Improvements in Mannlicher Repeating Rifles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Mannlicher Repeating Rifles.
We, Dr ADOLF ZEKE, Advocate, of Budapest, and KARL REDL, Justice of the
Peace, of Godollo, both in the Kingdom of Hungary, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
This invention relates to improvements in the known Mannlicher repeating
rifles and is for the purpose of operating the loading automatically by means
of the recoil By this invention the breech closer is unlocked and returned by
the recoil compressing hereby a helical spring arranged in a guide constructed
in one with the casing of the mechanism, the discharged cartridge is drawn out
of the rifle in the known manner and ejected. Whilst by the lowering of the
butt a cartridge is brought as formerly into the loading plate which is brought
into the loading chamber after the return of the breech closer which by the effect
of the resistance of the spring is thrown for wards, so that the manipulation for
fining the cartridge in the magazine is limited to pulling the trigger.
The lock of a rifle as in this invention is in general amilar to the known Mann-
licher rifle locks only a few alterations are necessary as shown in the following
description.
In the description the construction and action of the Mannlicher repeating
rifle is taken to be known and therefore only those parts beating upon this inven-
tion are described
The annexed drawing illustrates the improvements of this invention in which
Fig 1 is a longitudinal section of the mechanism at the moment of firing the
magazine is shown empty Fig 218 n plan view of Fig 1. Fig 3 18 a side
view parts being represented as broken away Fig 4 is a horizontal section
of the front part of the breech closer Figs 5, 6, and 7 are respectively sections
on the lines a—b,—c_d, e—f, of Figs 2 and 3 Fig 8 is a section on the
line gh of Fig 1 Fig 9 18 a perspective view of the locking bolt
The bariel 1 is joined in the known manner with the casing 2 and this with
the stock 3 and magazine 4 The casing 2 18 leugthened backwards and serves
as usual for guiding the breech closer consisting of the known parts that 18 the
breech closing piece 5, the head 6 and the handle 7 In the breech closer is the
firing pin 8, the spring 9 and the fining pin head,10 The handle and breech
closing piece are of one piece
This
The casing 2 18 at the side (on the left) provided with a socket like guide 11
constructed in one with the casing and closed at the front by a fixed wall and
at the back by a plate 12 movable round a bolt arranged on the casing 2 This
guide is provided on the side towards the casing with a longitudinal slot 13 and
serves for guiding a side shoulder 14 on the head 6 of the breech closer
shoulder consists of a circular plate which is joined by means of a stem, passing
through the slot 13, with the head of the breech closer This shoulder 14 is
bought from behind into the guide 11 after opening the plate 12 on moving the
1reech closer into the casing 2, then it serves as an abutment for a spring 15,

page_text: the other end of which is supported by the plate 12 brought into closed position
When the heech closer is returned by the recoil, the spring 15 is compressed
and afterwards pushes the breech closer back again into the closed position
In order to retain during loading the breech closer at rest in the rear position
a catch is arranged consisting of a spring 17 provided on the guide 11 This
spring has on its free end a nose 18, which engages into a slot of the guide 11;
it has moreover two side cheeks 19 between which an eccentric 20 is seated When
firing, the centric 20 has the position shown in Fig 3 in which the nose i❤
lifted out of the course of the shoulder 14, but when loading it is turned back-
wards so that the nose goes into the line of shoulder 14. The shoulder 14 lifte
the nose of the spring 17 whilst the breech closer is pushed back but it immedi-
ately catches behind the shoulder 14 and prevents the same from moving forwards
The breech closer is retained in the closed position by the bolt 21
This bolt 21 (Fig. 9) is pivoted in the casing 2 and forms a two armed lever
the fore arm of which in the closed position of the breech closer leans on an abut-
ment 22 of the breech closer (see Fig 1) and the rear arm engages by means
of its nose 23 with the finger 24 of the trigger 16 The bolt 21 has a hollow
wherein a sear 26 18 pivoted on the cross pins 25 The sear 26 is pressed against
the bolt 21 by the trigger spring 27 so that when the bolt is nushed downwards
when pulling the trigger the sear is likewise pushed downwards by the holt 21 and 18
thus drawn out of the slot 28 of the casing and sets free the firino nin head 10 as
represented in Fig 1 The breech closer is hereby entirely locked by the bolt 21
and held until the projectile has had time to quit the barrel
As the bullet leaves the barrel, the recoil overpowers the onposition of the bolt
and turns the latter downwards out of the line of the breech closer and conse-
onently the trigger and the finger thereof are returned to their normal position.
The breech closer 18 unlocked and can move hackwards with the striking pin 8
the sear 26 is lifted into the line of the striking pin head 10 by the spring 27
so that it can catch the striking on head in the known manner for compressing
the principal spring 9 The bolt 21 does not hinder the forward movement of
the breech closer The pressure of the main spring alone is not sufficient to
open the breech closer whereas a slight drawing on the handle by hand is sufficient
to open the breech closer as the actual locking of the breech closer is effected
only at the moment of firing The breech closer moves a cartridge into the
loading chamber in the known manner when moving forwards, so that when
firing the described movements are repeated
The bolt is with repard to the ordinary Mannlicher rifle, much simplifled and
connected with the firing mechanism
Also the catch piece 29 of the firing pin has been altered as on account of the
guide 11 the same can not be arranged on the left but is here located on the ton
of the handle piece 7. It is movable round the pin 30 and engages in position
of Fio 8 into a suitable notch of the firing pin head 10 In unlocking the firing
pin the catch niece is turned to the left so that it comes with its hollow 31
opposite the striking pin head 10 and does not hinder the movement of the
striking pin
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
Invention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
Improvements in Mannlicher repeating rifles for the purpose of effecting
their loading automatically by means of the recoil consisting of, 1
The arrange-
ment of a spring 15 located in a guide 11 arranged on the side of the casing
and constructed in one with the same, the one end of which spring bears against
a shoulder 14 of the breech closer 6 and the other end against a fixed abutment 12,
the said spring being compressed by the recoil and returning the breech closer
immediately without influencing its known functions into its closed position again,

page_text: for which purpose the shoulder 14 of the breech closer 6 passes through a longi-
tudinal slot 13 into the guide and the counter abutment of the spring is formed
as a movable plate.
2 The bolt 21 seated on the casing 2 and movable round the pin 25 formed
as a two armed tuining lever and having a sear 26 seated in a hollow of the
same and turning on the pin 25 whereby the bolt 21 and the sear 26 together
are lifted from the common spring 27 and the sear is pulled down in firing by
the bolt whereas the bolt with its fore arm retains the breech closer against its
abutment until it is set free by the recoil which fore arm of the bolt in the
normal position engages with the breech closer in such a manner as to prevent
an opening of the breech closer by the compressed principal spring, but not
preventing its opening by hand
3 The spring 17 provided with a nose 18 which can be brought by turning
the excentric 20 into the line of movement of the shoulder 14 of the breech
closer in order to catch the same when loading
4 The arrangement of the catch piece 29 seated on the upper part of the
handle 7 movable round the pin 30
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001
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1000
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicants