IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH LOADING SMALL ARMS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas William Webley of the firm of P. Webley
and Son, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gun Manufacturers,
and Thomas Brain of Birmingham aforesaid Gun Action Filer for an
Invention of
"
IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH LOADING SMALL ARMS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas William Webley
and Thomas Brain at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
28th June 1882.
THOMAS WILLIAM WEBLEY of the firm of P. Webley and Son of Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Gun Manufacturers and THOMAS BRAIN of Birmingham
aforesaid Gun Action Filer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BREECH LOADING SMALL
ARMS:"
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Our Invention consists of the improvements herein after described in breech
loading small arms of the kind called drop down guns.
Our Invention consists. First of the construction and rombination of parts
herein after described for actuating the top bolt of drop down guns in which the
barrels are fastened down by top and bottom bolts. the top bolt taking into the
prolonged rib between the barrels, and the bottom bolt taking into the lump on
the underside of the barrels.
On the upper face of the bottom bolt, which is actuated by a side or underhand
lever in the usual way, we make an incline the said incline terminating at front in
a flat plane. Working in a slot in the break off is a cranked lever having motion
in a vertical plane. The upper arm of this cranked lever engages with the top
bolt which takes into the prolonged rib and the lower arm of the cranked lever,
which is provided with a roller, heats upon the incline and fat plane on the
bottom bolt. The top bolt is pressed into its fastening position and the cranked
lever made to take its normal position by a coiled spring acting upon the rear
end of the said bolt. When the bottom bolt is withdrawn, by depressing the side
or underland lever the incline on the bottom bolt acting upon the cranked lever
turus the said lever ou its joint and causes it to withdraw the top bolt from the

page_text: prolonged rib. When the bottom holt has made about half of its stroke, the lower
arm of the cranked lever has travelled to the top of the incline and the flat plane
is now brought under the said lower arm of the cranked lever. The top bolt now
comes to rest and is held in its withdrawn position, while the bottom bolt is
making the remainder of its stroke, by the cranked lever bearing on the flat plane
on the bolt. On loosing the side lever after the barrels have been unfastened, the
bottom bolt first makes its advance stroke, and when the flat plane on it has
passed from under the cranked lever, the latter descends the incline and the top
bolt now advances while the bottom bolt is completing its advance stroke.
By this part of our Invention the long stroke of the bottom bolt is made to
produce the necessary shorter stroke of the top bolt.
The top bolt may be dispensed with and the upper arm of the cranked lever be
hooked to engage with the prolonged rib, but we prefer the arrangement first
described.
Our Invention consists, secondly, of the following construction and combination
of parts for fastening down the barrels at the prolonged rib of drop down guns
provided with top hand levers.
Near the back of the break off we make a screwed hole for receiving a hollow
pillar screwed externally for taking into the said screwed hole. The head of this
pillar is expanded a strong annular shoulder being formed at the junction of the
said head with the serewed part of reduced diameter. In the said expanded head,
the boss part of the top hand lever on the tang fits and on the motion of the said
hand lever in one or other direction the screwed pillar is partly rotated and
slightly rises or falls in the screwed hole in which it works. The said boss part
of the top lever is also connected to,a vertical axis in the pillar through which
axis the bottom bolt is worked, a square on the said axis taking into a square
recess in the screwed pillar.
recess
In the vertical edge of the expanded head of the hollow pillar, is a
inclined at its back. When the top hand lever is turned aside to unfasten
the barrels the recess described in the edge of the screwed pillar comes opposite
the recess in the break off into which the prolonged rib passes when the
barrels are shut down and the said prolonged rib can rise through the said
slot and the recess for opening the gun. After the barrels have been shut
down the top hand lever returns to its normal position and with it the screwed
pillar. A solid part of the expanded head of the pillar is thereby brought, by the
partial rotation of the said pillar, over the prolonged rib and the latter is held
down very firmly in its recess in the break off. As the solid part of the head of
the pillar is brought over the prolonged rib, the pillar slightly descends as before
described and the said head is thereby made to take a very firm bearing upon
the prolonged rib.
A plain or unscrewed pillar may be used in place of the screwed pillar
described. In this case the pillar has no rising or falling motion on the motion
of the top hand lever.
Our Invention consists Thirdly of the following improvements in cocking the
internal hammers of drop down guns and in the lock mechanism of the said
guns.
We make the main spring of the lock capable of sliding in the lock plate for
cocking the hammers, the free end of the main spring (having an anti-friction
roller bearing against the crane of the hammer near the centre on which it turns.
The stand side of the sliding main spring may be furnished with an antifriction
roller to facilitate its motion. These sliding main springs are acted upon to cock
the hammers by lumps on the barrels, when the breech ends of the said barrels are
raised for charging the gun. As the sliding main springs advance their free ends
act upon the cranes of the hammers and cock the said hammers the hammers being
held in their cocked positions by the ordinary sear mechanism. In cocking the
hammers, the free ends of the sliding mainsprings pass beyond the centres of the
hammers so that the hammers are not only cocked by the advance of the main-

page_text: springs but are also held in a position of safety, the mainsprings when in the
positions described being inoperative to discharge the hammers.
In order to bring the free ends of the mainsprings into their acting positions for
discharging the hammers that is, on the sides of the centres of the hammers
opposite those in which they hold the hammers in a safety position we give a
back motion to the said main springs by means of an external hand lever, the axis
of which carries short arms, each arm working between a pair of studs or pro-
jections on the main spring. By depressing the hand lever, the mainsprings are
pushed back, and their free ends are thereby carried to the opposite sides of the
centres of the hammers and the latter are ready to be discharged by pressure upon
the triggers in the ordinary way. The hand lever described besides serving to
restore the mainsprings to the positions proper for the discharge of the hammers,
also serves to cock the hammers by hand when the barrels have been removed
from the body. The stand side of the sliding main spring may be extended so as to
convert it into the rebounding side of the main spring for effecting the rebound of
the hammer to half cock after discharge. The free end of the rebounding side of
the main spring is furnished with an anti-friction roller.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas William Webley and Thomas Brain in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 16th December 1882.
THOMAS WILLIAM WEBLEY of the firm of P. Webley and Son of Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Gun Manufacturers and THOMAS BRAIN of Birmingham
aforesaid, Gun Action Filer.-" 1MPROVEMENTS IN BREECH LOADING SMALL
ARMS.
"
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Our Invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in breech
loading small arms of the kind called drop down guns,
Our Invention consists. First, of the construction and combination of parts herein
after described for actuating the top bolt of drop down guns in which the barrels
are fastened down by top and bottom bolts, the top bolt taking into the prolonged
rib between the barrels and the bottom bolt taking into the lump on the underside
of the barrels.
On the upper face of the bottom bolt, which is actuated by a side or under hand
lever in the usual way, we make an incline, the said incline terminating at front in
a flat plane. Working in a slot in the break off is a cranked lever having motion
in a vertical plane. The upper arm of this cranked lever engages with the top bolt
which takes into the prolonged rib and the lower arm of the cranked lever, which
is provided with a roller, bears upon the incline and flat plane on the bottom bolt.
The top bolt is pressed into its fastening position and the cranked lever made to
take its normal position, by a coiled spring acting upon the rear end of the said
bolt. When the bottom bolt is withdrawn, by depressing the side or under hand
lever, the incline on the bottom bolt acting upon the cranked lever turns the said
lever on its joint and causes it to withdraw the top bolt from the prolonged rib.
When the bottom bolt has made about half of its stroke the lower arm of the
cranked lever has travelled to the top of the incline and the flat plane is now
brought under the said lower arm of the eranked lever. The top bolt now comes
to rest, and is held in its withdrawn position, while the bottom bolt is making the
remainder of its stroke, by the cranked lever bearing on the flat plane on the bolt.
On closing the barrels the bottom bolt first makes its advance strokes and when
the flat plane on it has passed from under the cranked lever, the latter descends
the incline, and the top bolt now advances while the bottom bolt is completing its
advance stroke.
By this part of our invention, the long stroke of the bottom bolt is made to
produce the necessary shorter stroke of the top bolt.
The top bolt may be dispensed with and the upper arm of the cranked lever he
hooked to engage with the prolonged rib; but we prefer the arrangement first
described.
This part of our invention is represented in longitudinal vertical sections in
Figures 1 and 2 and parts of the same in Figures 3 4 and 5; Figure 6 represents a
modification of the same as herein after explained.
In Figure 1 the top and bottom bolts are represented in their shot positions and
in Figure 2 in their withdrawn positions. The same letters of reference indicate
the same parts in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 and 6.
is the bottom bolt, (shewn separately in Figure 5) taking into the lumps on
the underside of the barrels, and b, is the top bolt (shewn separately in Figure 4)
taking into the prolonged rib c. between the barrels, a coiled spring . in a recess
in the tang of the break off pressing the top bolt, when at liberty to move, into its
shot position. The bottom bolt a is withdrawn by means of the side hand lever e. ³.

page_text: the studs f. f. on the short arm of the said hand lever (see Figure 3) being made
to engage with the vertical slots h, h (see Figure 5) in the bolt a.
The snapping or return motion of the bottom bolt «, is effected by the coiled
spring i. acting upon the safety bar k. and the rear end of the latter acting upon
the short arm of the hand lever in the manner illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.
Instead of the side hand lever, an under hand lever may be used.
On the upper face of the bottom bolt is an incline 7 terminating at front or
top in a flat plane m.
In a slot in the break, a cranked lever n works. The end of the upper arm of
the lever n, engages with the top bolt 6 and a roller on the lower arm of the said
lever bears upon the incline or flat plane m. on the bottom bolt a. The cranked
lever n is made to take its normal position Figure 1 by the action of the top
bolt b, pressed outwards by the coiled spring d.
is
In order to unfasten the barrels for charging them, the hand lever e.
depressed so as to withdraw the bottom bolt a. As the bottom bolt a is withdrawn,
its incline 7, in the position Figure 1. acting upon the cranked lever n, turns the
said lever on its centre, and causes it to withdraw the top bolt from the
prolonged rib r. Before the bottom bolt a. has been fully withdrawn from the
lumps on the barrels, the lower arm of the cranked lever n has travelled to the top
of the incline. and the flat plane m is now brought under the lower arm of the
said cranked lever as represented in Figure 2. The top bolt now comes to rest
and is held in its withdrawn position while the bottom bolt a. is making the
remainder of its stroke, by the cranked lever n, bearing on the flat plane on
the said bottom bolt a. Thus, the withdrawal of the bottom bolt, having a long
stroke, effects during the first part of its motion, the withdrawal of the top bolt
having a shorter stroke, and in the latter part of its motion supports the top
bolt in its withdrawn position.
On closing the barrels the bottom bolt a first makes its advance stroke and
when the flat plane mon it has passed from under the cranked lever n the latter
descends the incline 7, and the top bolt b, now advances while the bottom bolt is
completing its advance stroke as will be understood by an examination of
Figures and 2.
Figure 6 represents a modification of this part of our Invention in which the
top bolt is dispensed with and the end of the upper arm of the cranked lever a is
hooked at and engages in a recess ³, in the prolonged ribe to fasten down the
barrels at the said rib.
The action of this modification of our Invention is the same as that first.
described, excepting that the hooked end a³, of the cranked lever n engages directly
with the prolonged rib instead of operating the top bolt.
Our invention consists secondly of the following construction and combination
of parts for fastening down the barrels at the prolonged rib of drop down guns
provided with top hand levers.
Near the back of the break off, we make a screwed hole for receiving a hollow
pillar screwed externally for taking into the said screwed hole. The head of this
pillar is expanded, a strong annular shoulder being formed at the junction of the
said head with the screwed part of reduced diameter. In the said expanded head.
the boss part of the top hand lever on the tang fits and on the motion of the said
hand lever, in one or other direction, the screwed pillar is partly rotated and
slightly rises or falls in the screwed hole in which it works. The said boss part of
the top lever is also connected to a vertical axis in the pillar, through which axis
the bottom bolt is worked, a square on the said axis taking into a square recess in
the screwed pillar.
In the vertical edge of the expanded head of the hollow pillar, is a recess inclined
at its back. When the top hand lever is turned aside to unfasten the barrels, the
recess described in the edge of the screwed pillar comes opposite the recess in the
break off into which the prolonged rib passes, when the barrels are shut down, and
the said prolonged rib can rise through the said slot and the recess for opening the

page_text: gun. After the barrels have been shut down, the top hand lever returns to its
normal position, and with it the screwed pillar. A solid part of the expanded head
of the pillar is thereby brought, by the partial rotation of the said pillar, over the
prolonged rib and the latter is held down very firmly in its recess in the break off.
As the solid part of the head of the pillar is brought over the prolonged rib, the
pillar slightly descends as before describe and the said head is thereby made to
take a very firm bearing upon the prolonged rib.
This part of our Invention is illustrated in longitudinal sections in Figures 7
and 8: plan in Figure 9: cross sections in Figures 10 and 11 and separate parts in
Figures 12 and 13. In Figures 7 and 10, the barrels are shown fastened down.
In Figures 8 and 9 the barrels are shewn unfastened and partly raised from the
break off. In Figure 11. the barrels are represented unfastened and the recess in
the screwed pillar brought over the prolonged rib.
The same letters indicate the same parts in Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 18.
a, are the barrels and is the prolonged rib between the barrels which rib
takes into a recess in the break off as usual: is the screwed hollow pillar
(shown separately in Figure 12) working in a hollow screw in the break off d.
The head of the screwed pillar is expanded as represented and forms a strong
shoulder which seating itself upon the lip of the prolonged rib b. fastens down
the barrels at the said rib. In the edge of the shoulder or expanded head of the
serewed pillar e is a recess into which the lip part of the prolonged rib
enter on closing the gun or through which it may rise on opening the gun;
the top hand lever connected with the screwed pillar c. By turning the hand
lever, in one or other direction, the screwed pillar c, is partly rotated and slightly
rises or falls in the screwed hole in the break off d, in which it works.
may
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The boss of the top and levere is not connected directly to the screwed
pillar c. but through the vertical axis f in the pillar. This vertical axis / has a
square part at top which takes into a square recess in the screwed pillar c. the
serew pin at the boss of the hand lever being screwed into the square part of the
axis as seen in Figure 7. The central axis works the under bolt (shewn
separately in Figure 13) a short crank arm g in the bottom of the axis f working
in the recess in the bolt h.
The return or snapping motion of the lower bolt and the screwed pillar c. is
effected by means of the coiled spring i, acting upon the cranked connecting piece h³,
of the said bolt h. This connecting piece slides in a guide under the tang, and
is furnished at its front end with a V shaped projection which takes into a corre-
sponding shaped recess in the bolt (see Figure 1) the pressure of the spring i
locking the two parts and together.
We do not limit ourselves to this arrangement of parts for giving the return
motion to the bolt has a spring may be arranged in a variety of ways to suit the
gun action to which the screwed pillar is applied; or a rod spring may be used to
act directly on the side of the screwed pillar to give the return motion.
'
The bottom bolt h may be pushed back on the shutting down of the barrels and
the screwed pillar rotated through the required angle to bring the slot in the
said pillar over the lip of the prolonged rib, by the action of the curved ince of the
tront lump on the under side of the barrels, upon the inclined front end of the
bottom bolt h, but this is not necessary as the screwed pillar c. may be held in its
open or back position by the raised barrels acting through the lower bolt has seen
iù Figure 8.
The action of the parts is as follows:-
When the barrels are shut down and fastened as illustrated in Figures and 10.
the expanded head or shoulder of the screwed pillar e is situated over and
firmly bears upon the lip of the prolonged rib . and the barrels are fastened down
at the said rib, the bottom bolt being also engaged with the lumps on the
underside of the barrels.
For opening the gun for charging, the top hand lever is turned aside. The
screwed pillar e is thereby partly rotated in the break off and its expanded head

page_text: or shoulder made slightly to rise from the lip of the rib b. and the recess in
the expanded head brought over the said lip of the rib as seen in Figure 11. The
now rise
barrels are thereby unfastened at the prolonged rib and the rib cau
through the recess in the shoulder of the screwed pillar. Simultaneously with
the unfastening of the barrels at the rib, they are unfastened at their underside by
the action of the army of the central axis upon the bottom bolt h, the with-
drawal of the said bottom bolt compressing the coiled spring i. the back lump on
the open barrels holding the bolt in its withdrawn position and the said "bolt
holding the screwed collar in its back position as illustrated in Figure 8.-On
shutting down the barrels after loading them, the bottom bolt h makes its return
motion by the action of the spring i, which may be assisted by the front lump k
and on the complete shutting down of the barrels, the bottom bolt snaps, by the
action of the spring i. into its lump and the screwed pillar e and parts connected
with it return to their normal positions. As the said serewed pillar c. takes its
normal position its head is brought over the lip of the prolonged rib b. and the
latter is held down very firmly in its recess in the break off, the return motion of
the screwed pillar causing it to descend slightly and its head to take a close
bearing upon the lip of the rib as seen in Figure 7.
Figures 14 and 15 represent in longitudinal section, and Figure 16 in plan of
underside (partly in horizontal section), another arrangement of this part of our
invention and Figure 17 represents a part of the same detached.
In this arrangement the underbolt is dispensed with, the barrels being locked
down at the prolonged rib only; c. &,, is the screwed and shouldered pillar,
constructed and acting as last described excepting that the central axis for
working the underbolt is omitted: is the top hand lever for working the said
screwed pillar. The return motion of the screwed pillar is effected by the oblique
spring bolt pressing on an eccentric pin at the bottom of the screwed pillar c.
for the purpose of starting or slightly lifting the breech ends of the barrels when
the slot in the head of the screwed pillar c. has been brought over the lip of the
prolonged ribb, we use a spring starting rod 7 (shewn separately in Figure 17)
the upper
end of which bears against the under face of the prolonged rib b. Ou
the said spring starting rod q is a retaining bolt r. for taking into a cross slot in
the bottom of the screwed pillar c, and retaining the said pillar in its back or
unfastening position. The unfastening of the barrels at the rib is effected by
turning aside the hand lever c. as before described, but as soon as the slot in the
head of the screwed pillar has been brought over the lip of the rib b. the
spring starting rod is pressed upwards, and acting upon the said ribb slightly
lifts or starts the biecchi ends of the barrels, the lip of the said rib & entering
the slot and preventing the back or return motion of the screwed pillar as
represented in Figure 15. By the rising of the starting rod 9, the retaining bolt r.
snaps into the cross slot in the bottom of the screwed pillar c, and thereby holds
the said pillar in its unfastening position after the breech ends of the barrels have
been lifted from the break off. On closing the barrels, the starting rod g is pressed
down and its spring compressed and the retaining bolt r, at the same time removed
from the slot in the pillar c. The said pillar being thus released, it makes its back
or return motion by the action of the spring bolt and the head or shoulder, of
the pillar snaps over the lip of the rib and fastens down the barrels as before
described.
Our invention consists thirdly of the following improvements in cocking
the internal hammers of drop down guns and in the lock mechanism of the
said guns.
We make the mainspring of the lock capable of sliding in the lock plate for
cocking the hammers, the free end of the main spring (having an anti-friction
roller) bearing against the crane of the hammer near the centre on which it turns.
The stand side of the sliding main spring may he furnished with an anti-friction
roller to facilitate its motion. These sliding main springs are acted upon to cock
the hammers by lumps on the barrels, when the breech ends of the barrels are

page_text: raised for charging the gun. As the sliding main springs advance their free ends
aet upon the cranes of the hammers and cock the said hammers.
In cocking the hammers, the free ends of the sliding main springs pass beyond
the centres of the hammers so that the hammers are not only corked by the
advance of the main springs but are also held in a position of safety, the main
springs when in the positions described being inoperative to discharge the
hammers.
In order to bring the free ends of the main springs into their acting positions
for discharging the hammers, that is, on the sides of the centres of the hammers
opposite those in which they hold the hammers in a safety position, we give a
back motion to the said main springs by means of an external hand lever, the axis
of which carries short arms each arm working between a pair of studs or pro-
jections on the main spring.
Or the main springs are connected to bosses on the axis.
By depressing the hand lever, the main springs are pushed back and their free
ends are thereby carried to the opposite sides of the centres of the hammers and the
latter are ready to be discharged by pressure upon the triggers in the ordinary way.
Figures 18 and 19 represent a portion of the breech end of a double barrel drop
down gun containing these improvements, Figure 18 showing the barrels shut
down and the hammers discharged, and Figure 19 the barrels raised for loading
and the hammers cocked with the sliding main springs in their advanced or
inoperative positions; Figure 20 represents an end elevation, and Figure 21 a plan
of the underside of the barrels: Figure 22 represents one of the lock plates
carrying the hammer, sliding main spring, hand lever and axis, and the other
appliances of the lock; Figure 23 represents the hand lever and axis used for
giving the back sliding motion to the main springs: Figure 24 represents one of
the hammers and Figure 25 one of the sears.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 18 to 25.
is the sliding main spring carried by the lock plate band working in a
recess c. in the body of the gun and d is one of the internal hammers of the gun
turning on the centre d
The free end of the sliding main spring a carries ab 11 antifriction roller
which bears against the crane of the hammer. The end of the stand side
of the main spring a is turned up, and is connected to a boss or collar con
the axis of the external hand lever g. This axis passes across the body of
the gun, and has a boss or collar upon it for working each of the sliding main
springs. The forward motion of the sliding main springs a when the breech ends
of the barrels are raised for loading, is effected by the lumps or projections or cams
h. h. on the underside of the barrels acting upon the doubled or bent ends of the
main springs and the back or return motion of the said main springs is effected
by the hand lever g operating through the bosses or collars e, upon the stand
sides of the said springs.
When the main springs a ure in the forward position represented in Figure 19
their fice ends are so situated with respect to the centres of the hammers that
they tend to hold the hammers in position of safety, the main springs when in
this position being inoperative to discharge the hammers, this inoperative position
of the main springs being maintained alter the closing of the gun. When the
main springs are in the back or returned position represented in Figure 18 their
free ends are brought to the opposite sides of the centres of the hammers, and
the pressure of the said springs upon the cranes of the hammers tends to discharge
them.
The action of the parts is as follows:
The gun having been discharged, the parts occupy the respective positions
represented in Figure 18. On unfastening and raising the barrels, the inclined
faces of the projections or cams h, h, on the said barrels, operating upon the sliding
main springs . force them into the position represented in Figure 19, the said
main springs as they advance cocking the hammers which are held, in a position

page_text: of safety, that is, the hammers cannot be discharged so long as the main springs
re in their advanced position. After loading the gun, the barrels are shut down.
As the barrels are closed the acting faces of the projections or cams h, h, do not
operate upon the main springs but leave them in their advanced position, and the
hummers in their cocked and safety positions Figure 19.
In order to discharge the gun it is necessary to give a back or return motion to
the main springs a to bring them into their acting positions. This is effected by
depressing the hand lever y. through the required angle. By the partial rotation
of the axis of the hand lever g. its bosses or collars c, c, carry back the main
springs into the position represented in Figure 18, in which position they can
effect the discharge of the hammers as herein before described.
springs reaching their operative positions the sears fall into their bents and hold
the hammers at full cock ready to be discharged.
Ou the main
The hand lever g, axis f and bosses e, c, also serve to cock the hammers by hand
after the barrels having been removed from the body.
By the description herein before given reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing, it will be understood that the essence of this part of our Invention
consists in so arranging the sliding main springs and the parts by which they are
actuated, that the opening of the gun cocks the hammers and puts them in a
position of safety, which safety position is retained after the gun has been closed,
the sliding main springs being moved back into their operative or acting positions
for the discharge of the gun, by means of a hand lever operating through suitable
mechanism upon the said sliding main springs.
Having now described the nature of our Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our
Invention of Improvements in breech loading small arms."
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First. The improvements in actuating the top bolts of drop down guns in which
the barrels are fastened down by top and bottom bolts herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying Drawings; that is to say,
nctuating the top bolt from the bottom bolt by constructing the said bottom bolt
with an incline 7 and flat plane m and the combination with the said incline
and flat plane m of the cranked lever n engaged with the top bolt substantially as
described and illustrated.
Secondly. The modification herein before described and illustrated in Figure G
of the accompanying Drawings in which the top bolt is dispensed with and the
cranked lever is hooked and made to engage with the prolonged rib.
Thirdly. The improvements in fastening down the barrels of drop down guns at
the prolonged rib herein before described and illustrated in Figures 7 to 17 both
inclusive of the accompanying Drawings; that is to say, fastening down the barrels
at the rib by means of the screwed and shouldered pillar e, 2ª, ¿ª. worked by a top
hand lever and having a rising and falling motion in the break off, the said
substantially as
screwed and shouldered pillar being constructed and acting
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described, and illustrated; also the combination with the said screwed and
shouldered pillar of a central axis and crank arm for working the lower bolt
and for obtaining the snapping or return motion of the screwed pillar by means of
the said lever bolt substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12 and 13; also the combination with the screwed and shouldered pillar of the
spring bolt P for giving the return or snapping motion to the said pillar, and also
the combined starting rod and retaining bolt q. r, for starting the breech ends of
the barrels when unfastened and for retaining the screwed pillar in its unfastening
position substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 14, 15,
16 and 17.
Fourthly. The improvements in rocking the internal hammers of drop down
small arms and in the lock mechanism of the said small arms herein before
5 described and illustrated in Figures 18 to 25 both inclusive of the accompanying
Drawings: that is to say, the combination with the sliding main springs a of the
Jumps, projections or cams th for giving an advance motion only to the said

page_text: sliding main springs on lifting the breech ends of the barrels for charging; thereby
cocking the internal hammers and leaving them in a position of safety, which
position of safety is retained after the closing of the gun substantially as described
and illustrated: also the combination with the sliding main springs of a hand
lever I. and appliances connected therewith for returning the sliding main springs,
when it is wished to discharge the gun, to their acting or discharging positions
with respect to the hammers substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof the said Thomas William Webley have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
37, Temple Street,
Birmingham.
THOMAS WILLIAM WEBLEY. (L.s.)