever projects beyond the breech closer and the end thereof is adapted to
engage with any cartridge which may be held by the extractor a². In Figure 12
e is a rod arranged to slide endwise in a suitable hole in the breech of the gun.
el is a claw upon the said rod which enters the chamber and engages with the rim
of the cartridge therein, and is a head upon the front end of the said rod which
protrudes to the exterior of the gun and lies in the path of a suitable stud on the
operating bar, which stud is so situated that as the operating-bar approaches the
end of its rearward travel it will strike the head e² and propel the rod e smartly
to the rear into the position indicated in chain lines, to eject the cartridge.
In Figure 13 the extractor e is arranged to operate in a similar manner,
but extends to the rear instead of to the front, and is operated by the breech
bolt or by a projection thereon, just as the breech bolt approaches the end of its
rearward travel.
The operation of the gun will now be described with reference first to
Figures 1 to 7.
Let it be assumed that the gun has just been fired and that its parts are in the
positions indicated in Figure 2 and that a spent cartridge is in the chamber and a
fresh cartridge in the clevator S. If now the operating bar P₁ be moved to the
rear by means of the grip P the breech bolt D will be stationary during the first
portion of the said rearward movement, during which the part of the bar will
move the firing pin G towards the rear so that the free end of the sear G2 is moved
beyond the notch 12 in the bush I and flies outward in readiness to engage with the
said bush while the inclined surfaces P2 of the operating bar act upon the projec-
tions and rotate the breech closer F so as to bring the teeth F thereon out of
engagement with the teeth B in the barrel, thereby unlocking the said closer and
the breech bolt. By the time that these operations are effected the forward end of
the slot P³ will have come into contact with the projection D³ on the breech bolt
and the pawl Q on the bar will fall behind the projection D2 on the breech bolt.
If the rearward movement of the operating bar P be continued after the forward
end of the slot P³ has come into contact with the projection D2 as described, the
bar will move, the said breech bolt to the rear, along the ribs E' until further
rearward movement of the bolt is prevented by the arm T of the lever.
During the rearward movement of the breech bolt the extractor e (Figs. 12
and 13) withdraws the cartridge from the chamber, and as the breech bolt
approaches the limit of its rearward movement the projection D in the slot on its
underside comes into contact with the end of the said arm T and moves it rear-
wardly from the position indicated in Figure 2 and the spring V bears upon the
rearmost flat on the surface of the cam R, and retains the lever in its new position.
The said lever when moved in the manner described, raises the elevator S
containing the fresh cartridge, so that the end of the said cartridge is in the path
which the lowermost tooth on the breech closer will traverse in returning to close
the breech.
The operating-bar P is now returned to its original position by means of the
hand grip. During the return of the breech bolt by means of the said bar, the
cartridge in the elevator is pushed by the lowermost tooth of the breech closer.
towards the chamber, the said bolt acting upon the elevator and depressing it as

page_text: the cartridge,is moved forward, after which the projection Dº on the breech bolt acts
upon the arm T of the lever and moves the said lever and elevator back into the
position indicated in Figure 2 whereupon a fresh cartridge issues from the
magazine into the said elevator in readiness for further operation of the gun. 1n
order that the toothed head of the breech bolt may not receive any rotation from
the inclined projection on the bar, until the bolt is home and has closed the breech
it is necessary to ensure that the said bar shall have no motion relatively to the
bolt during the first portion of its return movement in which therefore the breech-
bolt and the operating-bar move in company owing to the engagement of the
pawl Qwith the angle D2 of the bolt until the end of the pawl is raised by the
inclined edge of the tripper R, when the operating bar will continue its forward
movement independently of the breech bolt. The said tripper is so situated that
the pawl is not raised until the teeth 2 have moved forward past the teeth B' in
the barrel or shoe; after the operation of the pawl by the tripper as aforesaid the
inclined surfaces P on the said bar rotate the breech-closer F into engagement
with the teeth B' in the barrel so that the said breech-closer is locked in place.
While the operating-bar P moves forward relatively to the breech bolt as
described, the part of the bar is moved from the rearward extreme of its travel
into contact with the rear end of the breech bolt. To release the firing pin, the
trigger M is pulled and the rod K raised by means of the lever L against the
resistance of the spring N, so that its upper end comes into contact with the block J,
raising it and causing it to push the sear G² out of engagement with the notch
in the bush I so that the spring H may propel the pin forward to strike the
cartridge.
In Figures 12 and 13 the portion P4 of the operating-bar is shown close home
against the rear end of the breech bolt in full lines, and shown partially home
in chain lines. From the said views it will be seen that even if the firing-pin
be released before the end. of the operating bar is brought close home to the
rear end of the bolt, the firing pin could not possibly get right home into the
firing position unless the portion P were against the rear end of the breech-bolt.
Now the breech closer is locked in place in the breech before the said portion P
is sufficiently far forward to enable the point of the firing-pin to protrude at all
from the front of the bolt and consequently the said portion P is a very efficient
and simple safety device.
The operation of the alternative form of breech mechanism illustrated in
Figures 8 to 10 differs from the operation hereinbefore described inasmuch as
the transversely-movable breech-closer a when brought up to the end of the breech
by the breech bolt given its movement in the guides by means of the bent or
inclined portion p of the operating bar when the said bar is moved in a direction
parallel with the axis of the barrel, and the teeth e engage with the forward sides
of the teeth in the barrel. The straight portions of the operating bar retain
the breech-closer in position in at either extreme of its travel, as is shown in
Figures 8 and 9.
When the said transversely-movable breech-closer a is moved into position after
a discharge to unlock the breech bolt, the semicircular extractor carried by the
breech-closer is brought into engagement with the rim of the spent cartridge, which
will be extracted from the chamber when the locking piece moves to the rear with
the breech bolt and will be ejected from the weapon by the engagement of the
end of the ejector lever d with a stationary portion of the gun whereupon the.
opposite end of the said lever will jerk the cartridge sharply out of the gun.
To enable the breech bolt to be removed from the weapon the pin T is pushed
inward by means of its head so that the lever T is moved towards the side of the
breech frame, and held in that position, so that the end of the short arm T of the
said lever is brought into line with the narrowed portions of the groove D* (see
Figure 11). The breech bolt may then be withdrawn rearwardly without
engaging with the lever T, as the projections D³ D' will pass to one side of the
said arm T.

page_text: Instead of the tubular form of magazine hereinbefore referred to, a magazine of
the "Lee" or other suitable type may be employed, and secured in a suitable
recess formed in the stock. In such a case a suitable aperture is formed in the
plate E, between the ribs E', to permit the cartridges to rise in front of the
breech bolt, and one or more flat or leaf springs are provided at both sides of
the said aperture to hold the cartridge until the breech closer pushes it into the
chamber.
The head of the firing pin instead of being driven forward by a spiral spring
may be driven forward by a hammer which would be attached to the trigger-plate
and would be cocked in the rearward movement of the breech bolt. In this case
the operating-bar would be made to engage with the head of the firing pin as in the
examples previously described.
Obviously the arm may be conveniently used as a single loader without a
magazine.
Any kind of handle may be used upon the operating bar, instead of the grip
hereinbefore referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In a breech-loading small-arm the combination with a longitudinally
sliding breech bolt provided with a rotatable breech closer and locking device, of a
bar which is parallel or approximately parallel to the barrel and arranged to be
manually reciprocated, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
Figures 1 to 7 of the accompanying drawings, and for the purpose specified.
Second. In a breech-loading small-arm, the combination with the longitudinally-
sliding breech-bolt provided with a toothed breech-closer and locking-wedge
arranged to slide on the said breech bolt in a direction transverse to the axis of the
barrel, of a bar which is bent at an intermediate portion of its length and is
parallel or approximately parallel with the barrel and arranged to be manually
reciprocated, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 8
to 10 of the accompanying drawings and for the purpose specified.
Third. In a breech-loading small-arm the combination, with the rotatable breech-
closer and locking device carried by the longitudinally-sliding breech-bolt, of a
reciprocating bar provided with inclined surfaces and adapted to engage with the
said breech closer, substantially as hereinbefore described and for the purposes
specified.
Fourth. In a breech-loading small-arm the combination with the bent or cranked
operating bar of the laterally movable breech closer and locking device substantially
as herein before described for the purpose specified.
Fifth. In a breech-loading small-arm the combination of a breech bolt arranged
to slide longitudinally towards and away from the breech, a firing pin provided
with a suitable head arranged to protrude from the rear end of the said boit, an
operating-bar and a projection upon the said bar which enters between the rear end
of the breech bolt and the said head of the firing pin, substantially as herein-
before described and for the purpose specified.
Sixth. In a breech loading small-arm the combination with the firing pin
arranged to move endwise in a longitudinally sliding breech-bolt, of the sear
carried by the said firing pin and arranged to engage with the rear end of the
said breech bolt, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Seventh. In a breech-loading small arm, the combination with a transversely
sliding breech-closer and locking device carried upon a longitudinally sliding
breech bolt, of an extractor formed upon or secured to the said breech-closer and
locking device, and an ejector substantially as herein before described with reference
to Figures S, and 10 of the accompanying drawings, for the purposes specified.
Eighth. In a breech-loading small arm provided with a sliding breech bolt, the
combination of the firing pin, the sear attached thereto, the sliding block adapted

page_text: to move into and out of engagement with the said sear, and the vertical pin
operated by the trigger, substantially as hereinbefore described and for the
purposes set forth.
Ninth. The cartridge elevator and its appurtenances and the mechanism whereby
the said elevator is operated arranged in combination with a breech-bolt grooved
on its underside substantially as hereinbefore specified, and for the purposes set
forth.
Tenth. The arm T of the elevator lever in combination with the projection D'
on the underside of the breech bolt for the purpose of limiting the rearward travel
of the said bolt, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Eleventh. A fire arm with breech-loading mechanism constructed arranged and
operated substantially as herciubefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Data in 4th dow of A 1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.