Improvements in and connected with Breech Loading Repeating or Magazine Small-arms.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in and connected with Breech Loading Repeating or
Magazine Small-arms.
I, MURRAY HAINES DURST, of 71 Clapham Road, Surrey, Gentleman, 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 certain detail parts of small arms of the magazine or
repeater draw bolt class in order to make such arms of more efficient character
than at present.
The details consist of;
1. A novel arrangement of shoe provided with separable end pieces specially
prepared, said shoe having a fall down flap which when open permits of the magazine
chamber being readily cleaned.
2. The construction of a detachable magazine affixable in or to the breech shoe
after slight alterations of same, or attachable to the side of a shoe.
3. Forming a spring with reverse coils near the ends and utilizing said ends, or
the body, as the cartridge pusher when in tension in the magazine whether said
magazine be formed from the shoe itself or as a detachable one.
4. Arranging an appliance within the shoe by which the spring can be carried
and the necessary tension thereon maintained.
5. To means of adjusting the tension of the carrier spring within the shoe.
6. A novel arrangement of the pieces forming the bolt to enable the parts to be
readily removed and refitted, without employing tools.
7. A novel sliding plate arrangement to cover the orifice of the magazine when
the arm has to be used as a single shooter and also for preserving the cartridges
within the magazine during the manipulation of the bolt for any cause.
8. A novel arrangement of spring claw for locking the fall down flap of the shoe,
the spring serving also for returning the trigger after a pull for firing purposes
without releasing the flap.
9. Utilizing the trigger as an appliance for effecting the locking down of the
bolt when the trigger is pulled for firing, whereby the bolt handle is prevented
jumping up from the effects of the explosion.
For the purpose of my invention, I make the shoe of the arm with a recess
forming the segment of a circle, and with the lower portion hinged to a tang plate
by which it can be secured by a screw entering a lump under the barrel, the other
end of the plate having a portion coinciding and fitting into a recessed portion of
the trigger guard and with a notch for the reception of a spring bolt to hold it
securely in position when the plate is closed.
The inner opposite end faces of the recess or brackets have each a hole for the
reception of the ends of a shaft constituting the axis of a spiral spring of special
make and which forces the cartridges forward circularwise and upwards into the
chamber for the bolt to push into the barrel in succession, said spring being so set
that it retains the shaft in place. The shaft is provided with ratchet teeth at one
end for engaging in corresponding teeth in one of the holes of the end bracket
to hold the spring at the required tension for the proper movements of the
cartridges.
The spring is made of wire or ribbon metal, and the ends are curled with
extremities for engaging in the shaft or in the collars, the part between the curls
forming the pushing surface for contact with the innermost cartridge of the series
within the recess. Instead of a spring wire being doubly curled, it may have one

page_text: end only curled and push the cartridges from the centre only instead of from the
ends as by the first mentioned constructed spring. The cartridges bear and move
upon shoulders of the end brackets and are clear of the spring, so that undue
friction is avoided.
The locking spring catch of the lower or hinged half of the shoe is notched and
the stem of the trigger is passed through to operate same when the hinged plate
has to be released for cleaning or other purpose, the trigger stem only moving a
portion of the distance for releasing the striker for ordinary firing purposes. The
upper end of the trigger stem is in connection by an arm with a fork of a sliding
safety bolt, which is free to enter a hole in the lever arm of the main sliding bolt
positively locking it from being blown open by the explosion of the powder charge
and preventing the trigger being operated unless the main bolt is close home and
completely shut.
I arrange a stop nose piece in the forward end of the shoe in the race of the
sliding bolt to retard the cartridge when it is being pushed to the barrel to enable
the nose of the extractor to ride over it and engage in front of the cartridge flange
before entering the chamber recess of the shoe.
I make my bolt so that the striker may be removed with facility, and also to
enable the bolt to be removed from the shoe, there being no screws or other like
fasteners.
I fit a locking device to the bolt to prevent the striker being released on a
movement of the trigger, whether a cartridge be in the chamber or not and yet
allow of the bolt being operated.
The shoe as a magazine is provided with a moveable plate for covering up the
outlet when the arm has to be used as a "single loader," and to retain the
cartridges in the magazine, and also when opened to retard and hold the uppermost
cartridge in position for the bolt to push into the barrel.
When making a magazine which is affixable within or to an arm, I form end
caps with collars and preferably with tubes extending from the inner faces, said
tubes being sometimes of different diameter, so that one can telescope into the
other and be fixed by either of the springs before mentioned, or by any other device.
The collars serve to support and retain the series of cartridges in the magazine,
so that they can be rolled circularwise to the outlet by the spring.
My invention is exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is an outside view showing the general appearance of the arm.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on a larger scale through the arm.
Figure 3 is a section showing the device for locking the bolt down, and the lower
half of the magazine dropped.
Figure 3 is a separate view of the spring.
Figure 4 is a rear end sectional view of the cartridge reservoir in the shoe of
the arm.
Figure 5 is a section through 1-2, Figure 2, with the bolt removed and showing
the position of the locking bolt.
Figure 6 is a section looking towards the barrel of the front end of the cartridge
reservoir.
Figure 7 is the shaft which supports the operating spring of the magazine.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the front bracket forming the front end of the
maguzine.
Figures 9 and 94 are the rear and front views respectively of the rear bracket
forming the rear end of the magazine.
Figure 10 is a perspective view of the trigger guard.
Figure 11 is a section of the shoe just behind the chamber, showing the stop
spring, the recess for the extractor head, and the dovetailed recess for the tail of
the front bracket.
Figure 11 is a part section plan of the same.
Figure 12 is a perspective view of the solid headed bolt with the various parts
assembled.

page_text: Figure 13 is a view of the solid headed bolt stripped of the striker and extractor.
Figure 14 shows the striker of the solid headed bolt with the head cut away to
show safety stop recess, and Figure 15, shows the head only from a different point
of view.
Figures 16 and 17 are section and end views respectively of the solid headed main
bolt.
Figure 18 is a sectional view of the striker of the solid headed bolt, showing the
safety stop and its spring, and the stop wedge.
Figure 18 shows the different positions of the cam head of the safety stop.
Figure 19 is a view of a striker for a solid headed bolt with a moveable sleeve
with bayonet recess for engaging over pin lugs for retaining the sleeve in a forward
position on the striker.
Figure 19ª end views of striker and bolt showing the lugs w, w, and slots x, x,
for securing one to the other by a bayonet joint connection.
Figure 20 shows the spring compressed and locked.
Figure 21 shows the extractor in the solid headed bolt.
Figure 22 shows a section of the extractor removed from the solid headed bolt.
Figure 23 is a plan view of the separable headed bolt.
Figure 24 is a sectional view of the main bolt showing the interior collar and the
section of the stop spring.
Figure 25 is a rear end view of same showing the slots through the collar.
Figure 26 is a section of the separable head of the bolt and extractor.
Figure 27 is a view of the same, showing the stop notch on the top of the lug of
the head for engaging with the stop spring and retaining the head in its proper
position relatively to the bolt.
Figure 28 is a view of the striker for the separable headed bolt with the stop
sleeve and nut in position.
Figure 29 is a section of the front end of the bolt head with extractor slot and
trigger slot.
Figures 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 show the magazine mouth spring closer with
its arrangement in the side of the shoe.
Figure 36 is a plan and sectional elevation of the trigger slot closer in combination
with a spiral spring.
Figure 37 is a sectional view of the self operating clip without its actuating
spring.
Figure 38 is a perspective view of the clip showing the turned up throats and
the spring catch.
Figure 39 is a view of same showing inclined guideways to deliver the cartridges
to the mouth and the turned up points to engage in the slots of the cover, Figure 40.
Figure 41 shows a clip with the two ends stamped from one sheet of metal.
Figure 42 is a feeding clip to hold a double column of cartridges.
Figure 43 is an end sectional view showing the application of auxiliary magazine.
Figure 44 is a view of a carrier spring.
Figure 45, a view of a carrier spring with reverse coils from the body and with
the ends connected at the middle of the carrier portion, the central body portion
having a kinked piece for fixing the spring in a hole G of the shaft.
Referring more particularly to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 of the annexed drawings,
A is the shoe made of sufficient width in cross section to form the top half of a
conical or cylindrical magazine, the lower half B being made separate with a
hinge C at its forward end and with a notched piece D at the rear end adapted to
be held in position by a catch E.
In order that the top half of the shoe A may be readily milled out, I make the
front and rear ends as brackets of the shape shown in Figures 8 and 9 respectively
with a collar or shoulder F around which the cartridges bear and revolve. After
the top half of the shoe has been completely machined, the two brackets are put in
position, the front one being secured by the dovetail G sliding in a groove H,
Figure 11, The rear bracket is secured by the screw I passing through the hole of

page_text: the lug J which is made in a piece with the trigger guard K then through the
boss of the bracket into the shoe proper. In the recess of the collars F,
I arrange a tubular or other suitable spindle M with notched or ratcheted teeth N,
see Figure 7, adapted to engage into and be held by similar teeth or notches Ni
formed in the recess of the rear end bracket under the endwise action of a combined
carrier and spring P of the form shown more particularly at Figures 3 and 34, said
spring P being arranged upon the tubular spindle M with its ends inserted into
holes provided for the purpose. For placing the spindle M in position, the
recess in the front end bracket is of sufficient depth to allow the spindle to be forced
far enough into it to clear the rear end collar. By turning the spindle M in the
same direction as the cartridges move towards the bolt any required tension can be
exerted on the carrier spring to force the cartridges towards the bolt, said tension
being maintained by the notched or ratcheted teeth before mentioned.
From the foregoing, it will be seen that a perfect magazine is formed in and by
the shoe of the gun capable of supporting and moving forward automatically under
the action of the combined spring and carrier a circular layer of cartridges and
delivering same in succession in the path of the bolt.
The cartridges are fed into the magazine by way of an elongated slot R, the
movement of the cartridges through this slot being regulated by a spring plate S
arranged in the shoe in such a manner as to present its edge S' along the face of the
top cartridge to retard same in the position shown at Figure 4 and also serving as a
cut off when the arm is required as a single loader, see Figure 31.
In order that the plate S may spring when any pressure is exerted upon
the top
edge S', I hollow out a portion of the recess of the shoe in the manner shown at T,
Figures 30 and 31, so that the plate S being confined against a shoulder at its top
and bottom sides is caused to bow up in the middle and recede from the cartridges
when they are being put in or forced out of the magazine.
The magazine cut off is operated from the outside by means of the button U
which is secured to the spring plate by the spring lips U' in the manner indicated
at Figures 32, 33, 34, 35 and can be secured in a closed position by the projection V
engaging in the recess V¹ formed in the shoe.
The bolt shown in section and in position on the shoe of the gun at Figure 2, and
in detail at Figures 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 is made with a separable head W,
the main portion X is formed with an extending rib Y adapted to engage over a
projection Z on the separable head to bind them firmly together. In a recess upon
the top of the rib Y, I arrange a stop spring a with a projecting end 6 (Figure 23,)
and projection c on the shoe of the gun as shewn at Figure 3 adapted to serve the
double purpose of limiting the backward travel of the bolt, and to keep the separable
head in its proper radial position.
The striker d is made in one piece with the head e, and is secured within the bolt
in the following manner:-The striker d is inserted into the chamber of the bolt
from the rear, the enlarged head e engaging in a corresponding recess formed in the
bolt, the lugs f fit into the slots g, Figures 24 and 25, the spring his then passed
over the striker d from the front end abutting at the rear end against the shoulder h¹
followed by the collar i that slides upon the square part j of the striker, the nut k is
then screwed home, and is prevented from turning by a pin 1 engaging in a slot m of
the nut. The head W is inserted and given a sufficient turn to move the projection Z
into the corresponding recess in the rib of the main bolt. The lugs f are made
somewhat longer than the recesses a when the striker is required to rebound,
otherwise they may be shorter, or dispensed with altogether. The extractor n is
made with a shoulder p to take the strain when pulling out a cartridge, and it is so
arranged upon the moveable head as to allow a free up and down movement when
the bolt handle is in a vertical position, but when turned down, the rib Y is moved
over the extractor to prevent any tendency of the extractor to leave the
cartridges.
Figures 12 to 20 inclusive are different views of a solid headed bolt, that is to
say, the fore end is not removable but is made in one piece with the body of the

page_text: bolt and turns with it, the head of the before described bolt on the contrary remains
stationary when the bolt is rotated to its closed position.
Although the whole of the solid headed bolt is rotated to completely close the
breech, the extractor nis so arranged that before the bolt is rotated, it has sufficient
play under the extending rib Y to allow it to ride easily over the cartridge head,
a spring stop a' see Figure 2 being provided for the purpose of preventing the
cartridge from going completely into the chamber before the extractor has engaged
with it. The further movement of the bolt pushes the extractor into the
recess, the cartridge forcing the spring catch a¹ outwards during its travel into
the chamber. The front end of the extractor, Figure 12, is not turned with the bolt
but is pushed directly into the slot f¹ of the shoe.
The extractor n is placed in a slot at the end of the bolt with a further portion 7,
Figure 17, cut away to allow of the bolt turuing when the extractor is fixed in
the slot of the shoe. The striker of a solid headed bolt of the forms shown must
necessarily be fixed in position in some manner from the rear. Figures 14 and 19
illustrate two ways in which this may be done, in Figure 14 a wedge piece ris
inserted in a slot at the fore end after the spring has been put on, said slot being
slightly wider than the wedge to allow of the backward movement of the striker
during the rebound. The striker is then inserted into the bolt from the rear, and
a pin is inserted into the holess of the bolt, through the slot t of the striker and so
fixing the same in position. In Figure 19, the spring after being placed upon the
striker is compressed to the position shown in Figure 20, and is there held by the
collar u within which is a bayonet slot for the reception of the pin a quarter turn
of the collar being all that is necessary to lock the spring in a state of compression.
The striker is then inserted in the bolt in such a position that the lugs w of the
collar are opposite to the slots Figure 194 of another bayonet joint formed in the
body of the bolt but with its circular slots in the opposite direction to those formed
in the collar, so that the action of locking the collar into the bolt by the lugs
unlocks the pin of the striker from the collar, and allows the spring to expand and
draw the head of the striker completely home into the recess of the bolt.
20
Either of the two before described methods of securing the striker in position
is also applicable to separable headed bolts. I employ a safety locking device y,
Figures 2, 18, and 28, the various positions of which are illustrated at Figure 18ª.
In the first position, the cam 2 is turned down into the recess formed in the striker
head, the striker and bolt being both free to move independently. In the second
position, the cam z is turned into a recess formed in the bolt, locking the striker
and bolt firmly together, so that they have no motion independent of each other
but move together.
In the third position, the cam passes completely through the bolt into a recess
formed in the shoe of the gun, thus preventing any movement of the bolt or striker.
The safety device is held in the various positions by the spring 2' abutting against
a square portion of the bolt.
I may also use the before mentioned locking device to prevent the striker head
of the bayonet locking bolt from being withdrawn too far by providing an elongated
slot of a less length than the head of the striker in which the cam is turned to
limit the movement of said head.
To provide against the bolt being blown open from any cause, I lock it securely
in position by arranging in one of the abutment lugs of the shoe, a sliding stem ¹
that is pushed into a hole g¹ formed in the bolt handle by the crank c' at the same
time that the sear d' is drawn down by the trigger el to release the striker for
exploding the cartridge.
It is evident that the sliding stem 61 also acts as a safety device to prevent
premature firing as it cannot enter the hole g¹in the bolt until same is completely
turned home, therefore the trigger e cannot be operated.
Attached to the trigger el is a sliding dust plate which may either be made
in one piece with a steel spring, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, or may be operated

page_text: in the manner shown at Figure 36 by an ordinary spiral spring enclosed in a
tube k¹.
Figures 37, 38, 39, 40, 43 illustrate an improved self operating clip and the
manner of its application to the side of the shoe.
Referring more particularly to Figure 37, the ends are spun or stamped out
of sheet metal with collars F answering the same purpose as those before described
with reference to Figure 2, viz., to support a circular layer of cartridges in the
annular space between the collars F and the outside flanges 1. The central tube
around which the spring P is coiled may either be in one piece with the ends, or
may be soldered, or otherwise fastened to them and telescoped one into the other.
Upon the top of the clip is fastened a segmental plate " by passing the stamped
lips through corresponding holes in the segmental plate and clinching same
over and securing the plate to the two ends in the manner shown at Figure 38.
In the segmental plate " is also formed the throat with projecting spring lips n'
for holding the cartridges in position as they successively move up the incline m'
turned down out of the stamped ends under the action of the carrier spring P.
For attaching the foregoing clip in its position on the shoe of the gun, a
prong pl turned down out of the segmental plate j" is provided and adapted to
be received into a slot formed in the shoe in the manner shown in Figure 43,
a spring catch q' turned out of the stamped metal ends of the clip engages under
a notch formed in the shoe and so holds it securely in position.
I may if desired form the segmental plate j in one piece with the stamped
metal ends in the manner illustrated in Figure 41, in which latter case, the central
tube around which the carrier spring is coiled would be soldered, brazed, or other-
wise secured in position. Or I may dispense with the central tube, using the
segmental plate in combination with the stamped end pieces and connecting
strip, using a spring of the form shown at Figure 44.
By copying the construction of the magazine in shoe of my gun, I get a self
operating clip or cartridge receiver, which I use as an auxiliary reserve by simply
hanging the clip onto the cut away side of the shoe in such a position that when
the clip closer is drawn, the bolt head in its travel successively pushes the
cartridges from the mouth of the retaining clips just as it does from the magazine
recess.
Other inventors have clips or retainers which go bodily into the magazine of
the gun, the cartridges being pushed out of the clip by the magazine spring.
Still, others have a magazine to be attached to the side or top of the shoe
similarly to mine but in all of which, the bolt is the actuating mechanism for
causing the cartridge carrier of the attachable magazine to rotate, and the cartridge
is dropped loosely into the bolt chamber to be afterwards carried into the chamber
by the bolt.
Unlike the first, my clip is operated by its own spring, and the clip need not
enter the magazine recess of the gun; and unlike the second, my clip is automatic;
it does not drop the cartridge into the bolt chamber but simply presents the
cartridge in proper position to the bolt by which it is taken directly from the clip
and transferred directly into the chamber without first being transferred to the bolt
recess or chamber.
As first stated, my self operating clip is merely the construction in sheet metal
of the essential features of my enclosed magazine arrangement. The ends are
stamped or formed with inwardly extending collars which support the ends of the
cartridges, these ends are connected either by a metallic strap said metallic strap
and ends being stamped from the same sheet, or they may be connected by hollow
stems, or stems through their centre, substantially as shown in Figures 37 to 44
inclusive.
A gun constructed according to my invention is manipulated as follows;-
Presuming that all the various parts are secured in their relative positions, the
bolt is drawn back until the projecting end 6 of the spring stop a bears against the

page_text: shoe abutments c single cartridges are then fed successively into the magazine
compressing the spring plate S into the recess T as they each pass the orifice R
down the inclined planes m', forcing back the spring P until it is in the position
shown in Figure 4, where they are retained by the edge S' of the spring plate S
in such a position that the uppermost cartridge is in the path of the bolt unless
the spring cut off is closed, in which latter case, it is depressed by the front edge S¹
on its movement to cover the orifice R and allow the bolt to be operated without
obstruction.
With the cut off in this position, the gun can be used as a single loader until it
is required to fire a number of shots in rapid succession, then the button U is
drawn down by the thumb to remove the cut off and allow the topmost cartridge
to come up, so that on the bolt being pushed forward to close the breech it is
moved out of the orifice R up the incline to the chamber t', into which it is
tightly compressed by the cam like action of the abutment lug A¹¹ of the shoe on
the bolt when it is turned down.
The striker head e during the forward movement of the bolt is intercepted by a
projection on the dog d³, engaging in a circular recess ell in the front of the
striker head e, see Figure 15. When the bolt is pushed completely home and
turned down, the spring is fully compressed to give a sharp impetus to the
striker d when it is desired to fire the cartridge. To fire the cartridge, the trigger e
is pulled to draw the dog d¹ and projection ¹¹ clear of the recess ell of the striker
head e.
Before this can be done, the bolt must be turned completely down to
make a cut away portion (shown more clearly in Figure 15) coincide with the
projection d" of the dog d', and also the hole g in the handle to be exactly
opposite the sliding stem b', which is moved into the hole g' by the lever c simul-
taneously with the withdrawal of the projection d" from the recess of the striker
heade to release same. The striker d under the action of the spring his suddenly
shot beyond the end of the bolt to fire the detonating cap of the cartridge, a
sufficient space being left between the end of the nut & and the end of the recess
in which it works for this purpose.
The rebound is caused by the sliding sleeve i abutting against a shoulder at the
front of the space in which it works and the spring h being compressed by the
ends of the lug f entering the spring chamber beyond the shoulders h¹ under
the impetus imparted to the striker until the spring re-exerts itself in the reverse
direction to push back the lugs level with the shoulder of the bolt, and with-
draw the striker end into or level with the end of the bolt. When the lugs fare
dispensed with on the striker, or are the same length or less than the shoulders h',
the striker instead of a rebound has a loose or dead motion equal to the length of
the rebound before mentioned. The same result is accomplished, if the strikers
shown in Figures 18 or 19 are used, in which latter case, the wedge piece replaces
the sliding sleeve, the slot in which it works being of sufficient length to allow of
the rebound.
The extraction of the cartridge shell, or the cartridge should it have missed fire
is accomplished by the reverse movement of the bolt, that is to say, the trigger e
having been released, it withdraws the sliding stem 6' under the action of the
spring from the hole in the bolt handle, which may now be turned up to the
vertical position, in so doing, the end of the extending rib Y rides against the cam
curve A to start the cartridge, the extractor n being held firmly down into the
recess of the cartridge head, from which it is not possible to loose its hold until it
is withdrawn from the recess fi by the backward movement of the bolt. Just
before arriving at its most extreme backward position, it is ejected in the usual
manner by coming into contact with a stud arranged in the path of the cartridge
and diametrically opposite the extractor.
Another cartridge is pushed up the inclines m' of the magazine by the carrier
spring P for the bolt to push into the chamber in the manner as before described,
this can be repeated until the magazine is empty. The magazine can if desired be
very rapidly filled by means of a spring clip, of the kind shown in Figure 42,

page_text: holding a sufficient number of cartridges, and so formed that it may be inserted
into the orifice R, when by a slight downward pressure by the finger or thumb, they
are singly and successively pushed out of the clip into the magazine.
In cases of emergency, presuming that the magazine is empty then the clip
described with reference to Figures 37 to 40 inclusive is clapped upon the shoe and
fixed in the manner before described, and shown at Figure 43, the cut off S being
closed over the orifice as if the weapon were to be used as a single shooter.
For cleaning, or other purposes, the flap B is lowered by withdrawing the catch
bolt E from the boss D by the extreme backward motion of the trigger e.
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 :-
1. Composing the shoe of a draw bolt small arm of two side walls, separable
end plates with collars and recesses, and a hinged underflap as herein before
described and constituting the magazine of the arm, substantially as shown in the
annexed drawings.
2. Arranging within such a magazine, a loose fitting shaft partly enclosed by a
reverse coiled spring and cartridge pusher, said shaft being capable of rotation to
put tension on the spring, as and for the purpose set forth and substantially as
shown in the annexed drawings.
3. The construction of a reverse coil spring, portions of such wire forming a
cartridge pusher, and part for attachment to the shaft, substantially as set forth.
4. The construction of a magazine casing from two cup shaped ends and inwardly
connected by central tube or tubes and fixable (preferably) by reverse coil spring,
as described with reference to Figures 37, 38, of the drawings.
5. Radially serrating one end plate of the shoe and one end of the shaft to
permit of tension being put and retained upon the reverse coiled spring, which by
its formation holds the shaft with an end on pressure, as and for the purpose
described.
6. Constructing a draw back bolt of a small arm in such manner that the
parts can be removed and replaced without the aid of mechanical appliances, as
set forth.
7. Providing a breech magazine of the kind shown on the drawings with a
sliding plate for closing the cartridge apertures, said plate being operatable from
outside the shoe in the manner described and shown,
8. The hereinbefore described spring claw for locking the hinged plate of shoe
operated by the trigger, as shown.
9. The device for locking down the bolt operated by the trigger, substantially as
shown.
10. Fitting a stop on the shoe for retarding the entrance of a cartridge to the
chamber until the extractor claw of the bolt has passed over the cartridge flange.
11. The construction of a draw bolt small arm with the several parts referred
to under claiming clauses, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, all combined or
fitted as to constitute a complete arm as set forth.
Dated this 2784
of October
533
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said M. H. Durst.