An Improved Chin-rest for Rifles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 24th Jan., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Chin-rest for Rifles.
We, GEORGE CARSON, Lawyer, and WILSON DUNCAN, Gunmaker, both of
Council Bluffs, in the County of Pottowattamie in the State of Iowa, United
States of America, 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 :-
This invention is in the nature of a chin rest for rifles, muskets, etc.
It has for its object to furnish a chin rest for such arms which may be permanently
or removably secured to the stock, and which, when secured, may be adjusted to suit
any person, or any distance to which the sights may be adjusted.
With these objects in view this invention consists in the improved construction,
arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterwards
specifically pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, of the side of a rifle opposite to that which
the chin rest is secured, showing part of the means for securing the rest to the stock,
the forward part of the barrel being broken away.
Figure 2 is a similar view of the opposite side, showing the chin rest in place, in
side elevation.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the chin rest, removed from
the rifle, and
Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line y-y of
Figure 2.
Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in the various
figures of the drawings.
Referring to the drawing by letters of reference, a is the stock of a rifle or musket.
bis a band of leather encompassing the same and nearly surrounding it immediately
behind the small portion c, or grip of the stock. This band is secured in place on
the stock by straps d, e passing under the stock and fastened by buckles f, g and a
strap h, passing around the breech and secured by a buckle j, all these straps
being provided with series of holes k to adapt the device to stocks of different
sizes.
Upon this band the chin rest is secured in the following manner, to wit: C is a
metal plate secured to the band b by rivets m (see Figure 2). In this plate is
secured a threaded centre pin B upon which is loosely placed a disk A, and held in
place, when adjusted to the desired position, by means of a nut B' threaded on centre
pin B (see Figures 2 and 4).
To one side of the centre of the disk A is provided a radially arranged dovetail
slot E in which is placed a dovetail block D, which, by virtue of its threaded
perforation, is adapted to receive a threaded stem G projecting from a cylindrical
chin rest F, the end of the stem G under the disk A holding the parts in any desired
position to which they may be adjusted by pressure against plate C when tightly
screwed down.
The chin rest is composed of a wooden cyclindrical body, the inetal stem G as
before described and a rubber cushion or covering I.
As will be readily understood the disk A can be adjusted around the centre pin B,
to bring its slot E to any angle and can there be secured by nut B, and the chin
rest, by means of the dovetail slot and block, and may be adjusted to any position.
between the centre and circumference of the disk A, and be there secured by stem G.
These two adjustments combined, permit of the adjustment of the chin rest F to any
point on the surface of the disk A.

page_text: By means of the adjustable straps and buckles, the plate C, and all of its
attachments, may be adjusted forward and backward, and up and down on the
stock.
By the combined adjustments of the plate C on the stock, the disk A around the
centre pin, and the chin rest F in the radial groove, the chin rest can be brought to
position to suit any person using the arm, no matter how the sights may be adjusted
for range, and by the use of this chin rest properly adjusted, enables the rifle to be
firmly held and steadies the aim, resisting all pulse vibrations or nerve deflections, and
greatly increasing the accuracy of the shooting.
If desired the plate may be rigidly secured by letting it into the stock and
securing it by screws.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1. A chin rest for rifles consisting of a projecting bar secured to the side of the
stock. as set forth.
2. A chin rest for rifles consisting of a projecting bar, adjustably secured to the
side of the stock, as set forth.
3. In combination, a chin rest, a rotating disk upon which it is mounted, and
a plate upon which said disk is mounted secured to the side of the stock, as set
forth.
4. In combination the chin rest, the rotating disk the plate upon which the disk is
mounted and the band to which the plate is secured provided with means for securing
it to the stock as set forth.
5. In combination, a chin rest, a rotating disk upon which it is mounted, and
a plate upon which the disk is mounted adjustably secured to the stock as set
forth.
6. In combination a plate secured to the stock, a rotating disk mounted thereon
and having a radial groove, and a chin rest adjustably secured in said groove as
set forth.
7. In combination the band and its adjustable fastenings, the plate secured
thereto, the centre pin mounted therein, the disk rotable on said pin and having
radial dovetail groove, the nut for securing it as rotated, the block movable in
said groove, and the chin rest baving its stem threaded into said block as set
forth.
Dated this 9th day of December 1890.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.