Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 24th Oct., 1888
EDGAR HARRISON of 142 New Bond Street London Gun Manufacturer and EDWIN
GEORGE ANSON of Haydn Villa Station Road Harrow Middlesex Gun Maker do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the slots of the action we place cocking lifters centred about five sixteenths of
an inch backward from the joint pin the said lifters being actuated in the following
manner.
On the fore-end iron we place a slide which acts as cocking slide and forepart
catch the said slide is kept in position by screws and is worked by a lever which
releases the slide from the cocking position and from the loop when the said lever is
turned or lifted to remove the fore-end from the barrel.
follows The
In putting the gun together the working of the parts is, as
action can be put on to the barrels either at cock or bearer the cocking lifters not
coming in contact with the barrels in either position to hinder them going together
to put the fore-end on the barrels the slide is pushed forward by the said lever until
the fore-end is down on the barrels when the lever forces the slide under the loop and
cocking lifters thus forming a fore-end fastener and cocking slide. The cocking
lifters engage with the tails of the tumblers on opening the gun and force the
tumblers into bent.
In slots in the backs of the tumblers we place catches worked by small springs, on
the gun being opened these catches engage with the sear peg through a slot in the
sears; and on the trigger plate are lifters worked by the triggers which lift the
tumbler catches away from the sear peg and allow the tumbler to strike the cap.
Dated this 24th day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven.

page_text: EDGAR HARRISON of 226 Strand London Gun Maker and EDWIN GEORGE ANSON
of Haydn Villas Station Road Harrow Gun Maker 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:-
Our invention consists in an improved method of cocking Hammerless Guns and
Rifles and performed as follows
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In the slots of the action we place cocking lifters centred preferably about five
sixteenths of an inch backward from the joint pin, the said lifters being actuated in
the following manner. On the fore-end iron we place a slide which acts as cocking
slide and fore-part catch, the said slide is kept in position by screws and may be
worked by a lever which releases the slide from the cocking position as well as from
the loop when the said lever is lifted or turned to remove the fore-end from the barrels.
In putting the gun together the working of the parts is as follows:-The action
can be put on the barrels either at cock or bearer, the 'cocking lifters not coming
into contact with the barrels in either position to hinder them going together; to
put the fore end on the barrels the slide is pushed forward by the said lever until
the fore-end is down on the barrels when the lever forces the slide under the loop and
cocking levers or lifters, the slide thus forms a fore-end fastener and cocking slide.
The cocking lifters engage with the tails of the tumblers on opening the gun and
force the tumblers into bent.
Referring to the drawings Fig. I is a sectional view of the forepart, action and
slide on forepart.
Fig. 11 is a modification of the same thing on Fig. I.
Fig. III and Fig. VI are end views of slide on forepart and Fig. IV & Fig. V
are plan views of the same. A is the cocking lifter A coming under B (the block
of B) the forepart slide being forced into that position by the spring C, F is a stud
to keep the spring C always a little cramped, D lever to force back the forepart
slide B to take the forepart from off the gun-H front part of B catching into the
loop Fat B. In Fig. I the forepart slide has an oblong slot to let the loop through
such as is usual for such catches on foreparts.
In Fig. If the forepart slide B is much shorter, the portion H working at back of
the loop E, the spring C going between the two pieces and so forces them each

page_text: always up to their proper functions-the working of Fig. II is substantially the same
as for that of Fig. I but the necessity of the lever D is done away with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we hereby declare that what we
claim is
The arrangement and combination of the separate parts in a Hammerless Gun to
perform and work substantially for the purposes herein before described.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1888.
EDGAR HARRISON,
For the Applicants.
EDGAR HARRISON,
For the Applicants.