An Improvement in Rifles and Fowling Pieces.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Rifles and Fowling Pieces. :
I, JOHN PATRICK KENNEDY HANNAY of No. 113 St. Georges Square, in the
County, of London, Major 3rd K.O. Scottish Borderers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to means of adjusting the butt of a rifle or fowling piece to
suit marksmen of different sizes or proportions. For this purpose I divide the butt
end of the stock transversely so as to make a part at its extreme end separate from
the body of the stock. I provide a screw and guides or a pair of screws by which
this butt piece. can be adjusted nearer to or farther from the stock, and fixed in a
position suitable to the marksmen. When a pair of screws are employed for
adjusting the butt piece, which arrangement I prefer for the sake of strength and
firmness, I gear the screws together so that in turning the one, the other is turned
with it, and thus the butt piece is moved equably to or from the stock. The
invention may obviously be applied to existing rifles and fowling pieces.
Dated this 8th day of February 1893,
:
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Rifles and Fowling Pieces.
I, JOHN PATRICK KENNEDY HANNAY, of No. 113 St. George's Square, in the
County of London, Major 3rd K.O. Scottish Borderers, 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 means of adjusting the butt of a rifle or fowling piece
to suit marksmen of different sizes or proportions. For this purpose, I modify
the stock as shewn in longitudinal section by Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 2 being a front view of the butt end its cover plate being removed. I divide
the butt end of the stock transversely so as to make a part A at its extreme end
separate from the body of the stock B. I. provide a pair of screws C C' by which
this butt piece A can be adjusted nearer to or farther from the stock B and fixed
in a position suitable to the marksman. I gear the screws together by toothed
pinions DD and an intermediate pinion E so that in turning the one the other is turned
with it and thus the butt piece A is moved equably to or from the stock B. The one
screw C has a head F by which it can be turned, and this head is covered by a
shutter G. The head F may be made to project farther than that shewn, being in that
case hinged to the stem of the screw so as to be folded down into the recess
covered by G.
In a central bore of the stock such as is provided in certain rifles to contain an
oil tin and a cleaning cord, I fit a tube H, which is preferably graduated showing
the extent to which the butt piece is removed from the body of the stock, the
mouth of this tube being covered by a lid L which covers also a recess K for
accommodating the weight of the cleaning cord.
"The invention may obviously be applied to stocks of forms other than that shewn,
the recess K tube H and lid L being dispensed with in cases where the stock has
no central bore, in which cases it is preferable to apply a head such as F to turn
the central pinion E and to cover this head with a shutter such as G.
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page_text: I am aware that it has been proposed to divide transversely the stock of a rifle
and to move the part thus separated by means of a central screw, I would therefore
have it understood that I make no general claim for thus dividing the stock of a
fire arm but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:—
In a rifle or fowling piece having its stock transversely divided, the use of two
screws having pinions geared together through an intermediate pinion for adjusting
the position of the butt, substantially as described.
Dated this 17th day of October 1893.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.