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US2476355A
US2476355A US18000A US1800048A US2476355A US 2476355 A US2476355 A US 2476355A US 18000 A US18000 A US 18000A US 1800048 A US1800048 A US 1800048A US 2476355 A US2476355 A US 2476355A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F41CSMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42AMMUNITION; BLASTING
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  • This invention relates to a cartridge holder for a 22-caliber, single-shot rifle, and particularlyfor the butt or stock of the rifle.
  • the main object of the invention is to provide the stock of a rifle with a special cartridge holder whichenables the hunter using the rifle to insert a supply of cartridges into a portion of the stock thereof which retains the cartridges in unobtrusive', yet accessible, position for individually extracting them for use in loading the rifle,
  • Another object is to form the comb of the stock of a rifle into a plural receptacle for a group of cartridges which tend to remain suspended therein by force of rav y 7 V
  • a further object is to have the comb or crest of a rifle stock provided with a series of recesses or receptacles for receiving a roup of cartridges point down and having retaining springs for fricticnally retaining the individual cartridges in place until deliberately withdrawn for use in the rifle.
  • F gure 1 is a side elevation of a 22-caliber, sinle-shot rifle with the barrel broken off to reduce the view and emphasize the rifle stock forming the locale of the invention;
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the same as seen from the top in Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1;
  • Figure 4 is a longitudinal section taken on line 44 of Figure 3.
  • a 22- caliber, single-shot rifle has a more or less conventional rifle butt or stock 6, at the rear end 1 of which is a concave portion adapted to be held against the shoulder when the rifle is aimed and fired.
  • the comb or crest of the rifle stock is formed with a series of upwardly open bores or receptacles 9, 9, While at the upper edge of each bore is secured the anchoring end ID of a pendent friction spring II by means of a screw l2 for engaging against the side of a cartridge l3 when the latter has been inserted with the bullet I4 pendently pointing downward, the spring serving to prevent accidental displacement of the cartridge in each case, but not preventing manual removal thereof when desired.
  • Each spring is slightly recessed into the wood of the rifle stock and the adjacent side of each hole or receptacle has a spring recess l5 into which the pendent portion ll of the corresponding spring will seat when the cartridge is inserted. If desired, tallow or some other lubricant may be introduced into the holes to lubricate the cartridge and/or the balls stored in the same.
  • the comb of the latter is capped by a transversely-arcuate metal strip or cap plate I6 secured to the stock by nails or screws H, H.
  • This cap plate covers the spring portion I0 and securing screws l2, but has a series of holes or openings l 8 registering with receptacles 9, so that the cartridge inserted into one of the latter will be suspended therein with its rear flange l9 resting directly on this cap plate.
  • the rifle stock may be made of plastic or cast or formed metal, or of any other suitable material, and when of Wood, the cap plate may be made of metal or plastic or other material.
  • the cartridge holder may be applied to rifles of larger than 22-caliber, and still be within the spirit of the invention. Also, the number of bores or receptacles for the cartridges may be varied to suit the size of the rifle stock involved and the sizes of the receptacles gauged according to the particular size of the cartridges used on the rifle associated with the stock.
  • a rifle stock cartridge holder associated with the stock of a rifle, and comprising a plurality of upwardly-open, cylindrical cartridge receptacles extending a limited distance down into said stock from the comb portion thereof for supporting a supply of cartridges in inverted position with the noses down, a cap plate attached to the comb of the rifle stock having a series of apertures registering with the upper openings of the cylindrical cartridge receptacles, and downwardly-directed resilient means in the latter for frictionally engaging with and retaining the cartridges in said cylindrical receptacles, the features which include having recessed seats upon the comb portion of said rifle stock beneath the cap plate adj acent to each upper opening of said cylindrical receptacles and adjoining downwardly-extending spring recesses in the side walls of the latter connecting with the recessed seats, having the resilient means forming depending springs adapted to extend down into the downwardly-extending spring recesses in the cylindrical receptacles with upper anchoring ends thereon bent at an angle thereto and individually secured in said

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July 19, 1949. J. 1.. BROWN GUNSTOCK CARTRIDGE HOLDER Filed March 50, 1948 VA d 2 W a 0% H O O m a o O 0 B O O 0 Patented July 19, 1949 UNITED STATES FATENT FlCE STOCK CARTRIDGE HOLDER John L. Brown, Lacon, Ala. V
Application March'30, 1948, Serial No. 18,000
' V 1 Claim, (01. f12-7l) This invention relates to a cartridge holder for a 22-caliber, single-shot rifle, and particularlyfor the butt or stock of the rifle.
:- The main object of the invention is to provide the stock of a rifle with a special cartridge holder whichenables the hunter using the rifle to insert a supply of cartridges into a portion of the stock thereof which retains the cartridges in unobtrusive', yet accessible, position for individually extracting them for use in loading the rifle,
Another object is to form the comb of the stock of a rifle into a plural receptacle for a group of cartridges which tend to remain suspended therein by force of rav y 7 V A further object is to have the comb or crest of a rifle stock provided with a series of recesses or receptacles for receiving a roup of cartridges point down and having retaining springs for fricticnally retaining the individual cartridges in place until deliberately withdrawn for use in the rifle.
It is also an object of the invention to have a cartridge holder of the indicated character which can be installed upon existing rifle stocks of any accepted form and of difierent sizes without having to resort to a new design of rifle stock.
It is, of course, likewise an object of the invention to have such a cartridge holder which is simple, effective and convenient and which improves the appearance of the rifle, while being reasonable in cost.
Other objects and advantages will appear as the specification proceeds.
In order to bring out more comprehensively the features of the invention, the latter is illustrated on the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, and in which:
F gure 1 is a side elevation of a 22-caliber, sinle-shot rifle with the barrel broken off to reduce the view and emphasize the rifle stock forming the locale of the invention;
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same as seen from the top in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1;
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section taken on line 44 of Figure 3.
In the four views, the same reference numerals indicate the same or like parts.
Sportsmen well know that when out hunting or on a shooting range, it is often important to have convenient and speedy access to a supply of cartridges for reloading a rifle, and especially a 22-caliber, single-shot rifle. Sometimes cartridge belts are worn, or boxes of cartridges carried, and in this connection many makeshift-ls have been resorted to, but each of these methods of supplying the cartridges for frequent reloading cf the rifle also entails inconveniences and even delays and loss .of time. In fact, most of such cxpcdients are extraneous with respect to the rifle used'and complicate handling of the latter, which is obviously a seriousmatter not to be tolerated, if at all avoidable.
However, I have found it easily possible to provide a supply of cartridges for the rifle used by a hunter or sportsman which presents the cartridges-in convenient and instantly accessible position while keeping the entire supply in such unobtrusive condition that no inconvenience or dis-advantage is involved in any manner, as I shall now proceed'to describe in detail. 7 a
In the practice of my invention; and referring new again to theaccompanying drawings, a 22- caliber, single-shot rifle, generally indicated at 5, has a more or less conventional rifle butt or stock 6, at the rear end 1 of which is a concave portion adapted to be held against the shoulder when the rifle is aimed and fired. The comb or crest of the rifle stock is formed with a series of upwardly open bores or receptacles 9, 9, While at the upper edge of each bore is secured the anchoring end ID of a pendent friction spring II by means of a screw l2 for engaging against the side of a cartridge l3 when the latter has been inserted with the bullet I4 pendently pointing downward, the spring serving to prevent accidental displacement of the cartridge in each case, but not preventing manual removal thereof when desired. Each spring is slightly recessed into the wood of the rifle stock and the adjacent side of each hole or receptacle has a spring recess l5 into which the pendent portion ll of the corresponding spring will seat when the cartridge is inserted. If desired, tallow or some other lubricant may be introduced into the holes to lubricate the cartridge and/or the balls stored in the same.
In order to retain the cartridge receptacles or holes 9 in perfect condition and further prevent wear at the upper edges thereof, despite such lubrication, and also to insure perfect alignment of the entire series of cartridges to be carried in the rifle stock, the comb of the latter is capped by a transversely-arcuate metal strip or cap plate I6 secured to the stock by nails or screws H, H. This cap plate covers the spring portion I0 and securing screws l2, but has a series of holes or openings l 8 registering with receptacles 9, so that the cartridge inserted into one of the latter will be suspended therein with its rear flange l9 resting directly on this cap plate.
When the rifle stock is fully loaded up with a supply of cartridges, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, it is self-evident that as the cartridge is required for placing in the breech of the rifle, it is simply a mere twist of the wrist to remove a cartridge 13 by pulling it up out of one of the receptacles 9 and then placing it in the breech of the rifle in a conventional manner, when the rifle is instantly ready for aiming and firing. Such withdrawal of cartridges in succession is convenient, instantly and easily performed and does not produce any obtrusive or projecting portion or change in the outline of the rifle, nor in the handling of the same in any way, but rather falls naturally in line with the normal handling of said rifle.
Obviously, the rifle stock may be made of plastic or cast or formed metal, or of any other suitable material, and when of Wood, the cap plate may be made of metal or plastic or other material. The cartridge holder may be applied to rifles of larger than 22-caliber, and still be within the spirit of the invention. Also, the number of bores or receptacles for the cartridges may be varied to suit the size of the rifle stock involved and the sizes of the receptacles gauged according to the particular size of the cartridges used on the rifle associated with the stock.
Manifestly, variations may be resorted to and parts and features may be modified or used without others within the scope of the appended claim.
Having now fully described my invention, I claim:
In a rifle stock cartridge holder associated with the stock of a rifle, and comprising a plurality of upwardly-open, cylindrical cartridge receptacles extending a limited distance down into said stock from the comb portion thereof for supporting a supply of cartridges in inverted position with the noses down, a cap plate attached to the comb of the rifle stock having a series of apertures registering with the upper openings of the cylindrical cartridge receptacles, and downwardly-directed resilient means in the latter for frictionally engaging with and retaining the cartridges in said cylindrical receptacles, the features which include having recessed seats upon the comb portion of said rifle stock beneath the cap plate adj acent to each upper opening of said cylindrical receptacles and adjoining downwardly-extending spring recesses in the side walls of the latter connecting with the recessed seats, having the resilient means forming depending springs adapted to extend down into the downwardly-extending spring recesses in the cylindrical receptacles with upper anchoring ends thereon bent at an angle thereto and individually secured in said recessed seats. having each cylindrical receptacle of substantially the same cross-sectional area as that of the corresponding aperture in said cap platefor suspending a cartridge therein by resting the rear flange of the cartridge upon the cap plate and having each cylindrical receptacle sufliciently deep to support the cartridge solely byits upper suspension from said cap plate with the bullet nose thereof spaced from the bottom. of the cylindrical receptacle involved. 7
JOHN L. BROWN.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 84,651 Smith Dec. 1, 1868 394,376 Kelton Dec. 11, 1888 711,989 Marble Oct. 28, 1902
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US3798819A (en) * 1972-03-09 1974-03-26 Remington Arms Co Inc Auxiliary gun stock
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US3798819A (en) * 1972-03-09 1974-03-26 Remington Arms Co Inc Auxiliary gun stock
US5048214A (en) * 1991-02-25 1991-09-17 Cohen Robert B Revolver grip with cartridge storage
US6173519B1 (en) * 1999-10-04 2001-01-16 Robert H. Garrett Tool for installing / removing magazine catch
US6418656B1 (en) 2001-01-02 2002-07-16 Ned F. Christiansen Gunstock and scope mounted storage assemblies
US6952896B2 (en) 2004-01-14 2005-10-11 Speedfeed Acquisition Corp. Gunstock incorporating a storage magazine
US20050183315A1 (en) * 2004-01-14 2005-08-25 Davis William A. Gunstock incorporating a storage magazine
US20050217470A1 (en) * 2004-04-01 2005-10-06 Bevacqua Raymond L Firearm Cartridge Holder
US20080190004A1 (en) * 2004-04-22 2008-08-14 Clever Dog Pty Ltd. Firearm Stock With Ammunition Store
US7503137B2 (en) 2004-04-22 2009-03-17 Clever Dog Pty Ltd Firearm stock with ammunition store
US8327568B1 (en) 2010-04-21 2012-12-11 Lavergne Michael D Gunstock system having an internal magazine
US8479430B1 (en) * 2010-09-03 2013-07-09 Joe Masten Shell storage system for gunstocks
US10161699B2 (en) 2016-12-05 2018-12-25 Magpul Industries Corp. Takedown firearm with integral forend storage
US10551138B1 (en) 2016-12-05 2020-02-04 Magpul Industries Corp. Takedown firearm with integral forend storage
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