RENDERING RIFLE RANGES SAFe
Year: 1886

page_text: Ranges Sale from Stray or Kicochet Dunets.
I THOMAS CONRAD SIMMONS BROWN, Publican Railway Tavern Nunhead S.E.
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for RENDERING RIFLE RANGES SAFe
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I claim that by the use of my invention the neighbourhood of Rifle Ranges will
be rendered perfectly safe from all the ordinary risks of rifle practice. In front of
the firing point (marked A in the drawings) I place a rail (marked B) which keeps
the firers at a distance of about six (6) feet from a series of walls or screens
(marked C). These walls or screens are made of old railway sleepers or timber of
similar dimensions between seven (7) and eight (8) feet high. These screens or
walls are pierced with circular apertures (marked D) about nine (9) inches in
diameter, the number of such apertures to correspond with the number of targets.
in use, although in the horizontal section provision is only shown for two targets.
Facing these apertures I place an equal number of metal cones (marked E) the
targets from about nine (9) inches to about five (5), the depth of the cone being
about nine (9) inches. These cones are placed in the walls of a chamber of about
twelve (12) feet in length, and a breadth corresponding to the number of targets
in use.
The sides and roof of this chamber (marked F and G respectively) are
also composed of old railway sleepers or similar material, the roof being further
covered with earth (marked H) to prevent bullets escaping through the roof.
This chamber I divide into two parts by a wall (marked I) made of materials
similar to the others, this wall being pierced with circular apertures (marked K)
to correspond in the line of sight towards the targets with the apertures D, and
the cones E. The apertures K are faced with circular metal plates (marked L)
having cutting edges towards the firing points and tapering towards the targets
from a diameter of about nine (9) inches to one of seven (7). The end wall
of the chamber (marked M) is also pierced with circular apertures (marked N)
to correspond in the line of sight towards the targets with D, E and K. The
apertures N are also provided with circular metal plates (marked O) with a cutting
edge towards the firing points, the diameter enlarging towards the targets from
about nine (9) to ten inches, these plates being placed between two timber walls,
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is this:-
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That any wild or misdirected shots will either be caught by the walls C, or
should they strike upon the sides of the cones E, will be so deflected from the line
of fire as to be either thrown into the ground or deflected in such a manner as
either to be thrown up to the roof or caught by the wall I. Should only a slightly
misdirected shot get through the apertures D & the cones E, unless it is well on its
way towards the butts, it must either be caught upon, or so damaged by the cutting
edges of the plates L and O, as to be rendered harmless. The height from the
ground of the apertures is arranged according to the positions of firing adopted at
the different ranges.
DL: 00
C A 1000