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J. LEE.' Magazine Fire-Arm. Nó. 221,328.
_ Patented Nov. 4, 1879.
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J. LEE.> , ' Magazine Fire-Arm.
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Patent-ed Nov.` 4; 1879.
UNITED STATES .PATENT ‘.O'EEIGE. JAMES taria,v or ILtoN, .NEW YORK.
IMPROVEMENT I'N MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,328, dated 4November 4, 1879; applica-tion tiled . _
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To . Be allit'whom known it maycoacem: that 1, JAMES LEE, Y of'- Ilion,i|
of. the‘shell when the breech is'closed. This the'county ot" Herkimer and State of New arrangement permitsÍ theex-tractor to_'remain ` Yprln'have inventedcertain Improvements in stationary while the bolt is turnedto lock or Magazine Fire-Arms, ofv which 'the following unlock it. Itl is readily inserted or removed is a specification.
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by' simply drawing the bolt part-way back,
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“My invention relates to that xclass‘or guns then swinging the point over to the left as farknown as “ bolt-guns;7 and. the 'inx-'entionoon-ç as; possible it caribe slid si'dewise out of the sistsl in constructing-the gun so that it ca_nbe recess' in the rib, yet will not' d'rop out of its used in the ordinary' manner asa single-loader, own accord. ~ and can have a detachable « magazine applied The bolt C is made tubular from its rear ‘ to it, and be'used _as av magazine-gun.
end to near the front, and through the front
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, ofthe magazine or case, all as hereinafter morev
fully -set forth. 4Figure 1 is a side'clevati'on of >the breech -portion of a gun 'constructed on my plan. with the :magazine attached, a portion being shownA in section. Fi g. 2 is a. tol'rpl'an View, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, ot' the magazine detached.'
end is a small central hole ot' proper size for
the point Vot' the tiring-pin to pass through. At its rear end the bolt _C l.has a longitudinal slot, z, cut in one side, withan offset, as shown in Fig. 1, the front edge of the shoulder formed -
lby this oñ‘setbeing beveled backward, as therel shown.
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The üringpin P, as shown in Fig. 9, iso-a
Fig. «tis a 4,view .similar to Fig. 1,showingthe straight bolt of a pro perlen’gth torcach through magazine modified in construction. Fig. 5 is the breech-bolt C from _end to ~end, its~rearv a transverse vertical section on the line x œ ot' projecting end being provided with aknob, l Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is `a transverse section, 'H,gby which it can be drawn back to the half showing a modified form ot"l constructing- and or the full cock position while the breech-bolt applying the magazine or cartridge-case. Fig. ,remains closed. Near‘its front end this _tiring-1.
7_ is a side View ot' the 'breech-bolt detached, with portions in section.v Fig. 8 is a perspec tive View of the extractor detached; and Fig. 9 is a side elei‘ation ot‘ the tiring-pin with its spring and collar shown `cletacl1ed-from the bolt.`
'pin P is provided with acollar‘or- shoulder-,9,
against which the front end -of the spiral spriii‘ g w' hears, the rear> end- of said spring bearingl againsta sleeve or collar, R, placed loosely on the lpim-as _shown ‘in_Fig. 9. 0n one side of'. this sleeve w is a small lug or projection, pgof
1n the drawings, A represents the barrel; such a‘size asto pass readily into thejslot a l B, the receiver or shoe; and C, the sliding
in the bolt C, and which, by being turned into
breech-bolt of the arm, which, except ashere »the oiî'sct of said slot, will engage against its ’inat'ter‘statem is made like an ordinarybolt~ beveled or dovetailedfacc, as shown inFig.y
1, thereby lookin g the tiring-pin with its spring securely within the bolt‘C, and yet permitting Way; but the extractor, instead of being a the íiring-pin to be removed at any time by spring-hook, is made rigid and of the -form merely disengagingï the 'projection pcf _the gun.
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- v’.l‘he bolt C may be made in the ordinary
shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Its rear portion is made to iit the exteriorsurfac'e of the bolt, on which it turns loosely, it being held-to the bolt C by having its rear portion íìtted ‘in a slot out inthe-under surface of the vrib on the
sleeve R from the offset in the side of the bolt"A C. 'l‘o the under sideo‘f the knob H of the firing-pin l? is-secured a small bar, V; which is arranged to slide under the rear end of the
breech-_bolt C, and 'which _Works in a groove made _for it in the rear end of the receiver, >as der, s, on the rear end of the extractor, which shown in Figs. 1 and 9. When the' tiring-pin
bo1t,-`as shown in Fig. 7, there being a shoul
engages' in >a corresponding notch, "and by is drawn back, either by drawing back the which it is drawn back with the bolt. lbreech-bolt or by drawing back the firing-pin In a recess in the top of the rib I fit a spring, separately by the hand, the scar enga-ges
t,.as_ shown in Fig. 7 ,' the'front end having a» against the front end of this bar .V, and thus shoulder that bearsonj the extractor to hold it holds- the pin cocked ready for firing. ThereV
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is also a half-cock notch in this piece V, as
edge of the box D, at its u-pperedge, is provided
indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 9. This method with a projection, m, the inside of which is con ^ of construction is simple and cheap, and while cave to permit the end of the bullet to engage it enables _the gun to -be cocked with the therein, as shown in Fig. 3. At the rear end of breech closed as well as opened, and to be the box it is provided at the top with inwardly carried at half-cock, it also enables the firing incliningfla'nges or shoulders o and fr, as shown -pin to be removed at any time and replaced in Fig. 2, the shoulders 0, when the car tridge is pressed forward with its front end'in without the use of any tool. _ I'cut a slot through the bottom of the re the cavity m., holding it there, while the dan ges ceiver o_t' such a size as to permit a cartridge r prevent it'froni being pressed upward at its _ to pass through it sidewise, as shown in Fig.V4 Yrea-r end',"as shown clearly in Fi gs.V 2 and 3.Y By these means it will >be seen that vthe box 1, the receiver also having a portion, h, ex tended backward on the top in rear of the D can be ñlled with cartridges, which, being barrel, asshowu in Figs. 1 and 4, to prevent pressed upward by the spring J, secured in the cartridges from being thrown out at the the-bottom of each box, as shown, will hold _top as they are forced upfromA below, this the upper- one in the position shown in Figs. l partJll being cut away at the right-.hand side, and 2, thereby preventing them from droi'iping as shown at L,_Fig. 1, _to give room 4for a shell or being forced- outward while the~ box is de ' or cartridge to be thrownout when withdrawn tached or being handled. When it is desired to have the cartridges from the barrel. ~. _ A recess is cut on the inner face _of the pass from the box up into the receiver,`after chamber of the receiver, into which is fitted a the box is attached, it is only necessary to
vcurved sliding plate, I, as shown-in Figs. 1,4, press the' upper one _down slightly at the head, and 5, this plate being capable of being slid so it Will pass back under the shoulders o, or pushed around in its recess, so as to lie across the slot in the bottom of the receiver
which will release its trout end from the cavity m, when it will at once be elevated by the
when the arm is to be usedas a single loader,y spring, and Will their occupy the position
its object and functiom being to enable the shown in Fig. _1, its headlrising sufficiently as cartridges to be shoved in through the pas it is thus forced upward and a little forward sage-_way in the top of the receiver in the for the front end of the breech-bolt C to strike.
usual manner with single-loading bolt-guns it, and thus shove the cartridge forward into by closing the slot or a portion Aof it, so as to
prevent the cartridge from dropping down through the same. When the arm is to _be used as a magazine-gun this , slide I is shoved
or drawn up, as shown in Fig. 5, iu'which case it will leave the slot in the bottom ofthe receiver open, so that the cartridge can be fed up through said opening from the case or box
.the chamber of the gun.
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As th'e first cartridge has its head depressed,v
so as to release its point from the cavity m, as above described, all the others are at the same
time made to assume the inclined position represented in Fig.- l, so that thereafter each will have its front end thrown out ot' the box
first, the head being held down by the shoul» ders r until released'therefrom by being pushed In order to enable the gun to be _used as a forward bythe bolt C, and thus the cartridges
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magazine-arm in cases of emergency, I' pro can be fed from the-box D into the gun as tast vide a detachable magazine or cartridge-hold as the bolt can be operated. As soon as one er, D, of such a shape and size that it can be box is exhausted it- is detached and replaced readily attached to the under side oi’ the' gun by another,-and thus the firing can be ccn
in front of the trigger-guard,«as show/nin Fig.
tinued with great rapidity.-
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Where the gun is made wlth afull stock, asi` through the slot in the .bottom of the receiver, is usually the case with boltguns, an opening as represented in Figs. l, 4, and 5.' The in or‘slot willof course be made in the stock, as tention is to have these cartridge boxes- or -shown in Fig. l, to permit the box D to be holders so lnade that a number of them can be applied so as to presentits cartridges through lilled with cartridges, whichs'hall bc retained the slot in the bottom of the receiver. The therein, and be carried by the soldier, and box may be held fast by any suitable means; when required he quickly attached to the gun but avery simple plan is to >have a spring
1, so as to deliver the -cartrid ges therefrom
catch, E, secured in the stock or receiver, as To this end I` make this ‘box lor detachable shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so as to engage under magazine D of suchv a width and thickness as a beveled projection, a, on the rear edge of the to permit the cartridges to be placed therein box. With this arrangement it is only neces sidewise, one upon another, as shown in Figs. sary to shove the boxinto the opening, and itis o
and used one after another. _
1, 4, and _5.
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at once secured ready for operation. , To de
It will be observed that the bo'x is made tach it, it is only Inecessary to draw back the ., deeper at its rear than at its front end, which catch E and pull out the box. It will of course be understood that when it is for the purpose of allowing the cartridges to lie therein in an inclined position, and with is desired to feed the cartridges from the box, their dan ges overlapping one another, as shown the slide I will be drawn up, as shown iii-Fig.` 5, and that if _desired to have the magazine in Fig, l. f . _As represented in"Figs.'1, 2,' and 3, the front loaded and ready for use in an emergency, t
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loader, the loaded box D will be attached, and ato, anda stop, t, vforthe head of theshell to the slide I_turned down,- thus acting as a out oif or stop to prevent the cartridges from es
strike against as itis drawn out, so as to throw
D as being somewhat mo'ditìed in construction. In this case, instead ot' theeavity or pocket m, there is simply an inturned lip, n, at ‘the front upper corner; and at the opposite end there is applied externally a íiat-v spring„_e,` which has its upper end formed into two in clined arms, b and r', the latter projecting> over into the box when the Vlatteris detached, and by thus coming over the rear 'end‘of `the
magazines is that it does not materially‘ilr' crease the weight'of the arm, and, being 1o cated centrally, _whetherfnll or empty, it does -
it »sidewise ont of the receiver, these, however, caping from the box into the receiver. being old and well-known devices. I_n Fig. 4 I have shown the magazine or box One advantage of thîsmanner of applying
not change the balance of the arm, as maga zines do when applied under the barrel or in _the-butt~stoek.~ Asits bottom does not pro~
ject below, the trigger-guard and but slightly below the stock at its front edge, it does not interfere with the handling of the arm or ren- »
.cartridges bot-h holds it down and at the same
der it clumsy.
time keeps the cartridge from sliding back
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Having thus deseribed‘my invention, what
ward from under the lip 'n at the front, and thereby serves to hold the cartridges in the
I claim isè-
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-1. In combination with abolt-gun 'having
box.
„ ail-opening through the bottom of ~its shoe or When the boxç D is shoved into place, as receiver, a detachable magazine or cartridge represented in Fig. 4, the rearinelined arm,b_, holder, with devices substantially such as de of the spring strikes against an iuclineor 'a -scribed for securin g the magazine to the gun, pin, `or any similar object, therebydrawing the the whole being constructed and arranged to spring back, so that its arm r’ wiil no longer ‘operate substantially as set forth. interfere with the movement of' the cartridges, _ 2. -The curved sliding plate I, in combina it being thus shown in Fig. 4. tion >with a receiver hav-ing an opening through In Fig. 6 Ihave- shown still annther modifi its bottom, when arranged _to operate substan cation. In' this case the magazine or cartridge tially 'as described. holder D is made to encircle the gun-stock, in 3. Thejde'tachable magazine D, provided stead of being inserted Within an opening with the ca/vity m andV theinWardly-projecting therein, and it has its mouth arranged to de shoulders o and r, ort-heir equivalents, :all con
liver the cartridges into- the receiver through structed and' arranged to operate substantially
-the top opening, this' latter being cut a litt-le‘ as described. lower down on the right-hand side than usual, 4. The extractor o, 'provided with thesho'ul as shown, so as to. give room for the ~cartridges der s, in combination with the bolt C, -having to enter and for the empty shells to be thrown a corresponding recess in its lrib, and ‘the out, as usual. 4In its general idea and inode spring t, all arranged to operate substantially of operation this is the same as the plan pre as- described. ' lviously described, and it is only described in 5. The tiring-pin P, provide'd with the loose >order that parties 'may adopt Whichever plan sleeve or collar R, having the projection p, in or modification may be most cor venient- in
practice.
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It Will'bevseen by examining Figs. 1 and 3 that the magazine or cartridge-holder has its front and rear ends of unequal -lengt-lis, the rear end, or that at which the heads 'o_t' thel
cartridges rest, being'the longer -of the two,
combination lwith 'the tubular breech-bolt C, provided with the slot z, having an offset fer 'the projection p to engage in, 'substantially as shown aud- described. 6_. A detachable magazine or cartridge holder, D, _havingÍ its front -and rear ends of differing lengths, with one of its sides or edges
and that _it has one side left open, so that the >open for'the insertion and removal of the car cartridges can pass out through said open side trídges, and provided With aY spring-follower into the'proper position to be shoved directly ‘ and cartridge-retaining devices, substantially into the chamber of ,the gun, and that this as and for the purpose herein set forth. form of these cartridge-holders is essential to JAMES LEE. the proper working ot'A the arm when used as a magazine-gnn.~
It 1s ofcourse understood that the bolt C is
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Witnesses:
F. C. SHEPARD, P. REMINGTON.
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