Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 5th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 5th Mar., 1888
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This Invention relates to improvements in repeating mechanism more particularly
applicable to what is known as the Garry Rifle and Rifles having a bolt lock breech
action, and has for its object a simple and effective arrangement of magazine repeating
action.
According to my invention I fix or attach a semi circular or U shaped magazine
round the underside of the stock below the opening in the breech piece within which
magazine at one side thereof there is provided a moveable pusher or piston adjustable
from the outside acted upon by a spring inside for pushing the cartridges which are
placed one above another inside the magazine and parallel to the axis of the bore,
towards the delivery side of the said magazine. At this side of the magazine a semi-
tubular cover is pivotted which when turned back slightly allows the upper cartridge of
the series to drop into the breech piece of the rifle and at the same time keeps back the
next following cartridge. A pin or projecting arm on the axis of the pivotted semi-
tubular cover piece is acted upon by an inclined groove formed longitudinally in the
bolt so that on drawing back the bolt, the cover piece will be turned back and allow a
fresh cartridge to drop into the breech. This turning of the cover piece may be
readily thrown out of or into action according as the arm is required as a single loader
or a repeating arm, by a lever actuated by a trigger lock or by a seperate small
lever arm.
In lieu of the before mentioned piston or pusher and spring for forcing up the
cartridges I may use a radial arm mounted on a spindle which is turned by a spiral
or helical spring whereby extra storage space for the cartridges may be obtained.
The inward or breech closing movement of the bolt is caused to turn the cover-
piece of the magazine forward so as to allow the next following cartridge of the series
to enter the coverpiece and to retain it therein until the breech is again opened
and this movement may either be completed at the commencement of the forward
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page_text: movement of the bolt, or it may be partially accomplished at that time and completed
by the final closing and locking of the bolt. The cartridge case may be withdrawn by
any ordinary extractor and in order to ensure its discharge from the opened breech to
allow of the entrance of a fresh cartridge I may employ a pivotted bent lever one end
of which enters through the bottom or side of the opened breech and whilst the other
end is acted upon by the bolt when drawn back so that the empty case shall be forcibly
ejected; or a lever may be fitted inside, the breech and acted upon by the bolt for the
purpose of ejecting the empty case.

page_text: The cartridges P are placed in the magazine M which is arranged round the under-
the side cover Kl of
side of the breech piece b (figures 2, 3 and 4). For this pich keeps it closed, say
the magazine has to be opened by turning the lever G
from the full line (shown in Figure 5) to the dotted line; here it is arrested, its
nose catching in a notch in the stock. The hub G of the lever G on the shaft B
can only be turned however till the projection on the hub G3 meets the nose G³
on the shaft. B. By further rotating this latter shaft it turns by means of the bevel
wheels CD the shaft W against the effort of the torsion spring which is fastened
on one end to the shaft W and on the other to the lever arm H (figure 5). This
lever arm slides with its unfastened end in the cartridge pusher y which moves in
the horse shoe or U shaped case M. of the magazine (figures 3 and 5). Now by
turning the lever G the cartridge pusher y is raised so as to allow the cartridges to
be passed below it through the opened cover Kinto the magazine the torsion
spring F being at the same time put in a state of tension. This spring is freed as
soon as the cover K is closed and the lever G turned back over the cover Kl to its
former position. The cartridges are raised continually to the pusher L by means of
the cartridge pusher y which latter is actuated by the lever arm H moving in the
interior of the magazine. The pointer Z which is attached to the shaft B indicates to
what point the cartridge pusher y has advanced as the cartridges are being removed
from the magazine and the number of cartridges still in the magazine is indicated on
a proportioned scale on the outside of the stock (see fig. 2).
The cartridge pusher 'L (fig. 6) is a polygonal or partly circular shell open on one
side which turns lengthwise round the two pivots. If its opening is turned
towards the magazine case the first cartridge is pushed into it by the pusher y; it
now turns about 90° and the received cartridge is thrown from it into the breech.
The turning of the pusher L is effected by the movement of the bolt, the bolt being
attached by means of the projection V (figures 2, 7 and 8) to a rod Sch which moves
on the left side of the breech. In this rod is a groove n which runs for the greater
part of its length, parallel with the bore of the gun but is turned upwards suddenly
at an angle at the inner end. The pin of the lever arm 1h which is attached to the
pivot of the cartridge pusher L catches in the groove n and by pulling and pushing
the rod S ch causes the oscillation of the pusher L when it travels up or down the
inclined notch of the rod Sch (figs. 2, 6 and 7). The turning of the cartridge
pusher L causes the cartridge therein contained to drop into the breech 6 as the
entrance to the breech open when the rod S ch is withdrawn; at the same time
the cartridges which remain in the magazine are protected from further advancing by
the edge of the pusher L. On advancing the rod S ch and consequently the bolt, the
cartridge which lies in the breech is pushed into the barrel and at the same time
the pusher L is turned so that its opening is again turned towards the magazine case
and receives a fresh cartridge. When it is desired to use the gun as a single loader,
it is only necessary to raise the slide m (figure 9) which is at the rear end of the
breech from the position shown in full lines to that in dotted lines (see figure 9).
This restricts the movement of the bolt to such an extent that the lever lh of the
cartridge pusher L moves in the straight part of the groove n only, since the pro-
jection on the leading piece when being pulled back catches against the slide m
and consequently the rod S ch cannot be pulled back further. The slide m is main-
tained in its raised or lowered position by the spring m¹ catching in the respective
notches in said slide. When the slide m is raised and the gun is to be used as a
single loader the cartridges have to be put into the breech by hand; apart from this
the working of the lock remains the same.
The breech 6 forins at its rear end the ring b₁ which guides the bolt g. This bolt
consists of the front piece V to which is attached the rod S ch, the leading piece ♪
with the bolt handle, the chamber which goes through the leading piece and is
screwed in the front piece V, and the rear piece which is screwed into the chamber.
At the top of the front piece is the extractor A which as usual catches the cart-
ridge and withdraws it when the bolt is pulled back. Underneath the bolt and
connected with the spring of the trigger bar is an elastic nose which passes through

page_text: an opening at the bottom of the breech and on the bolt being pulled back knocks
the underside of the cartridge shell thus raising the front part thereof and throwing
out the shell by means of the extractor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of ny said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The construction and arrangement of the rod Sch with the angular groove m
which engages with the pin of the lever 1h of the cartridge pusher L and turns the
pusher forwards and backwards in correspondence with the movement of the bolt as
described.
2. The arrangement of the lover arm H with the cartridge pusher y in combination
with the torsion spring F as specified.
3. The device for turning the torsion spring F by means of the lever arm G which
closes the cover of the magazine and which can be turned on the shaft B so that the
projecting part G₁ of the lever hub G³ touches the nose G³ on the shaft B and by
the bevel wheels CD causes the turning of the spring shaft W and the torsion
spring F as specified.
4. The device for using the repeating gun as a single loader by means of the slide m
which is attached at the rear end of the breech substantially as described.
5. The arrangement of the pointer Z which is attached to the shaft B for indicating
on the outside of the stock on a proportioned scale the number of cartridges in the
magazine as specified.
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