US506322A - Magazine gun- - Google Patents

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J. P. LEE. MAGAZINE GUN.

No. 506,322. Patented 001;. 1o, 1893.

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J. P. LEE.

. 'MAGAZINE GUN. No. 506,322. Patented Oct. 10,18%.

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J. PjLEE.

' MAGAZINE GUN.

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Patented Oct. 10,1893.

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- stock is shown. 5o ally placed the escutcheon-plate 5-i, which/ be drawn back as one member of the gunmechanism, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and afterward pushed forward, as illustra-ted by dotted lines in said figure, at which time the ir- 5 ing-pin-arm 26 engages the rearward end 38 of the sear 39, and is thereby held retracted during the remaining forward movement of the boltmechanism. This latter forward movement carries the bolt-actuator-arm 33 1o forward of said tiring-pin-catch 27, and thus zo drawing the cartridge for a short distance,

by means of the extractor-hook @t7 engaging l The the rim or head, 189, of the cartridge. bolt, therefore, in the form thereof herein shown, constitutes not only a sliding bolt for z5 the closing of the gun and for pushing forward the cartridges thereinto, but also constitutes a powerful lever for starting the cartridge-shell from its seat within thegun-chaniber. The projections, as 20, at the forward 3o end and lower part of the bolt, serve to support the cartridgehead from falling during thc retraction of the cartridge bythe engagement of the retractorhook 47 with the rim thereof. Said projections, when the bolt is locked in a forward position, enter two small recesses4 formed in the rearward end of the barrel. On thebarrel, between said recesses, is a projection having a concaved face, 50, suitably inclined for receiving the forward 4o end of the cartridge when this is driven forward by the bolt, and for guiding vsaid cartridge upward into the rearof the barrel. At thel right-hand inner side of the barrel, a suitable notch should be formed to receive the projecting forward end, or hook, 47, of the extractor.

In Figs. l, 2 Yand 3a shfort portion of the rearward part of the tip 53 of the gun- On the end of this tip is nsuforms a guide for the insertion of the n1agazine. Through the forward end of said escutcheon passesa screw, (i0, which extends through said tip 53 and screws into the for- 55 ward end of the receiver, asshownin Figs. l

and 3. The breech-piece (il of the stock is tted to the under side of the receiverand between the reoeiverand the strap 62 of the guardblock 59; the forward end ofthe breech- 6o piece being fittedwithin the side-walls of said block. 'lhe screw 65 passes th rough the rearward end of the receiver through the stock, andscrews into'the rearward end of said strap 62, as willlie understood from Fig. l. The

guard'btoclt 59 is centrally :nortised at the forward.y end thereof to receivethe magazine catch (Se, which is pivoted at 67, and carries at.its upper end, by a pivot, 68, the ejectorarm 60; which arm is set into a slot formed in the upper end of said niagazine-catch,and has an actuating-arm, 71, which reaches upward into the groove '72 formed inthe under side of the bolt E. Said groove, at its for-y ward end, is shaped at 73 to form a cam, which on the retraction of the bolt strikes said arm 7l of the ejector and throws this downward into the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 1, thereby ejecting the shell up1 ward through the mortise 6 of the receiver. This cartridgeshell ejector is so arranged with relation to the sliding bolt, receiver and cartridge-case, that it will normally lie between the two columns of cartridges supported upon the follower in the cartridge-case at the rear end thereof without obstructing the free passage o f the cartridges upward tothe ring- `chamber of the gun, and permits the car` tridges of each column of cartridges to be fed upward alternately each side of said ejector into proper position to be alternately engaged by the sliding bolt in its forward movement. By this construction and arrangement the cartridge-shell ejector is in axial alignment with the sliding bolt and consequently in the path of movement of the extracted cartridgeshell, so it. also actspin the nature of a guide to prevent over-riding inipingement of the uppermost cartridges of adjacent columns.

rThe magazine-catch (i6 is shown pivotallysupported or journaled, on two projections set in corresponding sockets, or pivot-bearings, formed in the upper side of the guard-block, and is thereby securely retained in place when the gun is assembled.

The catch-lever G6, designated in a general way as the magazine-catch aforesaid, has on the forward side thereof a catch, or hook, '78, for engaging with the magazine when this is inserted into its receivingchamber. The lower end of said catch-lever GG is extended downward and rearwardly to project a short distance within the spaco within the trigger-guard 80, which guard joins at its front end the front portion of the guard-block, and at its rearward end joins the strap (52 thereof, the guard being generally and preferably made integral with the other portions ofthe guard-block.

The vmortise 8l of the guard-block iso extended backward into the strap 62 thereof to receive the trigger 82, which is pivoted at 83,

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and whose upper end 84 connects with, the

arm 85 of the sear 39, which is pivoted at 86 in ears, as 88, formed on the guard-block rlhe stop 89 on the scar limits the upward movement of the sear by striking against the face 90 of the guarddiloclr. The 'rearward end 38 of the scar is shaped to engage the lower end 27 of theringfpinarm 26 when this is moved forward and during the closing increment of the boit.

For retracting lthe seargtjhe senr-spring in inserted thereunder, having its end J5 working in a notch, 96 formed in the secr s ber to leave room for t A.

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a suitable gun-'frame and with tbc sliding bolt,

of a magazine adapted for receiving two columns of cartridges, side byeide, ae described, and a double stepped spring-actuated follower, t'or independently supporting' said columns ci cartridges at different beiglits, the upper step of said follower projecting into thc path of the bolton the removal of the last remaining cartridge from tbe lower step of the follower, substantially and for tbe purpose described.

3. In a magazin e-gnn, theeombination with the gun-frame and with the sliding bolt, of a magazine, substantially as described, adapted for receiving two columns of cartridges, side by side, an ejector pivotally secured in the gun-frameand lying norn'ialljY below the bolt and in a position between the columns ot eartridgeeattbe rearward end thereof and below tbe line of the extracted sl1ell,a do uble-stepped springaetnated follower contained in said magazine and constructed for supporting two columns of ca tridgee, side by side, and adapted for elevating the cartridges ot' each column at each eide of the ejector alternately into position to be alternately engaged by the bolt in its forward movement', ano i .enne for actuating the ejector for tin-owing ont the extracted shell, substantially as described.

Ll. in a magazine-gun, the combination with a bolt-mechaniem, substantially as described, having tbe sliding bolt, of ning zinecase constructed tor containing two of cart1idges,eide by Side,-meane for elevating rows of cartridges s imnli'anoonely bntindependently at diti'erent relative elevations, tlie inclined gnide-face 50 and inwardly-projecting lips 187, 188, at the forward end of Vthe magazine, all combined and enacting?, Substantially as described and for the purpose speeiiied.

5. ln a magazine gnu, tlie combination with the gun-frame, ot ine magazine having its sides turned inward their upper ends to form lips, as described, to prevent tlie exit of more than one cartridge at a time, double stepped follower capable of containingtwo columns ot' cart-riclges,eide by sido, in different planen, a spring to actnate said follower, and the catch-lever 6G to engage the magazine and bold the saine within the gnn-framo,sub stantially as described.

G. In a magazine-gun, the combination with the gun-frame and with tbe slidingbolt, of the magazine open at its upper and lower ends and liaving tbeinwardly projected flanges at its lower end to support the follower-open eratingepring, and llaving theoppositelydisposed sideline at its upper rearward end,snb etantially parallel to eacli other, and the oppositely disposed side lips at its upper torward end, substantially as and for the purpose eet forth, the double-stepped follower constructed to snpport two columns ot' cartridges eide by eide in different planes, the i2-shaped spring supporting said follower'and bai/ing its lower ends secured in the bottoni iianges of the magazine, substantially as described. j

'7. The combination with tire r zine-case, of the follower L having the two y ngitndinal steps 181, 185, and 'having its side edges-under-lapped to form grooves 182, 183, to receive tlie ends of the followeractuating-spring S, and the Z-vsbaped follower-actualing-Spring having its terminal arms bent outwardly and engaging tbe grooves in the follower, substantially as described.

S. In a magazine-gun,tlie combination with the gun-fraine, its receiver and Sliding-bolt, of a magazine removably held in place in said receiver by a spring-actuated catch and hav-- ing at its upper end inwardly-turned lips or flanges whose adjacent edges are sniilciently close together as to-prevent the passage between tliem of more than one cartridge, a cartridge-supporting follower having elevated longitudinal portion orstep in vertical aligm ment with, and of less width than, the space bet-Ween tbe lips at the upper end of the zine, said follower being adapted forsuppoit-y ing two columns of cartridges in different pla-nes and to have its elevated etepportion projected tlirongii tlie npriercnd of the ma zinc in iront of the Sliding bolt wlien tile laat cartridge is removed therefrom, and mee for elevating said follower, substantially described. Y

9. ln a magazine-gun, the combination with the gun-frame, or the magazine removably secured thereto and having a contracted dia-k oliargeopening or month at its upper end and inwardly projected flanges at its lowerend, the cartridge-eupporting follower of a width substantially equal to tbe internal width oi' tbe magazine and having the elevated :step 185 in substantial alignment with the mouth ot' the follower and having the loops or slots 182, 183 on its outer edges, said follower being capable ot supporting two columns of cartridges in ditt'erent planes, and a .l-s1 aped follower-actnatingepring, comprising the two parallel upper arme, 174-, having their free ends bent outwardly and seated in the loops or slots in the followeigthe two lower parallel arms,175, tix'ed at their lower ends in tbe tom flanges ot' tbe magazine, the two intermediate arme, 173', and spring coils connecting Said intermediate arms with the terminalarms, substantially as described.

JAMES l.

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