Year: 1888

page_text: ate of Application, 17th July, 1888
Specification Accepted, 19th Oct., 1888
A communication from WILLIAM M. COOPER, of the City of Toronto, in the County
of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, Merchant.
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex M.I.M.E.
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:-
The object of the invention is to design a repeating rifle in which the action is
protected from the recoil caused by the explosion of the cartridge, and also to so
simplify and otherwise arrange the parts of the action that the magazine may be easily
filled, readily thrown out of connection with the action of the repeater and operated
in all its movements in the simplest manner possible, substantially as hereinafter more
particularly explained.
Figure 1. is a sectional view of the action, showing the parts set in the position they
will appear at the moment that the hammer has struck the firing needle.
Figure 2. is a view of the same parts, showing them in the position in which they
will appear when the discharged cartridge has been thrown out of the barrel.
Fig. 3. is a perspective outside view of the improved repeating rifle.
Fig. 4. is an enlarged detail of the body of the rifle, showing the case open to permit
the magazine to be filled with cartridges."
Fig. 5. is a detail of the bayonet used in connection with the rifle.
Fig. 6. is a detail of the swivel cover to close the cartridge-opening made in the
bottom of the case.
Fig. 7. is a perspective detail of the recoil block.
In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each
figure.

page_text: A is the body of the rifle, forming the case for the firing and repeating actions.
B is the rifle-barrel, and C the magazine which is preferably made solid with the
barrel, B, and is shaped and hardened so as to resist any sabre-cut. D is what is
termed the "recoil-block" fitted into a grooved recess made in the body or case A.
When the action is set in the position shown in Fig. 1 the solid portion of the block
is immediately behind the end of the barrel B, and the head a of the cartridge E,
butts against it, as indicated. A small hole is made through the solid portion of the
block D, sufficiently large to admit the firing-needle F, which is held in position by a
small pin which passes through a longitudinal slot made in the said needle Fas
indicated. The sliding bolt G which is fitted into suitable guides formed in the body
or case A, butts against the recoil block D, when the action is in the the position
indicated in Fig. 1 and a plunger H is fitted in a hole made in the said sliding-bolt G.
This plunger H is held in the same manner as the needle F and communicates the
blow of the hammer M, to the end of the needle F. J is an extractor fitted into a
hole made in the projecting portion of the sliding-bolt G. When the action is closed
as shown in Fig. 1 the end of the trigger-guard lever K forces the hooked end of the
said extractor behind the head a of the cartridge E. The trigger-guard lever K, is
used for the purpose of adjusting the sliding-bolt G and other parts in the mechanism
of the action, as hereinafter more particularly explained. The lever N is pivoted in
the body or case A in proximity to the pivoted trigger-guard lever K. One end of
this lever N projects into a slot made in the recoil-block D. Its other end is curved
as indicated, and extends beyond the pivot-point of the lever K. A lug O is formed
on the trigger-guard lever K and projects over the top of the lever N. When the
trigger-guard lever K, is thrown open in the position in which it is indicated in
Fig. 2, the lug O presses down the curved end of the lever N causing the other end of
the said lever to raise up and lift with it the recoil-block D.
When the inner end of the trigger-guard lever K comes in contact with the horn P
formed upon and projecting below the sliding bolt G, the said sliding-bolt G is pushed
back into the position in which it is indicated in Fig. 2. During its movement, the
sliding-bolt G forces the extractor J to pull out the cartridge E and as the movement
of the trigger-guard lever K is rapid the empty cartridge is instantly thrown out of
the case.
The hammer M is also pushed back by the movement of the sliding-bolt G.
The slant on the bottom of the sliding-bolt G being gradual the hammer is pushed
back gently and firmly. By the time that the sliding-bolt G is thrown back, and the
cartridge E thrown out by the extractor, as described the end of the trigger-guard
lever K comes in contact with the tail Q formed on the end of the pivoted cartridge-
carrier R, causing the said carrier to tilt on its pivot and raising its end carrying the
cartridge from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1 to the position in which it
is shown in Fig. 2 thereby raising the cartridge taken from the magazine to a point
immediately opposite to the open end of the barrel B.
It will be noticed on reference to Fig. 1 that the cartridge pushed from the
magazine C, butts against the end of the lever K and that when this lever is moved
back to operate the mechanism as hereinbefore described the spring in the magazine
forces the cartridge right onto the carrier R. When this carrier R is moved up, as
shown in Fig. 2, the cartridge stop S, comes in front of the mouth of the magazino,
thus preventing the cartridge escaping from it until the carrier is once more brought
into the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1. The cartridge-stop S is pivotted on
the carrier R and has a spring T, which holds it in the position in which it is
indicated.
In order to load the magazine the trigger-guard lever K is thrown back into the
position shown in Fig. 2 and the pivotted cover U is then thrown open as shown in
Fig. 4. The cartridges may then be easily inserted into the magazine C. by simply
pressing upon the pivotted cartridge-stop S which after the cartridge is inserted
immediately springs back into position.
With the view of enabling the rifleman to reserve the cartridges in the magazine
and use the rifle as a single-shot breech-loader a pivotted cut-off V is provided which
may be readily adjusted so as to fit behind the end cartridge and prevent it and the

page_text: other cartridges from entering onto the carrier R. The rifle may thus be used as an
ordinary single-shot breech-loader, and should it be desirable to bring the magazine
into action, it is merely necessary to adjust the cut-off so as to be clear of the head of
the cartridge.
When this
On reference to Figs. 3 and 5 a bayonet specially adapted for the improved rifle is
illustrated. This bayonet W has a half-round shank designed to fit over the magazine C
which when the bayonet is to be used must be made solid with the rifle barrel B.
A clip X connects the neck of the bayonet W to the rifle-barrel B.
clip is slipped up to come in contact with the sight Y the bayonet projects beyond the
end of the rifle in the proper position for use and the end of the shank of the bayonet
is even with the end of the magazine C permitting the spring catch Z, to spring over
the end of the magazine C, and thus hold the bayonet in the desired position.
It will be noticed on reference to Figs. 4 and 6 that an angular hub is formed
around the pivot of the cover U. A spring-plate, 2, secured to the body or case A
acts against the 'angular hub on the cover U in such a manner that when it is closed
the spring-plate, 2, acts against one side of the angle so as to hold the cover closed,
and when it is opened it is held open by the spring-plate, 2, acting on the other side
of the angle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination with the barrel of a repeating rifle, of a recoil-block located
between the end of the barrel and the case containing the action of the repeater,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. A cartridge-magazine inade parallel with and forming an integral part of a rifle-
barrel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination with the magazine of a repeating rifle, of an adjustable cut-off
arranged to lock cartridges in the magazine to enable the rifle to be used as an
ordinary single-shot breech-loader, substantially as specified.
4. A cartridge magazine made parallel with and forming an integral part of a rifle-
barrel, in combination with a bayonet having a shank formed to fit onto the magazine
and a clip arranged to connect the neck of the bayonet with the barrel of the rifle
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. An adjustable recoil block fitted into the case immediately behind the inner end
of the barrel of the rifle, in combination with a firing-needle inserted into the recoil-.
block, and a plunger arranged to convey the blow of the hammer to the cap of the
cartridge, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
6. A sliding-bolt arranged to close the opening in the body or case of the rifle
through which the empty cartridge is discharged, in combination with an extractor
fitted into the sliding-bolt and having a hooked end to project behind the head of the
cartridge when the sliding-bolt is closed, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
7. A sliding-bolt arranged to close the opening in the body or case of the rifle
through which the empty cartridge is discharged, in combination with a trigger-guard
lever pivotted in the body of the rifle, and having an end projecting into the said
body so as to engage with the sliding-bolt for the purpose of operating the same.
8. A pivotted trigger-guard lever having an end arranged to engage with the
sliding bolt having a slanting bottom side to engage with and throw back the hammer
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
9. The pivotted trigger-guard lever K having a lug O formed on it, in combination
with a pivotted lever N and recoil-block D substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
10. The pivotted carrier L, having a tail Q formed on it, in combination with the
pivotted trigger-guard lever K arranged substantially as and for the purpose
specified.

page_text: 11. The pivotted carrier L, designed to be adjusted so as to convey a single
cartridge from the mouth of the magazine to the mouth of the rifle-barrel, in combina-
tion with the pivotted cartridge stop S designed to close the moath of the magazine
when the carrier is opposite to the rifle-barrel, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
12. A cartridge stop S pivotted on the carrier R and shaped so as to prevent the
cartridges escaping from the magazine while the carrier is conveying a cartridge to
the rifle-barrel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
13. A rifle body or case having an opening protected by a suitable pivotted cover,
and leading from the bottom of the body to the mouth of the cartridge magazine,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.