Improvements in Small Arms.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
Improvements in Small Arms.
I HENRY SAMUEL EYRE of "Mead House" Crowborough Cross in the County
of Sussex Esquire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists of a moveable handle which can be instantly screwed to
the barrels of guns and other fire arms affording a firm hold for the left hand in
place of the ordinary grasp. The handle may be made spherical or in any other
form and can be any shape size or design and can be made of wood metal or
other material. Passing through or attached to this handle is a screw which enters
an inverted C shaped or circular band or clip made of metal or other material.
This clip or band clasps or surrounds the barrel or barrels and by tightening or
screwing up the handle or screw against the gun or firearm the handle is firmly
fixed in position. There may be other ways of fixing or screwing this handle-for
instance a taper screw might be used to tighten the clip or band or a screw
independent of the handle but in all cases the principle of giving a more secure or
better hold of the gun or other fire arm for the left hand by means of this handle
would be the same and is the invention claimed.
$1.1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Small Arms.
I, HENRY SAMUEL EYRE, of "Mead House," Crowborough Cross, in the County
of Sussex, Esquire, 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 :-
According to this invention I provide a moveable handle or grasp which can
readily be fixed to the barrel or barrels of small arms so that whilst the stock of
the gun is held to the shoulder in the ordinary manner the left hand which chiefly
directs and bears the weight of the weapon has a very secure hold the aim also
is more certain and steady and the weapon more easily and quickly directed-the
recoil on the shoulder is also relieved which is of importance when using large
charges.
The moveable handle or grasp consists of a circular band or a C shaped clip
shaped to grasp the barrels and of a handle projecting downwards from the clip to
be held by the left hand when firing.
The clip may be formed in various ways and the handle formed of any desired
shape.
In the construction shewn in the drawing the clip is composed of a rigid band A
of metal made to encircle the barrel.
A screw B screws through the centre of the lower part of the band A-one end
of the screw has fixed to it the handle C and the other has a head formed upon
it. D is a tongue or flap of leather to be interposed between the barrels and the
head of the screw.
To secure the clip to the barrels the leather flap is turned down over the head of
the screw the clip is then passed down over the barrels to the required position

page_text: and the handle is turned so as to cause the head of the screw to press the leather
flap upwards until the barrels are tightly clipped, in place of the leather flap a
wedge of wood or horn or of other material could be used.
For a double barrelled gun the rigid band of the clip would be of a C form
and the head of the screw would press the leather flap against the solid metal
between the barrels.
In place of forming the clip in the manner shewn -by the drawing it might be
made in other ways as for example the clip might be formed of two movable jaws
which could be turned or drawn towards one another and made to grasp the barrel
or barrels between them. Or a clip similar to that shewn in the drawing might be
used in which the screw was independent of the handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A movable handle or grasp for small arms consisting of a clip capable of clipping
the barrel or barrels and a handle projecting downwards from the clip to be grasped
by the left hand whilst the stock is held to the shoulder in the ordinary manner
substantially as described.
Datad : 90th L
1000