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it e., a portion too narrow -for the passage
therethrough of the lip' r' on the.forward
ainm of the elevator: I. - The before men-
tioned notch i3 horizontally intersects the
5 said.narrow portion of the slot m' at a point
. slightly above the lowerendiof said narrow
portion.
The.operation ;of the partsjustdescribed
is: as, follows:. When the .rifle is-:closed and
10 ready to be fired, theelevator I is in the posi-
tion shown in Fig. 3. After the rifle is fired,
the combined breech..block and cartridge
carrier.is .drawn. rearward whereupon it co-
operates with the arm n' of. the:elevator I to
as cause the armp' thereof to rise quickly, to
the position wherethe lip r' can pass. through
the upper enlarged. portion j7 of slot m' on
the. succeeding. forward movement of the
combined breech blockand cartridge carrier.
20 As soon as the lip r' passes through the said
enlarged .portion 2' the -rear ;and major por-
tion:of the slot.m', which is.about as wide as
the portion i7,' permits the lip r' to move to
the ,position. shown in Fig. 3; the forward
25 movement of-the combined breech block and
cartridge carrier-serving by.engaging and de-
pressing the: elevator arm p' to move the lip
r' to the:.position last stated.
At the commencement-;of the described
.o rearward movement of the combined breech
block and cartridge carrier, the lip r' on the
elevator arm p'.. passes. upward from the
lower large portion of the slot m' to a posi'
tion' in front of the lower end. of the narrow,
35 intermediate portion of. said slot, and should
the operator attempt a reversal of the ac-
tion--i. e., forward movement of thecom-
'bined breech block and cartridge carrier,
before the cartridge that.is. being raised is
40 high- enough to enter the barrel; the notch
i will engage' thb lip r' and thereby prevent
such reversal' of 'the action.
.A flat. sprin- I, 'shown by dotted lines in
Fig. 3 and full fines in Fig. 4, lies against the
45 side of the cartridge elevator I and prevents
too free swinging movement of said elevator
and thereby assures it remaining in the posi-
tion in which it is left.
The lower corner'H3 of the swinging piece
50 H is designed to cooperate with a depression
H4.-in 'the breech frame; Fig. 6, to lock the
breech' block and cartridge carrier in its
closed position. '.In this connection, it will
be seen that when the hammer a is cocked
55 or half cocked while the breech block and
cartridge carrier G is-in its closed position,
the firing pin N is pushed rearward by its
spring N3 so that its portion in front of its re-
cess j4 rests above the piece H and holds the
6O latter against upward movementn. When,
however, the hammer acts against the rear
end of the firing pin N to force the pin for-
ward and fire the gun, the recess i4 in the
firing pin assumes a position above the up-
G5 wardly-directed arm of the piece H and con-sequently the said. piece is free to move up-
ward to unlock. the breech block and car-
tridge carrier G 'from the breech frame. 'It
will also be seen that when:the bar F is
moved forward to carry the breech block and 70
cartridge carrier G. to its closed position, the
slot d' in the portion c' coperates with the
stud f' on piece .H to draw the arm of said
piece down out of the recess in the firing pin
N; and on rearward movement of the bar .5
F, said slot d' cooperates with the stud f'
to raise the upwadly-reaching arm ofthe
piece H into the recess of the firing pin N.
The locking device J is pivoted at s' in the
breech .frame .or- housing, and is provided 80
with a finger-piece t' and- a lateral arm. u';
the latter being arranged to seat in the notch
b' of the translating bar F when the- maga-
zine is empty, after the manner shown.in
Fig. 5; 'this with a view of preventing the 85
operator working the rifle when there are no
cartridges in the magazine.
The vertically disposed portion of the de-
vice J is depressed by the breech block and
cartridge carrier G on forward." movement .9o
thereof and lets the rearmost cartridge out
of the' magazine. Said vertically-disposed
portion also extends into the magazine tube
a slight distance, Fig. 4, and from this it fol-
lows that in the event of the flanges i' k' fail- 95
ing to catch-the rearmost cartridge, incident
to rearward movement of the breech block
and cartridge carrier, the device J, in rising
under the action of the spring beneath it,
will catch said cartridge and hold. it in..posi- 100
tion to be engaged by the breech block and
cartridge carrier on the subsequent forward
movement of.the latter.
'The operation of my novel magazine rifle
is as follows: Cartridges areplaced in the .105
magazine in the manner before described: in
detail, and are pressedsrearward in the maga-
zine tube D and against the device J by the
spring-pressed follow er x,' as shown in Fig.'4.
When the combined breech, block and car- no
tridge carrier G is moved forward by power
applied to. the hand-grip E, said. block and
carrier presses the device' J. slightly .down-
ward, and at the same time. the flange k' is
pressed outward by bringing up against: the :11
beveled surface i6, 'Fig. 7, whereupon the
head df the rearmost cartridge is pushed be-
tween'the flanges i' k' by the magazine spring.
Then as the breech block and cartridge car-
rier recedes, the flanges i' k' 'grip -the car-' 120
tridge. When the combined: breech-block
and cartridge-carrier G is moved rearward by
power applied to the hand-grip- E, the car-
tridge mentioned is drawn rearward, .and the
next forward cartridge, assumes the position 125
shown in' Fig. 4 relative tothe device J.
During'the rearward movement of the block
G, the cartridge elevator I is rocked by the
engagement of the block G with the rear arm
n' of the elevator with the result that the i;oa
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Catron, John J. Magazine Rifle, patent, March 24, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508131/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.