IMPROVEMENTS IN REPEATING FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Thomas, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Gun and Pistol Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN REPEATING FIRE-ARMS."
Sealed the 3rd August 1869, and dated the 13th March 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Thomas at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th March 1869.
I, JOHN THOMAS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gun
and Pistol Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REPEATING FIRE-ARMS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner
herein-after described the parts of repeating fire-arms for the purpose
of extracting simultaneously the whole of the cases of the exploded
cartridges from the chambers of the revolving barrels or cylinders of the
said fire-arms, and also for effectually supporting the said revolving
barrels or cylinders during the discharge of the fine-arms.

page_text: I will describe my Invention as applied to a repeating pistol. I make
the rectangular opening in the solid body or frame of the pistol in which
the revolving cylinder works of such a length that the said cylinder is
capable of sliding for a short distance therein, that is to say, I make the
said opening in the body or frame a little longer than the combined length
of the revolving cylinder and the cartridges to be used in the chambers
of the said cylinder. The said revolving cylinder is moved to and fro in
the said body or frame in the manner herein-after explained. On the
axis of the revolving cylinder is a tube having at its rear end or that
end nearest the back of the body an extractor. The said extractor
consists of a disc or plate having a series of curved notchics made in it
equal to the number of the chambers in the revolving cylinder. The
said extractor with its tube is capable of turning on the axis of the
revolving cylinder, but is incapable of sliding on the said axis. Upon
the tube of the extractor the revolving cylinder works, the said tube and
cylinder being connected together by a pin or rod on the extractor
entering a hole in the said cylinder. At the back of the extractor is a
ratchet acted upon by an arm of the lock for rotating the revolving
cylinder. In order to extract the cases of the exploded cartridges from
the chambers of the revolving cylinder it is necessary that the said
cylinder should slide from the back of the body to the opposite end of
the opening in the said body. This I effect and also support the
revolving cylinder during discharge in the following manner :-Instead
of fixing the long barrel of the pistol to the front and upper side of the
body or frame as usual, I make the said barrel capable of a partial
rotation in the said frame or body. The rear or inner end of the said
barrel passes through the end of the body or frame into the opening in
the said body or frame in which the revolving cylinder works and slides,
the said inner end of the barrel bearing against the cylinder. A lug on
the barrel outside the frame or body engages with a recess in the said
frame or body, and locks the said barrel in its place. On the inner
end of the barrel is an annular depression or groove in which a ring or
collar on the end of the revolving cylinder engages. When it is wished
to extract the exploded cartridge cases from the chambers of the
revolving cylinder the barrel is partly rotated by a handle fixed on it.
The lug on the barrel is thereby removed from its slot in the frame or
body and the barrel released. By sliding the said barrel forward the
revolving cylinder is brought to the front end of the opening in the body,
and the whole of the cases of the exploded cartridges are extracted by

page_text: the fixed extractor near the back of the body. The revolving cylinder
is then returned to its place near the back of the body, and fixed there
by the engaging of the lug on the barrel with the recess in the body or
frame. When the revolving cylinder is in the last-described position
the cartridges are introduced into the chambers of the said cylinder from
the breech end in the ordinary way.
I do not limit myself to the arrangement described for locking or
fastening the barrel to the frame or body, as various other ways may be
adopted for effecting the same object. For example, screw threads may
be cut on one-half the barrel, which may by a semi-rotation be made to
engage with similar half screw threads on the frame or body. The
sliding motion of the barrel and chamber may be effected by a rack and
pinion or other mechanical arrangement which does not require a rotary
motion in the barrel. The essence of my Invention consists in making
the barrel capable of sliding in the frame and carrying the chamber with
it in its sliding motion.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Thomas in the Great Scal Patent Office on
the 11th September 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JoHN
THOMAS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gun and Pistol
Manufacturer, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Thomas, Her special licence that
I, the said John Thomas, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Thomas, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REPEATING FIRE-

page_text: ARMS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John
Thomas, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Thomas, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner
hercin-after described the parts of repeating fire-arms for the purpose
of extracting simultaneously the whole of the cases of the exploded
cartridges from the chambers of the revolving barrels or cylinders of
the said fire-arms, and also for effectually supporting the said revolving
barrels or cylinders during the discharge of the fire-arms.
I will now describe my Invention as applied to a repeating pistol. I
make the rectangular opening in the solid body or frame of the pistol in
which the revolving cylinder works of such a length that the said cylinder
is capable of sliding for a short distance therein, that is to say, I make the
said opening in the body or frame a little longer than the combined
lengths of the revolving cylinder and the cartridges to be used in the
chambers of the said cylinder. The said revolving cylinder is moved
to and fro in the said body or frame in the manner hercin-after explained.
On the axis of the revolving cylinder is a tubo having at its rear end
or that end nearest the back of the body an extractor.. The said extractor
consists of a disk or plate having a series of curved notches made in it
equal to the number of the chambers in the revolving cylinder. The
said extractor with its tube is capable of turning on the axis of the
revolving cylinder but is incapable of sliding on the said axis. Upon
the tube of the extractor the revolving cylinder works, the said tube and
cylinder being connected together by a key on the extractor entering a
hole in the said cylinder. At the back of the extractor is a ratchet
acted upon by an arm of the lock for rotating the revolving cylinder.
In order to extract the cases of the exploded cartridges from the chambers
of the revolving cylinder it is necessary that the said cylinder should
slide from the back of the body to the opposite end of the opening in

page_text: the said body. This I effect and also support the revolving cylinder
during discharge in the following manner:-Instead of fixing the
long barrel of the pistol to the front and upper side of the body or
frame as usual I make the said barrel capable of a partial rotation in
the said body or frame. The rear or inner end of the said barrel passes
through the end of the body or frame into the opening in the said body
in which the revolving cylinder works and slides, the said inner end of
the barrel bearing against the cylinder. A lug on the barrel outside the
frame or body engages with a recess in the said frame or body and locks
the said barrel in its place. On the inner end of the barrel is an annular
depression or groove in which a ring or collar on the end of the revolving
cylinder engages. When it is wished to extract the cases of the exploded
cartridges from the chambers of the revolving cylinder the barrel is
partly rotated by a handle fixed on it. The lug on the barrel is thereby
removed from its slot in the frame or body and the barrel released. By
sliding the said barrel forward the revolving cylinder is brought to the
front end of the opening in the body and the whole of the cases of the
exploded cartridges are extracted by the fixed extractor near the back
of the body. The revolving cylinder is then returned to its place
near the back of the body and fixed there by the engaging of the lug
on the barrel with the recess in the body.
When the revolving
cylinder is in the last-described position the cartridges are introduced
into the chambers of the said cylinder from the breech end in the
ordinary way.
I do not limit myself to the arrangement described for locking the
barrel to the frame, as various other ways may be adopted and the barrel
may be made to slide in the frame and carry with it the revolving
cylinder in ways different from that described; and instead of extracting
the exploded cases by the sliding of the revolving cylinder from the fixed
extractor the reverse arrangement may be used, that is, the revolving
cylinder may be fixed and the extractor be moved from it in the spaco
in the opening in the body or frame.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in which tho
same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side clevation a repeating pistol constructed
according to my Invention, the parts of the said pistol being in position
for discharge, and Figure 2 represents the same after the exploded or.

page_text: empty cartridge cases have been extracted from the chambers of tho
revolving cylinder of the pistol; Figure 2 represents a longitudinal
section of the pistol; Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 represent parts of the samo
as hercin-after explained. The same letters of referenco are used to
indicate the same parts in Figures 1, 2, 24, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
a, a, is the solid body or frame of the pistol, and is the revolving
cylinder working in the said solid body; c is the barrel of the pistol.
The rectangular opening d in the solid body a is of such a length as to
permit of the cylinder b sliding to and fro therein for the purpose of
extracting the empty cartridge cases from the said cylinder, that is to
say, the said opening d in the body or frame a is a little longer than
the combined lengths of the cylinder and the cartridge cases used in
the chambers of the said cylinder. e is the axis of the revolving cylinder b
passed through the solid body a from the front end to the back end
thereof. The axis e is shown separately in Figure 4. On the said axis e
is a tube having at its rear end and near the back of the body a an
extractor g. The said extractor and tube f, g, are shown detached from
the pistol in Figure 5. From an examination of Figure 5 it will be seen
that the extractor 9 consists of a disk or plate having a series of curved
notches in its periphery equal to the number of the chambers in the
revolving cylinder b. When the cylinder bis in position for discharge
the extractor g occupies a suitably shaped depression made in the rear
face of the said cylinder and lies flush with the said face, as indicated in
dotted lines in Figure 1. The extractor g and tube fare capable of
turning on the axis e but are incapable of sliding on the said axis, the
ends of the said tube f bearing respectively against the ends of the frame or
body a. Upon the tube f of the extractor the revolving cylinder & works,
the said cylinder being capable both of rotating with and sliding upon the
said tube f. The cylinder 6 is connected with the tube fby means of a
pin or key f on the tubef (see Figure 5) engaging in a groove or key
way in the said cylinder. By means of the key and keyway described
the rotation communicated to the tube fis transmitted to the cylinder b
while the said cylinder is permitted to slide upon the said tube. Rotation
is given to the cylinder for the purpose of bringing each of its chambers
in succession in a line with the barrel c by means of an arm of the lock
constructed in the usual way propelling forward the ratchet h at the
back of the extractor, the motion communicated to the ratchet being
transmitted through the tube f to the cylinder b.

page_text: In order to extract the cases of the exploded cartridges from the
chambers of the revolving cylinder bit is necessary that the said
cylinder should slide from the back of the solid body or frame a to the
opposite end or front of the opening d in the said body, that is, from
the position represented in Figure 1 to that represented in Figure 2.
The sliding of the cylinder bis effected and the said cylinder supported
during discharge by the following construction and arrangement of
parts: The barrel c is made capable both of sliding and partially
rotating in the body or frame a instead of being fixed to the front and
upper side of the said body as is usual. The rear or inner end c³ of the
barrel c is made smaller than the other part and passes through the front
end of the body a into the opening d in the said body, the said inner end
of the barrel bearing against the cylinder b, but permitting the cylinder
to rotate. The cylinder bis connected with the end c³ of the barrel c by
means of a ring or collar 6 on the cylinder engaging with an annular
groove or depression c³ in the end of the barrel c, as represented in the
Drawing. Plans taken at opposite sides of the rear end of the barrel c
and an end clevation are represented in Figure 3. On the under side of
the barrel c is an inclined lug c (see Figure 3), which can by a partial
rotation of the barrel be made to engage in a recess in the frame or
body a. By means of this lug the barrel c is locked to the frame a and
the cylinder is at the same time supported for discharge. When it is
wished to extract the exploded cartridge cases from the chambers of the.
revolving cylinder b the barrel cis brought by partially rotating it by
the handle from the position represented in Figuro 1 to that repre-
sented in Figure 2. The lug c is thereby removed from the slot or
recess in the body or frame a and the barrel c is released. By then
sliding the barrel c forward the revolving cylinder 6 is moved on the
tubefand brought from the position represented in Figure 1 to that
represented in Figure 2. By the sliding of the cylinder b from the back
of the body a to the front thereof the whole of the exploded cases of the
cartridges are, extracted from the chambers of the cylinder 6 by the
fixed extractor g, the cases being retained as the cylinder slides forward
by the engagement of their rims with the notches of the said extractor g.
As soon as the cylinder breaches the position represented in Figure 2
the extracted cases being no longer supported fall from the extractor,
and the cylinder is ready to be reloaded. To effect this the said
cylinder is first moved back to the position represented in Figure 1 by
sliding the barrel c by its handle c. The said barrel is then partly

page_text: rotated and its lug made to engage with the recess a in the body a.
By means of the said lug the barrel c is securely fixed or locked to the
body or frame, the wedging action of the lug causing the inner end c
of the said barrel to be held truly against the face of the cylinder so as
to effectually support it during the discharge of the pistol. When in this
position fresh cartridges may be introduced into the chambers of the
cylinder through the ordinary opening or channel m at the back of the
body, the rims of the cartridges placed in the chambers resting against
the extractor g. The opening m is closed after loading by the ordinary
hinged covering plate n. The sliding and partial rotation of the barrel c
in the body or frame a is limited and the said barrel guided by a piu i
on the body engaging in a longitudinal and cross slot in the said
barrel. In order to prevent the accidental unlocking of the barrel ca
safety catch or fastening is situated at the front end of the frame or
body a. The said fastening consists of a lever (shown separately in
Figure 6) turning on the centre 22 and pressed upwards by the spring 1³.
On the nearly horizontal arm of the lever is a tooth 1, which when the
barrel is locked in its place enters a notch c in the lug c', and thereby
- prevents the rotation of the said barrel. By pressing inwards the pro-
jecting lower arm of the lever or fastening the tooth is withdrawn
from the notch c", when the barrel c may be turned by its handle for
unlocking it preparatory to the extraction of the empty cartridge cases,
as hercin-before described. When it is required to remove the cylinder b
from the solid body or frame a for cleaning or for other purpose the
barrel c is first unlocked, as represented in Figure 2. By then grasping
the head of the axis e the said axis may bo withdrawn from the frame a,
when the cylinder b, tube f, and extractor g may be removed from the
said frame by a lateral motion through the open side of the said frame.
In order to ensure the axis e being fixed in its place preparatory to
discharge its rear end is provided with a cross recess e³ (see the separate
views, Figure 4), into which recess the lug c on the barrel c passes
when the latter is locked in its place. The position of the lug c* with
respect to the axis e is such that if by carelessness the said axis has not
been fully pushed home the barrel b cannot be locked as the recess e³
in the said axis will not be brought opposite the said lug.
I do not limit myself to the arrangement described and represented
for locking or fastening the barrel to the frame or body, as various other
ways may be adopted for effecting the same object; for example, screw

page_text: threads may be cut on one half the barrel, which may by a semi-rotation
be made to engage with similar half screw threads on the frame or body.
The sliding motion of the barrel and revolving cylinder may be effected
by a rack and pinion or other mechanical arrangement which does not
require a rotary motion in the barrel; but these and other details of my
Invention I do not think it necessary further to describe!
Figure 7 represents in side elevation a modification of the last-
described pistol, the parts being in position for firing, and Figure 8
represents the same partly in longitudinal section, the parts being
represented in the positions which they respectively occupy after the
cases of the exploded cartridges have been extracted; Figure 9 represents
a part of the same. The same letters indicate the samo parts in
Figures 7, 8, and 9. In this arrangement of my Invention in place
of making the revolving cylinder slide in the long opening d in the
body a to extract the cases I station the said revolving cylinder at
the front of the said opening d and make it incapable of sliding, the
extractor moving from the said cylinder to extract the cartridge cases.
The cylinder is secured at the front end of the opening d by making
the body a at that part wider, in which part the cylinder rotates. The
space in the body a between the back of the said body and the rear
face of the cylinder b is sufficient to extract the cases of the cartridges
from the chambers of the said cylinder.
made in one piece with the solid body a.
supported in its place during discharge by
hinged at e to the side of the solid body a.
of being turned into or out of the body a
When the block e is raised as illustrated in Figure 7 it enters the
opening in the solid body and accurately fills up
the space between
the back of the body and the rear face of the cylinder band supports
the said cylinder firmly in the body during discharge. The block e
is shown separately in Figure 9. In the said block e is a deep slot e³,
into which when the block is raised the axis of the revolving
cylinder enters. The block e may be fixed in its raised position by
a spring snap fastening engaging with the top of the solid body a.
The supporting block e is turned down, as illustrated in Figure 8, when
it is wished to extract the cartridge cases. The space at the rear of
the cylinder is thus clear for the operation of the sliding extractor g.
The said extractor y is fixed on the tube h, the said tube / being con-
The barrel c is fixed to or
The revolving cylinder bis
means of a solid block e
The said block e is capablo
by turning on the joint e³.

page_text: nected with the cylinder 6 by a sliding key as usual. The extractor
tube is secured on the axis f by bearing at one end against the
shoulder and at the other cnd against the cross pin i. The extractor
tube is by this arrangement capable of rotating on the axis and
of sliding with the said axis when the latter is moved backwards and
forwards. The axis f is moved to and fro for operating the extractor g
and returning it to its place in the cylinder by means of the lever le
jointed at to the fixed barrel c. The said lever is connected by
a link to the enlarged end f of the axis f. By depressing the said
lever in the manner represented in Figure 8, after the block e has
been turned out of the solid frame or body a, the axis f is pushed
towards the back of the body a, the extractor tube and extractor g
being carried with it, as illustrated in Figure 8. The cases of the
exploded cartridges are thus simultaneously extracted from the chambers
of the revolving cylinder b. In order to reload the pistol the lever /
is raised, as illustrated in Figure 7; the extractor y is thereby returned
to its place in the rear of the cylinder b, and fresh cartridges may be
introduced into the chambers of the said cylinder. After loading the
pistol the block e is raised and turned into the solid body or frame ",
as illustrated in Figure 7, when the pistol is ready for discharge. By
a solid body or frame as employed in the arrangements described I wish
it to be understood that I mean any body or frame which is made in
piece or in two or more pieces fastened together so as to form a
ntinuous body or frame, or body or frame the parts of which are
not separated in extracting the cases of the exploded cartridges.
Figures 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 represent another modification of
the repeating pistol, Figures 1 and 2; Figure 10 representing a sido
clevation of the pistol in position for firing; Figure 11, a side clevation ;.
Figure 12 a plan, and Figure 13 an end elevation of the same after the
barrel and revolving cylinder have been moved from the back of the
body to extract the cases of the exploded cartridges; Figure 11 is an
end elevation of the pistol, Figure 1, taken at the rear thereof; Figure 15
represents the axis of the cylinder and extractor detached from the
pistol. Instead of using, as previously described, a solid body or frame
in this arrangement of my Invention, I make the body in two parts,
and connect the moveable part of the barrel and lock, the said moveable
part, and barrel to the fixed part of the body by an arrangement of
inclined or excentric, lugs similar to that by which the barrel c,

page_text: Figures 1 and 2, is locked to the solid body or frame. The same
letters indicate the same parts in Figures 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
a is the fixed part of the body or frame, and is the moveable part
connected to or made in one piece with the barrel c; d is the revolving
cylinder; e is the axis (shown separately in Figure 15), and is the
extractor, the tube f of which is connected to the cylinder d'and rotates
on the axis e in the manner previously described with respect to
Figures 1 and 2. The extractor f is incapable of sliding. The barrel c
and moveable frame are capable of rotating through a quarter of a
circle and of sliding upon the axis e. The frame is connected to the
axis e by the pin or stop g. The pin g works in a cross slot in the
axis e during the quarter rotation of the frame b, and works in the lon-
gitudinal slot in the said axis during its sliding motion. When the
moveable part 6 of the body has been turned on the axis e so as to open
the frame or body of the pistol, the said part is situated horizontally,
as illustrated in Figures 11, 12, and 13, but when the said body is
moved back a quarter rotation in order to close the body or frame, the
said part is situated vertically, as illustrated in Figures 10 and 14.
The moveable part of the body and the barrel c are connected or
locked to the fixed part a of the body at back and front by means of the
excentric or inclined lugs i, k, at back and front of the said part b. The
lug at the front of the part 6 takes into a recess in the fixed part a,
and the lug at the back of the part passes behind the shoulder min
the fixed part a. The lugs i, k, are curved to a portion of a circle and
take upon correspondingly shaped beds or seats at m, l. .When the
inclined lugs i, k, are engaged with the hody a, the moveable part of
the body and the barrel c are securely locked to the part a, and the
revolving cylinder d is thus firmly supported in the frame during dis-
charge. In addition to the lug entering the recess in the body a,
the lower part of the moveable frame b engages in front of the fixed
frame a, as seen in the Drawing. p is a safety catch or fastening some-
what similar to that marked in Figures 1 and 2. When the moveable
frame and barrel c are turned from the position represented in
Figures 11, 12, and 13, to that represented in Figures 10 and 14, the
lower part of the said catch or fastening p snaps into a recess at 2
(see Figure 13) in front of the fixed body a, and thus prevents the
accidental separation of the fixed and moveable parts of the body. By
pressing upon the upper part of the catch p its lower part p is with-
drawn from the recess q, and the barrel and moveable frame b, c, may
b

page_text: be turned on the axis e to open the body. When after discharge it is
wished to extract the cases of the exploded cartridges the barrel c is
gripped by the hand and the catch pis pressed upon by the thumb.
By a twisting motion the barrel and moveable frame b, c, are turned at
right angles to the position represented Figure 10, the pin g working
in the cross slot h. By then sliding the barrel and frame b, c, from the
fixed body a the revolving cylinder is moved upon the extractor
tube to the position represented in Figures 11 and 12, the pin g
working in the longitudinal slot in the axis e. The sliding of the
revolving cylinder is effected by the back lug i coming against the back
face of the said cylinder and carrying the said cylinder with it in its
motion. The whole of the cases of the exploded cartridges are thereby
simultaneously extracted from the revolving cylinder d. To reload
the pistol the barrel c is pushed back and the cylinder d brought
against the back of the body a; the barrel c is then turned so as to
engage the lugs i, k, with the fixed part a of the frame or body, and
securely lock the parts together. The chambers of the revolving
cylinder can then be loaded in the usual manner. My improvements
may be applied to repeating guns as well as to repeating pistols.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illus-
trated, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of
my Invention; but I claim as my Invention of improvements in
repeating fire-arms,―
Firstly. Making the rectangular opening in the solid body or frame
of the said fire-arms of a length equal to or a little longer than the
combined lengths of the revolving cylinder and the cases of the
cartridges employed, and causing the revolving cylinder to slide in
the said opening in the frame or body for extracting the cases of the
exploded cartridges, the parts of the fire-arm being constructed and
operating substantially as hercin-before described and illustrated in
Figures 1 to 6, both inclusive, of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The combination with the said solid body or frame of the
fire-arm of an extractor for extracting simultaneously the whole of the
cases of the exploded cartridges from the chambers of the revolving
cylinder, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 1 to 6, both inclusive, of the accompanying Drawings.

page_text: Thirdly. Making the barrel of the said fire-arms slide in the solid
body or frame and carry with it the revolving cylinder, and support the
said revolving cylinder during discharge, substantially as herein-before
described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 6, both inclusive, of the
accompanying Drawings.
Fourthly. The arrangement or combination of parts, substantially as
herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 6, both inclusive,
of the accompanying Drawings, or other equivalent arrangement of
parts for locking or fastening the said sliding barrel to the solid body
or frame of the fire-arm.
Fifthly. Making the rectangular opening in the solid body or frame
of the fire-arm of a length equal to or a little longer than the combined
lengths of the revolving cylinder and the cases of the cartridges
employed and stationing the revolving cylinder in the said opening,
and causing the extractor to move from the said revolving cylinder for
extracting the cases of the exploded cartridges, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in Figures 7, 8, and 9 of the accom-
panying Drawings. Also the arrangement described and represented in
the said Figures 7, 8, and 9 for supporting the revolving cylinder in the
frame or body during discharge.
Lastly. The arrangement or combination of parts, substantially as
herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and
15 of the accompanying Drawings, for locking or fastening the barrel to
the body, and causing the sliding barrel to carry the revolving cylinder
with it for extracting the cases of the exploded cartridges.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Thomas, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Sixth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
HENRY SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
JOHN THOMAS. (L.S.)