Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 18th Aug., 1885
hereby declare the nature of this invention to do as foMOS
My invention relates to magazine and other fire-arms of the class described in the
specification of former Letters Patent dated 6th May A.D. 1879 No. 1786; and my said
invention is chiefly designed to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of
such fire-arms.
One feature of my said invention is the construction and arrangement of the
extractor in the manner hereinafter described, so that the stronger the backward pull
on the breech-bolt, the tighter the extractor will grip the cartridge-flange. The
extractor is made with a hooked rear end, and the breech-bolt is formed with a recess
or cavity into which the said hooked end of the extractor is fitted in such a manner
that the extremity of the hook will serve as a fulcrum upon which the extractor may
turn. The said hook bears against the breech-bolt at a point nearer to the axis of the
said bolt than the hook which engages with the cartridge-flange. Therefore, as the
breech-bolt moves backward drawing the empty cartridge-case with it, the pull on
the extractor will tend to keep the same in engagement with the flange of the said
cartridge-case.
The head of the breech-bolt is formed or provided with a hollow projection in such
a position that the open side of the said projection will be in contact with one side of
the extractor. A peculiarly shaped spring is so arranged in the cavity of the said
hollow projection that one of its ends extends outward and engages with a slot, or
notch in the extractor, whilst the other end of the said spring is held or supported so
that the said spring tends to keep the extractor in engagement with a cartridge-flange.
The extractor is formed with a bevelled extension which, when the head of the breech-
bolt is inserted in the body thereof, will project into a recess in the said body of the
bolt and will thus be so connected with the bolt that it cannot be detached therefrom
except when the head of the bolt is removed from the body thereof. I thus provide
for keeping the extractor and its spring in place without the use of screws or the like,
thereby greatly facilitating the operations of taking the gun to pieces and putting it

page_text: The forward end of the body of the bolt is so formed that, when the said bolt is
turned into its locking position, its forward end will act as a cam upon the rear end of
the extractor and will force it into engagement with the flange of a cartridge in the
barrel (should the extractor-spring fail to act) and will securely retain the said
extractor in engagement with the cartridge flange until the bolt is unlocked.
Another important feature of my present invention is the employment of lever-screws
for securing the ends or heads upon the body of the bolt and upon the firing-pin or
striker, that is to say, instead of using screws having the usual saw-cut for the
introduction of a screw-driver, I employ screws provided with spring levers, so that
the parts can be readily connected or separated without the use of a screw-driver or
other tool. The said screws are made of such pitch that one revolution of either of
the same will cause the end thereof to be withdrawn far enough to permit the removal
of the end or head from the bolt or from the firing pin. The said screws, when in
their normal position, are kept from turning by means of projections on the levers
which fit into corresponding recesses in the bolt or firing pin.
The handle by which the breech-bolt is operated is curved so that the thumb of the
right-hand can be placed thereon while the trigger is being pulled, thereby preventing
the possibility of the breech-bolt accidentally becoming unlocked while the gun is
being fired.
Another feature of my present invention is the provision of means for enabling the
head of the breech-bolt to be used as a wrench for screwing the firing pin or striker
into its head and unscrewing it therefrom. For this purpose, the rear end of the
head of the breech-bolt is formed with a transverse groove or recess, and the forward
end of the firing pin or striker is provided with a projection which fits into the said
groove or recess. When it is required to remove the head from the firing pin or
striker, the lever-screws above described are slackened and the head of the bolt and
that of the firing pin are turned in opposite directions until the head is unscrewed
from the firing pin. By the reverse of this operation, the firing pin may be screwed
into the head thereof.
From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the breech-mechanism can be
taken to pieces and put together again without the use of tools.
Instead of making the gun-stock in one piece as heretofore, I form the said stock in
two pieces. To provide for the attachment of these pieces to the shoe or body of the
gun, I form the said shoe or body with lateral projections the exterior surfaces of
which are flush with the outer surface of the stock. The rear portion of the stock is
secured to the shoe or body of the gun by means of a screw or screw-bolt inserted in
the stock from the rear end thereof and scrowed into a lug or projection on the said
shoe or body. The other part of the stock is made with a slot into which fits the
forward part of the shoe or body of the gun.
To reduce the cost of the cartridge-holders or magazines, I sometimes make the
same of skeleton form. For instance, 1 make a magazine from a U-shaped or
channelled bar, the flanges of which are suitably cut and which is bent or curved to
the required shape and then has its ends united by means of flat bars or by means of a
metal cap forming the top of the magazine.
In some instances, I use a curved or coiled spring for feeding or moving the
cartridges upward in the magazine. This spring is secured at one end in one of the
walls of the magazine and bears at its other end against the underside of a follower.
To prevent the raising of one end of the follower more rapidly than the other end
thereof, I provide for guiding the said follower in its upward movement. For this
purpose, I prefer to make the follower with lateral projections at or near its forward
end, and to turn inward the edges of the channel-bar of which the magazine is formed,
so that the said projections may engago therewith. Or I provide suitable guides on
the sides of the magazine for the said projections to engage with. When one end of
the follower is raised higher than the other end thereof, these projections will grip the
said turned in edges or guides and prevent further upward movement of the follower
until it is brought into a horizontal or nearly horizontal position.
The spring is so made that, when the magazine is full of cartridges, the said spring
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page_text: will extend around the inner side of the front wall and bottom of the magazine and
will therefore occupy a very small space therein. I am thus enabled to make the
magazine more compact than heretofore.
The said spring is sometimes made with a straight portion which, when the
magazine is full of cartridges, extends along the bottom of the said magazine. More-
over the said spring is, in some instances, connected with the follower by means of a
pin or rod fixed in the said spring and working in a slot in the said follower.
In other instances, I use a spring made of coiled wire secured at one end in the
wall of the magazine and bearing at its other end against the underside of the
follower.
The magazine is to be inserted in an aperture in the underside of the gun,
immediately in front of the trigger-guard.
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For retaining the magazine in place when applied to a gun, I sometimes employ a
catch fitted to slide in a transverse slot or groove in the trigger-guard and acted
upon by a spring whereby it is caused to engage with a projection on the magazine.
In the said former specification, a curved sliding shield is described for closing the
mouth of the magazine and thus enabling the gun to be used as a
single loader
while a number of cartridges is held in reserve in the magazine. This shield has
heretofore been arranged to be partially rotated concentrically, or nearly so, with the
axis of the breech-bolt, so that, when the magazine was open, the said shield extended
above the breech-bolt. With the breech-bolt constructed as herein described, a shield
so arranged could not be used. My present invention, therefore, comprises the
construction and arrangement of a shield of this kind in such a manner that it can be
readily moved into and out of its operative position, and will at all times be clear of
the breech-bolt. The said shield is made so that it moves excentrically to the breech-
bolt and can be operated from one side of the gun.
Moreover I provide a spring whereby the said shield will be retained at either
extremity of its movement.
Data th 10111
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L 1007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in and relating to Magazine and other Fire-arms.
I, JAMES P. LEE, of Ilion, New York, United States of America, Engineer, 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:
My invention relates to magazine-rifles and other fire-arms of the kind or class
described in the specification of former Letters Patent dated 6th May A.D. 1879,
No. 1786, and is chiefly designed to improve the construction and increase the
efficiency of such fire-arms.
My said invention comprises various improvements hereinafter described. and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a plan, and
Figure 2 a side elevation of part of a magazine-rifle embodying my present
improvements, showing the said gun with the breech open.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, showing the said gun with the breech closed.
Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal central section of the breech-bolt, some of the
parts being shown in side elevation.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section of the head of the breech-bolt on the line a, e,
Figure 4, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 1, the extractor being
removed.
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Figure 6 is a horizontal section on the line a, a, Figure 4, looking in the reverse
direction to that indicated by the said arrow, the extractor being shown in plan.
Figure 7 is a rear end elevation of the head of the breech-bolt detached, and
Figure 8 is a rear end elevation of the body of the breech-bolt.
Figure 9 is a rear end elevation of the magazine, and
Figure 10 is a transverse section of the gun at the forward end of the trigger-
guard, showing a catch hereinafter described.
Figure 11 is an elevation of the left hand side of part of the shoe or body of
the
gun.
Figure 12 is a transverse section on the line a¹, a¹, Figure 11.
Figure 13 is a plan of a guide and spring hereinafter described.
Figure 14 is a plan, and
Figure 15 a vertical longitudinal central section of a magazine hereinafter
described.
Figure 16 is a transverse section on the line x², x², Figure 15.
Figure 17 is a plan, and
Figure 18 a side elevation of a follower hereinafter described.
Figure 19 is a plan, and
Figure 20 a vertical longitudinal central section showing a modification of my
invention.
Figure 21 is a plan, and
Figure 22 a vertical longitudinal central section of another modification thereof.
Figure 23 is a vertical longitudinal central section, showing another form of my
improved magazine-rifle.
Figure 24 is a transverse section on the line ³ ³ Figure 23.

page_text: Figure 25 is a side elevation, partly in vertical longitudinal central section, and
Figure 26 an end elevation showing details of construction.
Figure 25 and 26° are similar views to Figure 25 and 26, showing another
modification of my invention.
Figure 27 is a front end elevation of the breech-bolt, the extractor being removod.
Figure 28 is a longitudinal section, and
Figure 29 an end elevation of a device hereinafter described for securing the head
of the breech-bolt to the body thereof.
Figure 30 is a horizontal section showing means for permitting the escape
the forward end of the breech-bolt as hereinafter described.
of gas at
U is the breech-
A is the stock, B the barrel, and B₁ the shoe or body of the gun.
bolt, which is made with a removable head.c. D is the firing pin which is fitted to
slide longitudinally in the said bolt and is provided with a spring d.
E is the extractor, which is constructed and arranged as hereinafter described so
that the stronger the backward pull on the breech-bolt, the tighter the extractor will
grip the cartridge-flange, that is to say:-The extractor E is made with a hook E! at
its rear end as shown, and the head c of the breech-bolt C is formed with a recess or
cavity into which the said hooked end of the extractor is fitted in such a manner that
the hook E will engage with a hook on the head c. The point where the extremity
of the hook E¹ bears against the head c serves as a fulcrum upon or about which the
extractor may turn to permit its hook E to pass over the flange of a cartridge. This
point is nearer the axis of the breech-bolt than the hook E2; therefore, as the breech-
bolt moves backward drawing the empty cartridge-case with it, the pull on the
extractor will tend to keep the same in engagement with the flange of the said
cartridge-case.
C
The head of the breech-bolt C is formed or provided with a hollow projection ³ in
such a position that the open side of the said projection will be in contact with
the adjacent side of the extractor. A peculiarly shaped spring c is so arranged in
the cavity of the said hollow projection c³ that one of its ends extends outward into a
slot or notch Es in the extractor E, whilst the other end of the said spring is held or
supported so that the said spring tends to keep the hook E2 of the extractor in
engagement with a cartridge-flange. The said extractor is formed with a bevelled
extension E which, when the head c of the breech-bolt is inserted in the body thereof,
will project into a recess c* in the said body of the bolt and will thus be so connected
with the bolt that it cannot be detached therefrom except when the head of the bolt
is removed from the body thereof. By these means, I provide for keeping the
extractor and its spring in place without the use of screws or the like, thereby
greatly facilitating the operations of taking the gun to pieces and putting it together
again.
с
The forward end of the body of the bolt C is so formed that, when the said bolt is
turned into its locking position, its forward end will act as a cam upon the rear end
of the extractor E and will force it into engagement with the flange of a cartridge in
the barrel (should the extractor-spring fail to act) and will securely retain the said
extractor in engagement with the cartridge-flange until the bolt C is turned to open
the breech.
I employ lever-screws for securing the ends or heads upon the body of the holt
and upon the firing-pin or striker, that is to say, instead of using ordinary screws
having the usual saw-cut for the introduction of a screw-driver, I employ screws
provided with spring levers so that the parts can be readily connected or separated
O without the use of a screw-driver or other tool. The head c of the breech-bolt is
formed with a recess c³ into which the end of a lever-screw e is adapted to enter when
the parts are properly fitted and secured together. The screw e is provided with a
lever e¹ having a projection which fits into a corresponding recess in the rib C of
the bolt C, and thus prevents accidental displacement of the said lever. The lever e¹
5 is made to act as a spring to hold the projection e' in the said recess. The screw e is
made of such pitch that only one revolution, or a part of a revolution thereof will be
required to withdraw the end thereof from the recess c and thus permit the removal

page_text: of the end or head c from the bolt C. The recess extends partially around the
head c so as to permit the turning of the body of the breech-bolt to open the breech.
The cocking piece or head D¹ of the firing pin or striker D is secured to the said
firing pin in substantially the same manner by means of a lever-screw e; the said
head is, however, screwed upon the firing pin as shown at D2, before being secured by
means of tho said lever-screw.
The handle C, by which the breech-bolt (is operated, is curved as shown in
Figure 8, so that the thumb of the right hand can be placed thereon while the trigger
is being pulled; by this means, I obviate any liability to accidental unlocking of the
breech-bolt while the gun is being fired. The head or knob C³ of the said handle is
preferably fitted to rotate upon a pin or stud in the end thereof, as shown in
Figure 8.
I also provide means for enabling the head c of the breech-bolt to be used as a
wrench for screwing the firing pin or striker D into its head or cocking piece D¹ and
unscrewing it therefrom. For this purpose, the rear end of the head c of the breech-
bolt is formed with a transverse groove or recess c and the forward end of the firing
pin or striker is provided with a transverse rib or projection D³ which fits into the
said groove or recess. When it is required to remove the head D' from the firing pin
or striker D, the lever-screws e above described are slackened, and the head c of the
bolt and the cocking pieco D' are turned in opposite directions until the said piece D¹
is unscrewed from the firing pin. By the reverse of this operation, the firing pin
may be screwed into its head or cocking piece.
From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the breech-mechanism can be
readily taken to pieces and put together again without the use of tools.
The magazine F is inserted in an aperture in the underside of the gun, immediately
in front of the trigger-guard G, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the mouth of the said
magazine coinciding with an aperture in the underside of the shoe or body B¹.
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For retaining the said magazine in place when applied to the gun, I provide
catch f which is fitted to slide in a dovetail transverse slot or groove 9 in the trigger-
guard G and is acted upon by a V-shaped spring, which is inserted in a recess
the said trigger-guard, and whereby the said catch is held in such a position that a
projection on the said catch will engage with a shoulder f³ on the magazine when
the latter is inserted in the gun.
The ejector O consists of a stud or projection on the interior of the shoe or body B'.
This stud or projection is inclined as shown in Figuro 1 and is serrated or otherwise
roughened so that, when the breech-bolt is drawn back and an empty cartridge-sholl
extracted, the flange of the said shell will come in contact with the roughened inclined
surface of the ejector and will be thrown out of the gun. By using an ejector with
an inclined roughened surface as above described, I provide for ensuring a more
energetic action upon the base of a cartridge-shell, the greater the effort required to
eject the said shell from the gun; in other words, the further the shell is drawn
backward, the greater will be the force exerted to eject it.
In the said former specification, a curved sliding shield is described for closing the
mouth of the magazine and thus enabling the gun to be used as a "single loader"
while a number of cartridges is held in reserve in the magazine. This shield has
heretofore been arranged to be partially rotated concentrically, or nearly so, with the
axis of the breech-bolt, so that, when the magazine was open, the said shield extended
above the breech-bolt. With the breech-bolt constructed as herein described, the use
of a shield so arranged would be impracticable.
My present invention, therefore, comprises the construction and arrangement of a
shield of this kind in such a manner that it can be readily moved into and out of its
operative position and will at all times be clear of the breech-bolt. The said shield
is made so that it moves eccentrically to the breech-bolt and can be operated from one
side of the gun. Moreover I provide a spring whereby the said shield will be retained
at either extremity of its movement.
In Figures 11, 12, and 13, I have shown one form of my improved shield. This
shield I is arranged to slide in a slot in the side of the shoe or body B¹ and is

page_text: formed with an extension I¹ which works in a guide J attached to the said shoo or
body. A spring K is arranged within the said guide and is provided with a
projection K adapted to enter one or the other of two depressions in the extension I¹
and thus retain the said shield I at either extremity of its movement.
To reduce the cost of the cartridge holders or magazines, I sometimes make the
samme of skeleton form, that is to say, with the sides thereof open, the cartridges being
held only at their ends. For instance, I make a magazine from a U-shaped or
channelled bar, the flanges of which are suitably cut and which is bent or curved to
the required shape and then has its ends united by means of flat bars or by means
of a metal cap forming the top or mouth of the magazine. In Figures 14, 15
and 16, I have shown a magazine so constructed, F¹ is the body of the magazine
which is formed from a channelled bar, and F2 is a metal cap uniting the ends of
the said bar and forming the top or mouth of the magazine. The sides of the said
cap may, if desired, be corrugated as shown in Figure 16 to increase the rigidity
thereof.
In some instances, I use a curved or C-shaped or partially coiled spring K for
feeding or moving the cartridges upward in the magazine. This spring is bent at
its outer end and secured upon the front wall of the magazine as shown; it bears at
its other end against the underside of a follower L, this end of the said spring being
slotted if desired so that it will engage with the said follower. The follower L is
made with lateral projections L' and the edges of the channel bar F¹ are turned
or bent inward as shown at F³, so that they may engage with the projections L' and
thus guide the follower L in its upward and downward movements; or I provide
other suitable guides on the sides of the magazine to engage with the said projections
for this purpose.
When one end of the follower is raised higher than the other end
thereof, these projections will grip the said turned-in edges or guides and prevent
further upward movement of the follower until it is brought into a horizontal, or
nearly horizontal, position. Moreover, when the topmost cartridge in the magazine
is pressed against the edges of the mouth thereof by the magazine-spring, the said
follower will rigidly support the cartridges at their rear ends and thus effectually
obviate the liability of the topmost cartridge to be moved downward and thus freed
from the action of the breech-bolt thereon when thrusting the said cartridge into the
barrel.
The spring K is so made that, when the magazine is full of cartridges, the said
spring will extend around the inner side of the front wall and bottom of the magazine
as shown by dotted lines in Figure 15, and will, therefore, occupy a very small space
therein. I am thus enabled to make the magazine more compact than heretofore.
The said spring is sometimes made with a rigid straight portion K' (Figures 19
and 20) which, when the magazine is full of cartridges, extends along the bottom of
the said magazine as shown by dotted lines in Figure 20. Moreover the said spring
is, in some instances, connected with the follower by means of a pin or rod K² fixed
in the said spring and working in a slot L' in the said follower.
In other instances, I use two springs K as shown in Figures 21 and 22. Each of
these springs is made of wire and is secured to the front wall of the magazine as
shown. The said springs have two or more coils or turns at K³ which give them
the required elasticity. The free end of each spring is bent as at K and works in
the slot L of the follower L.
In Figures 23 to 27, I have shown a rifle of small calibre. The extractor E is
pivoted to the head c of the breech-bolt substantially as hereinbefore described. A
rod M is fitted to slide longitudinally in a hole in the rib C¹ of the breech-bolt and
is acted upon by a spring M¹ situated within the said hole, which spring tends to
press the said rod against the extractor and thus causes the said extractor to engage
with, and holds it in engagement with the flange of a cartridge. The rod M is made
with a lateral projection M2 so that it will always act upon the extractor notwith-
standing the turning of the body of the breech-bolt into and out of its locking
position.
To provide for the attachment of the head c to the body of the breech-bolt, I

page_text: sometimes form lateral projections c' on that part of the head which fits into the body,
and I form in the body an annular groove e and longitudinal slots ca extending from
the said annular groove to the forward end of the body of the bolt. By inserting
the head into the body so that the projections c' pass through the slots into the
annular groove c8, and then turning the head through an angle of ninety degrees,
the head may be securely attached to the body. It is evident that, as the body of
the bolt only requires to be turned through a small angle to move it into or out of its
locking position, the turning thereof for this purpose will not disengage it from the
head. The parts should be so constructed that, when the body of the bolt is in
position to be drawn back, the projections c on the head will be fully in engagement
with the groove c8 in the body of the bolt, and the head and body will thus be securely
connected during the extraction of an empty cartridge-shell. It is obvious that any
desired number of projections and grooves cd may be provided for the purpose
above specified.
I sometimes provide a device, such as that shown in Figures 27, 28, and 29, for
securing the head of the breech-bolt to the body thereof. This device consists of a
curved plate N provided with projections N1, N2. The head c of the bolt is made with
a groove extending partially around the same and with a longitudinal slot c"
extending from the said groove to the rear end of the head. The projection N¹ is to
be passed through this slot into the groove co and the plate N then turned until the
projection N2 engages with the rib C of the breech-bolt and thus secures the head to
the body thereof and yet permits the partial rotation of the said body while the head
is stationary. To provide for effectually holding down the breech-bolt, I form on the
curved plate N a longitudinal rib N³ adapted to slide in a groove in the shoe or
body B¹
To obviate any inconveniences arising from pressure exerted upon the firing pin by
the gas liberated by the explosion of a cartridge in the barrel, I form a hole c¹² in
the forward end of the head of the breech-bolt as shown in Figure 30, and I form
another hole B in the shoe or body B₁ as shown in Figure 23. When the breech is
closed, these holes will coincide with each other. The hole c¹² extends into the central
hole for the firing pin a short distance in front of the part thereof of larger diameter,
therefore any gas which may pass through the base of the cartridge-shell will escape
through the holes c¹³, B³, and will thus be prevented from acting upon the larger part
of the firing pin.
If desired, a coiled spring having one or more turns or convolutions may be used in
the magazine, or any other suitable spring may be used. It is obvious moreover that
the construction of the gun and magazine may be somewhat modified if desired, with-
out departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood that I claim :-
First. The peculiar construction and arrangement of the extractor and its spring
substantially as described, so that they can be readily inserted and removed without the
use of a screw-driver or other tool, and so that the stronger the backward pull exerted
upon the breech-bolt to extract an empty cartridge-shell, the tighter the extractor will
grip the flange of the said shell, as above specified.
Second. The provision of a bevelled extension or projection E* on the extractor
adapted to fit into a recess in the body of the breech-bolt substantially as described, so
that the extractor will be securely held in place when the two parts of the said bolt are
united, as above specified.
Third. The construction and arrangement of the breech-bolt and the extractor
substantially as described, so that the forward end of the body of the said bolt will
serve as a cam for forcing the extractor into engagement with the flange of a cartridge
in the barrel during the turning of the said bolt into its locking position, as above
specified.
Fourth. A breech-bolt having a removable head secured thereto by means of a
lever-screw, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.

page_text: Fifth. A firing pin having a removable head or cocking piece secured thereto by
means of a lever-screw, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Sixth. The provision of means for connecting the head of the breech-bolt with the
firing pin in such a manner that the said bolt-head can be used as a wrench for
screwing the firing pin into the cocking piece and unscrewing it therefrom, as above
specified.
Seventh. The combination, with the breech-bolt, of the peculiarly shaped handle
upon which the thumb can be placed while the trigger is being pulled, as, and for the
purpose, above specified.
Eighth. The employment, in combination with the trigger-guard, of a transversely
sliding catch for securing the cartridge-magazine in the gun, substantially as set
forth.
Ninth. The employment of a stud or projection on the interior of the shoe or body
of the gun, having an inclined roughened surface, as, and for the purpose, above
specified.
Tenth. The improved magazine-rifle consisting of the parts constructed and com-
bined substantially as described with reference to Figures to 10 of the drawings.
Eleventh. The improved device, substantially as described with reference to
Figures 11, 12 and 13 of the drawings, whereby I provide for closing the mouth of
the magazine, as, and for the purpose, above specified.
Twelfth. A skeleton cartridge magazine, that is to say, a magazine formed with the
sides thereof open, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Thirteenth. The employment, in combination with a cartridge-magazine, of a
follower formed with shoulders or projections adapted to engage with turned-in edges
or projections in the said magazine, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Fourteenth. The employment, in a cartridge-magazine, of one or more C-shaped or
coiled or partially coiled springs, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Fifteenth. The employment, in a cartridge-magazine, of one or more wire springs,
substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Sixteenth. The improved cartridge-magazine provided with the follower and the
spring or springs, substantially as described and as shown in Figures 14 to 18, or in
Figures 19 and 20, or in Figures 21 and 22 of the drawings.
Seventeenth. The combination, with the extractor, of a pin or rod fitted to slide
longitudinally in a hole in the breech-bolt and acted upon by a spring inserted in the
said hole, substantially as described with reference to Figures 23 to 26 of the drawings
for the purpose specified.
Eighteenth. The improved means substantially as described with reference to
Figures 25 and 26 of the drawings whereby I provide for securing the head of the
breech-bolt to the body thereof, as above specified.
Nineteenth. The improved means substantially as described with reference to
Figures 23, 24, 27, 28 and 29 of the drawings, whereby I provide for securing the
head of the breech-bolt to the body thereof, as above specified.
Twentieth. The above described method of providing for the escape of any gas that
may pass through the base of a cartridge in the barrel, by forming holes in the head
of the breech-bolt and in the shoe or body of the gun so that, when the breech is
closed, the said holes will coincide with each other.
Dnted this 17th day of October 1887.