Improvements in Breechloading Small Arms.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Breechloading Small Arms.
JAMES YOUNG 15 Millward Street Small Heath Birmingham Gun Action Filer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvement is the conversion of breechloading small arms into magazine
arms, the body and magazine being combined into one. It is especially intended
for those with Martini actions, but is applicable to all breechloaders. It consists
of an indention in the body of the firearm, caused by letting in (or carrying
inwardly) part of the left side (which will form the back of the magazine) sufficient
to allow cartridges to pass upwards. There is also a perpendicular rib placed outside
at each end of the body for a sliding door to run over (> shaped clip principle).
The sliding door will form part of the outside of the body, and the cavity between
the sliding door and that part that is carried inwardly will form the inside of a
magazine; the magazine will thus only project but very little beyond the original
side. The breech-block (or bolt) and trigger guard is also condensed sufficient to
clear the back of the magazine.
A quick-firing arrangement, consisting of a crank or trigger-puller, is attached
to the extracting lever, and is so gauged that in quick-firing there is no occasion to
pull the trigger with the finger, the charging and discharging of the firearm being
carried on by the down and up movement of the extracting lever. When the lever
is lowered for the purpose of reloading the puller is carried away from the trigger
and allows it full play, and when the lever is raised to the loaded position the
puller comes in contact with the trigger and thus discharges the firearm. The
whole of the above can be used at one time for quick-firing, or separately for slow-
firing by the simple movement of a spring-bolt.
Dated this 20th day of November 1893.
JAMES YOUNG.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Breechloading Small Arms.
JAMES YOUNG 15 Millward Street Small Heath Birmingham Gun Action Filer
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 improvement is the making of beechloading small arms into magazine arms,
the magazine being part of the body. (See Fig. 2). This specifies the body of a
small arm on the Martini principle, but is appertinent to all breechloading small
arms. It consists of nearly embedding the magazine in the side of the body of the
firearm, which is allowed for by reducing the superfluous parts of the left side
(or right side, according to make of firearm) to the extent of the length and
thickness of the cartridge used. (See Fig. 2). There are two grooves (one at
each end of the magazine) running parallel with each other for a sliding door to
run over (shaped clip principle). (See Fig. 2). The sliding door (when closed)
will form part of the outside of the body, and the cavity between the sliding door
and the inside partition, which runs alongside the breech-block, will form the inside
of a magazine (see Fig. 1); the magazine will thus only project but very little
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page_text: beyond the original side. (See Fig. 2). The partition will, of course, form the
back of the magazine, or, in other words, the inside side of the body.
The filling of the magazine is simple. Press down the sliding door by the thumb-
piece, insert the cartridges, and return the door; the mechanism of the magazine
being so arranged that the arm is ready for firing as soon as the door is returned.
An indicator runs up and down the sliding door (see Fig. 1.) denoting how many
cartridges are in the magazine.
An extra-quick-firing arrangement, consisting of a crank or trigger-puller, is
attached to the extracting lever, and is so gauged that in extra-quick-firing there is
no occasion to pull the trigger with the finger, the charging and discharging of the
firearm being carried on by the down and up movement of the extracting lever.
When the lever is lowered for the purpose of reloading the puller is carried away
from the trigger and allows it full play, and when the lever is raised to the loaded
position the puller comes in contact with the trigger and thus discharges the
firearm.
Different types of fire arms (other than those on the Martini principle) will, of
course, vary in this respect. The above can be used for extra-quick-firing, or
instantly dispensed with for ordinary quick or slow-firing by the simple movement
of a spring-bolt or catch (or vice versa).
Fig. 1 represents the improved body of a breechloading small arm (on the
Martini principle) and magazine combined. The curved dotted line A shows the
top of the opposite side of the body; the dotted lines B B being the two ends of a
revolving injector, or half-round cylinder, for throwing the cartridge into the
breech; the dotted circle C shows the collar of the breech-block with the cotter-
pin run through it; and the elbow-crank D is for turning the injector backwards
and forwards as the breech-block is lowered and raised by the extracting lever..
E shows the indicator on the sliding door. The points F F F F shows the four
corners of the sliding door, and the remaining dotted lines show the inside of the
magazine. G is the thumb-piece to press down the sliding door.
Fig. 2 represents the top view of the same magazine-body (with the top of the
magazine and the injector removed), showing how far (by reducing the superfluous
parts of the left side) the magazine may be embedded in the body. A A shows
the two grooves for the sliding door; B shows a cartridge in the magazine ready to
be taken up by the injector and thrown into the breech; C shows the hollowed
portion of the breech-block, and DD shows the partition that divides the
mechanism of the magazine from the action in the body, it being curved, near to
the nose of the cartridge, to give the extractor plenty of play.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I hereby declare that
what I claim is :-
let. The magazine-body, with sliding door arrangement.
2nd. The extra-quick-firing arrangement.
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JAMES YOUNG,
Applicant.