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respect to and extending rearward from the the foregoing it will be observed that the
barrel; the said frame or housing being made magazine may be made quite short without
up of a front wall j in the rear side of which reducing its capacity below the practical
is a shallow socket k and vertical depres- point, which is obviously an important ad-
s sions k, Fig. 7, a left-hand side plate l having vantage. 70
a transverse aperture m and a rearwardly- E is a hand-piece movable rearwardly and
extending tongue n, and a top wall p, cut forwardly on the 'magazine tube D and
away as indicated by r and best shown in guided by the latter.
Figs. 4a and 7. When the sections A and B F is a bar fixedly connected to the hand-
10 are put together in proper relation, the toe piece E and extending rearward through an 75
h of section A enters the socket is of section opening a', Fig: 7, in the front wail of the
B, see dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the tongue breech frame or housing and having a notch
n of section B snugly occupies the notch e' b', Fig. 5, in its-lower edge, and also having
of section A, Fig. 2. A screw C, Fig. 4a, is an enargement c', Fig. 5, at its rear end,
15 then manipulated to put its shank through movable rectilinearly in the breech frame or 8o
the aperture in of section B and into the housing and slotted at d'.
threaded aperture e of section A, when, as G is the combined breech-block and car-
will be readily apparent the sections will be tridge carrier to which is pivoted a vertically-
strongly connected together without liability swinging piece II, Fig. 6, having a lateral
20 of one section casually moving with respect stud f', disposed in the slot d' of bar F, 85
to the other, and yet when it is desired to whereby the breech-block and carrier de-
take the rifle down-i. e., separate the sec- rives rectilinear movement from said bar F.
tions A and B, the same may be easily and I is the cartridge elevator which is pivoted
expeditiously accomplished after the screw at 9' in the breech frame or housing.
25 C is removed. At this point I desire to re- J is the device for locking the combined go
cord the fact that while I prefer to employ breech block and cartridge carrier in its
the "take-down" construction described, I closed position, when the magazine is empty,
do not wish to be understood as confining and K, Fig. 4, is a spring disposed below said
myself to the same inasmuch as the main device J and designed to return the same to
30 portion or frame of the rifle may, in the dis- and normally retain it iii the position shown 95
cretion of the manufacturer, be made in de- in Fig. 4. Th.e combined breech block and
tachably connected sections or in one section, cartridge carrier G is provided on.its forward
without involving departure from the scope end adjacent to one side, preferably its left
of my invention as defined in the claims ap- hand side, with an inwardly directed flange
35 pended. i' which extends upward from a point adja- 100
Fixed to the underside of the barrel i and cent to its lower edge, as best shown in Fig.
communicating with an opening s in the S. The opposite or right hand side of the
front wall j of the breech frame or housing is combined breech block and cartridge carrier
a tube D, provided at an intermediate point G is recessed, as indicated by j', and in the
40 of its length with an opening t which is de- said recess is arranged a resilient or spring 105
signed for the introduction of cartridges and plate M which is fixedly connected at its rear
is enlarged at its rear end, as indicated by u, end to the block and carrier, and is provided
to permit the passage of cartridge flanges. at its forward end with an inwardly-directed
The said tube D has an abutment v adjacent flange k' which extends upward from the re-
45 to its forward end and a socket w at said end, cess h'. and is regulated and held against 110
and it serves in combination with a follower springing outward to an undue extent by a
x and a spring y backing the follower, to form screw 1' which extends through it and into
the magazine of my novel rifle. At its for- the block and cartridge carrier. The com-
ward end, the stem of the follower x is pro- bined breech block and carrier G is horizon-
5o vided with a finger piece z which normally tally notched at i, immediately below the u1
rests in the socket w, Figs. 1 and 3, and pre- flanges i' and k'; and it carries a spring-
sents a compact and neat appearance. In cushioned firing pin N which is recessed in
charging the magazine, the follower x is one side as indicated by i, Figs. 6 and 6a,
drawn forward, against the action of spring and is designed to cooperate with the piece
55 y, to a point in front of the opening t, and the II as presently described. Said breech 120
cartridges are introduced one by one through block and cartridge carrier G is also provided
said opening. After the cartridges are intro- in its lower side and forwa.rl end with a slot
duced as stated, the follower is released, in' for the play of the cartridge elevator I.
when, as will be readily apparent, the tend- This latter comprises a rear, upwardly ex-
60 ency of the spring to expand will force the tending arm n' and a forward and compara- 125
follower x and the cartridges rearward subse- tively Tong arm p' having a lip r' at its for-
quent to the removal of the rearmost car- ward end.
tridge from the magazine in the manner here- The forward end of the said slot mn' is pJro-
inafter pointed out. vided, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, with an
65 By virtue of the construction described in intermediate portion of decreased width- 1300
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Catron, John J. Magazine Rifle, patent, March 24, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508131/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.