US601838A

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Publication number: US601838A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 1915-04-05

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S. N. MQOLEAN. MAGAZINE FIRBARM.

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MAGAZINE FIREARM.

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S. N. MGCLEAN. MAGAZINBPIRBARM.

No. 601,838. Patented Apr. 5, 1898.

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MAGAZINE-FIREARIVI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,838, dated April 5, 1898.

Application tiled March 13, 1891. Serial No. 884,944. (No model.) Patented in England April 7,1892, No. 6,683; in France June 7l 1892, No. 222,156, and in Germany June 28, 1892, No. 68,699.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL N. MCOLEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Firearms, (for which I have obtained patents in the following-named countries,viz: Great Britain, No. 6,683,dated April 7, 1892; France, No. 222,156, dated June 7, 1892, and Germany,No. 68,699, dated June 26, 1892,) of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in breech-loading small-arms; and its objects are, first, to actuate and operate the loading, ring, and extracting mechanism of a breechloading firearm by the act of compressing or tightening the grasp of the hand upon the handle of the weapon; second, to provide an automatic rotating removable magazine for reception, retention, and discharge of cartridges, an automatic reciprocating cartridge carrier and receiver, automatic breech actuating and locking mechanism, automatic shell-extracting mechanism, ring mechanism, and an actuating grip-lever or handgrasp of a shape required to conform to the shape of the hand; third, to construct a breech-loading firearm actuated by the grasp of the hand and to make the construction of its parts largely automatic, my purpose being to construct a repeating firearm the loading, firing, extracting, and magazine mechanism of which shall be actuated by the grip movement of the rear hand, leaving the forward hand free to maintain or change the aim in a rifle or like weapon and to make the construction applicable to a pistol or like lirearm. l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, iu which- Figure l represents a longitudinal sectional view of the barrel and magazine of the firearm and a View of the construction of the operating devices in the stock or handle of the firearm with the left side of the Wall or stock of the rearm removed. Fig. 2 represents a rear view of the grip-lever upon which the pressure or power required to operate the devices is applied. Fig. 3 is a view of the end wall of the chamber in the stock or handle of the firearm formed by the union of the two sides or walls of the arm or stock and is a section on the line of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a cross-section of the rearm upon the.,

lines 3'/ y, the chambers of the magazine being empty. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional View ot one of the tubes or chambers of the magazine, taken upon the line z c, Fig. 4, showing the plunger P and the groove Q. Fig. 6 is a detail illustration of, the lever F.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the upper section or accompanying devices for seizing the cartridge before it has been placed in the barrel and for extracting the shell after the-cartridge has been exploded. Fig. 12 is a detail side View ofthe cartridge-carrier. Fig. 13 is a detail sectional view of a portion of one of the chambers of the magazine with the device for holding the plunger until it is in a position for forcing the cartridges from the chamber. Fig. 14 is a sectional view of the barrel and magazine of the rearm and of the interior operating devices in the chamber of the stock or handle, the left side of the wall of the handle or stock being removed, the

operating-lever being retracted, so as to place .f

the construction in the second position at the moment when the cartridge-carrier has placed the cartridge in front of the bore of the barrel in the operation of loading. Fig. 15 is a representation of a detail view of the side' of the locking device by which the grip-lever O is held in first position until it is desired to operate the same. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the/barrel, rib, and magazine and of the interior wall of the right-hand side of the handle of the arm with the groove which controls the movement of the operating devices. Fig.

17 is a sectional view of the interior casing or wall of one of the sides of the handle or stock with its groove and spring, which receive and hold the cartridgecarrier in position at a point where the cartridge-carrier delivers the cartridge to be passed intothe bore of ,the

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barrel. Fig. 18 is a cross-sectional view of Fig. 17. Figs. 19 and 2O are enlarged detail perspective views of the cartridge-carrier. Figs. 2l, 22, and 23 are detail views of the spring with its projections that receive and hold the cartridge-carrier in position in front of the bore of the barrel after the cartridgecarrier has been elevated. Fig. 24 is a sectional detail view of the cartridge-carrier in place in front of the bore of the barrel supported by the spring O O and its projections.

Fig. 25 is a horizontal section through theI axis of the breech-bolt, the firing-pin being shown for center-lire cartridges.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout.

In the drawings accompanying this specification l have illustrated the construction of my invention with reference to a pistol, but it is apparent that it can be applied to the ordinary firearm With the usual stock, the latter being provided with the usual pistolgrip. The handle or stock of the arm is formed of two opposite parts so constructed as to form a chamber between the interior Walls of which are located the various operating devices for transferring the cartridges from the magazine to the barrel of the weapon, discharging the cartridge, and extracting the shell.

The magazine may be formed of two or more chambers. I have seen proper to illustrate it possessing four chambers, as shown in the drawings. Each of these chambers R is provided with a groove Q, and in the front end of each chamber is located a plunger P, having a stock or handle p, provided with a coiled spring s, whose function is, at the proper time in the operation of the firearm, to force from the chamber the cartridges as they are required. The plunger P is provided with a pin or projection 6, which moves in the groove Q, and when the last cartridge is ejected this pin 6 extends forward through a slot in the end wall of the stock or handle and engages with a groove in the end of the cartridge-carrier, by means of which the magazine is rotated, and the next tube or chamber of the magazine is brought into position, so that the cartridges contained therein may be ejected as they are required.

The ejection of the cartridges from the several chambers is effected by the plungers P and the spring s, which force them toward the rear part of the said tubes or chambers of the magazine.

Near the forward end of each chamber of the magazine and at a point vertical to the center of the magazine is cut a small slot in which is inserted pivotally a catch-lever N, Fig. 13,pivoted at 20, and the rear end of the lever-being supported upon a spring 19, the construction being such that when the plunger P is forced back to the farthest point by the introduction of cartridges it will be caught by the lever N and held until in the revolution of the magazine the particular chamber is brought opposite the opening R', through which the cartridges are forced, when the outer end of the lever N is forced against the under side of the barrel and depressed and the plunger freed, so as to force the cartridges out of the chamber as they are required.

Letter A represents the bore of the barrel, and Fig. 3 shows where the rear end of the barrel is screwed into the front end or Wall of the chamber of the stock or handle. R' is a circular opening in the end wall of said chamber through which the cartridges are forced by the magazine-spring and delivered to the cartridge-carrier.

Q and Q represent small slots communicating with R', through which the pin 6 of the plunger P protrudes and by means of which the magazine is rotated, as hereinafter explained.

The magazine is held in position beneath the barrel by a permanent pin attached to the front end of the stock or handle and extending into a center opening in the magazine and by a pin 15, which, passing through the heel or arm 14, enters a corresponding .central opening in the front end of the magazine.

In the chamber of the stock or handle is located the gri p-lever @,which is yoke-shaped, as shown in Fig. 2, and it is pivotally attached to the opposite walls of the chamber by pivots or bolts c. This lever when in normal position extends forward beyond the lines of the stock or handle, and when retracted falls backward within the chamber to a point required to operate the mechanism of the firearm. This grip-lever, it will be perceived, is operated by the compressive grasp or grip of the hand in contradistinction to the usual guard-levers or trigger-levers requiring a movement of the fore-arm or linger to swing them on their fulcrums. The shape of this lever is substantially that seen in the drawings, which conforms to the shape of the gripping hand and forms a swinging hand-grasp adapted to actuate the operating mechanism by the compression of the hand.

Lever D, as shown in the drawings, is elbow in shape and consists of two parts D2 and D. That portion of it marked D2 is yoke-shaped, as shown in Fig. S, and that portion marked D consists of two bars pivotally attached to D2 at 1, and are respectively pivotally attached to the opposite sides of the breechblock G at the points d and the pivots d', projecting so as to move and slide in grooves 27 in the opposite walls of the chamber. Lever D may be pivotally attached to the walls of the chamber of the stock or handle at cl and may be made in any form so as to give the required motion to the breech-block and other parts, and by changing or moving the pivotal point d its movement lmay be modied or changed, as required. The levers C and D are pivotally connected by a bar E, the pivotal connections being at e, and it is apparent that the motion of the lever D may be varied IOO IIO

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to some extent by the modication of this connection E.

The hinged or pivotal connection of D2 and D at 1 is such that when the lever is retracted it yields in one direction, but when the lever comes back to its normal position and the breech-block G is in its place the hinged section 1 is incapable of yielding in the opposite direction, and it locks the breech-block in position.

The lever F, which has a yoke F' at one end, as shown in Fig. 6, is pivoted in the yoke of the lever C at the same point and by the same bolts that the lever C is pivoted to the opposite walls of the chamber of the stock or handle. The lever F is elbow-shaped, that portion of it projecting upward from its pivotal point c being designed to be operated reversely by the reverse movement of the breech-block G, which movement causes the horizontal part to rise upwardly and carry with it the cartridge-carrier I K to the second position opposite to the bore of the barrel.

The hammer H is pivotally connected at the point h With the opposite walls of the chamber, and its movements are between the prongs of the levers F and D. The upper end of the hammer H is provided with a spur 32, which passes through a slot 2S to the exterior surface of the stock or handle and by means of which the operation of the hammer can be The hammer can be operated in any usual and convenient manner, and for this purpose I have shown a spring attached at 33.

The breech-block is a piece of metal square in transverse section, and its length is determined by the length of the cartridge used in a given firearm. At its rear end a vertical section is cut through, as shown in Fig. l1, to receive the blow of the hammer upon the firing-pin 18, the firing-pin being located in the breech-block somewhat below the center of the latter, as shown. The breech-block may be made in other forms, circular or otherwise, and the location of the firing-pin may be varied without in any manner departing from my invention. The breech-block is provided on its sides with pins or lugs cl, which engage in grooves 25 in opposite sides of the chamber and which also pass through perforations in the movable springs 17, which also move in the grooves 25.

The shell-extracting device shown in Fig. 11 consists of the two plates 16, to which are respectively attached the spring-catches 17, Whose movements are controlled by the pivots d of the breech-block G. These plates 16 respectively fit in the grooves 25 in the opposite walls of the chamber, which are located opposite the central line of the bore of the barrel, and they may slide back and forth in said grooves as the breech-block G is moved back and forth out of and into position. The grooves 25 are so constructed as not to be quite so deep from a point opposite the end of the cartridge when the carrier is in position,

bent at or near its center, so that the surfaces of the two parts are at right angles to each other, the width of the vertical portion of the plate I being somewhat wider than the horizontal plate K in order that its projecting sides may fit into grooves 30 in the opposite walls of the chamber, which guide the lupward and downward movements of the cartridge-carrier. The horizontal portion K is of the same width as the chamber, and its length is determined by the length of the cartridge employed in the particular arm. ,f

Located and hinged upon the horizontal table of the plate K in the central longitudinal line thereof, Fig. 9, are .the shells J, so

hinged together and also to the plate K that they can be partially opened and closed, though permanently held in place on the plate. The shells J J areflush with the front endof the plate K and extend back about two-thirds of its length. Located loosely upon the plate ,K is a vertical plate 9, to which are rigidly attached two legs or bars 10, Figs. 9, 12, 19, and 20. This vertical plate 9 and its legs are arranged to move back and forth upon the plate K, the width of the plate 9 corresponding to that of the plate K. The legs 10 extend closely under the shells J J on Yopposite sides thereof and at or near their front ends ,are pivotally connected with the links or bars 13, which respectively pass down through longitudinal slots 40, cut throughvplate K along the outer sides of J J, Figs. 19 and 2O. On the undersides of the plate K are located ears or lugs 12, to which, respectively, at 11 are p pivotally connected the links or bars 13 at their lower ends. The vertical plate I is provided on its outer face, Figs. 9, 19, and 20, with a diagonal groove 7 to receive the pin 6 when the same has beenprojected forward through the slots or openings Q Q after a chamber of the magazine has been emptied of cartridges. The groove 7 rises along the face ofthe plate I at an angle corresponding to the distance from Q to Q and to complete one-fourth revolution of the magazine. At its lower end this groove or channel shallows out and becomes flush with the surface of plate I, so that when the magazine has been rotated the pin 6 is forced out of the groove or channel. The cartridge-carrier is brought back to its first position by means of a spring attached to its lower portion and to the stock or handle of the iirearm.

position,Fig. 19,the plate I, having descended below the opening R', Fig. 3,v through which When the cartridge-carrier isA inl the rst IOO IIO

cartridges are pressed from the magazine, the shells J J are open and are directly in front of opening R. The plunger P forces a cartridge into the shells, and when it has been so far pressed that its head presses against the vertical plate 9 that plate and its legs 10 are forced back upon the plate K to the position shown in Fig. 20. The forward ends of the legs 10 being pivoted to the links or bars 13, which at their lower ends are pivoted to the ears or lugs 12 at points 11, cannot recede without their forward ends being ele- Vated, and their elevation causes them, re-

spectively, to press against the -exteriorsides of the hinged shells J .I and `close them, inclosing and holding the cartridge that has been forced into them, Fig. 20.

It will be Vseen that the same movement that extracts the empty shell from the barrel brings up the cartridge-carrier with its cartridge the instant the empty shell is extracted, whereby the empty shell is forced out through an opening in the top of the chamber of the stock or handle of the firearm.

The letter L represents the inner surface or wall of the chamber of the stock or handle. S represents a spring engaging at 5 with Ithe lever D and by means of which it is brought back to its normal position after having been operated, and M represents a button-lever pivoted in the wall of the chamber at 21 and located upon the exterior of the handle or stock and held in position by a-sprin g 24 pressing against the button 22. The lever M is also provided with a catch or heel which engages the lever C and resists its retraction and the consequent movement or loperation of the interior devices until it has been freed by pressure upon the button 22. In the lopposite walls of the chamber, as shown in Fig. 16, are grooves 26, in which are located locksprings fO. The barb-shaped point of the lock-spring being so constructed, as shown in Figs. 17 and 18, that when the table K lof the cartridge-carrier is lifted up and passes these lock-springs they are driven into the groove until it passes, when they resume their normal position and hold the table in position until the breech-block G is brought forward to force the cartridge into the barrel, when it engages the points of the lock-springs and disengages the cartridge-carrier, enabling it to recede to its proper position.

Having thus described the construction and the various parts of my invention, I proceed to set forth its mode `of operation.

The several chambers of the cartridge-magazine are filled and loaded in the following manner: The disk R" is accessible by means of a groove or valley on the external righthand side of the stock or handle. It is turned The magazine is then rotated until each chamber is filled in the same manner, when the disk is restored to its proper place. When the last chamber is brought around to be loaded, the chamber next behind it is brought to a vertical position opposite to the opening R', and the locking device N is disengaged by reason of the rear portion of the spring-.catch having been brought into contact with the lower part of the barrel and depressed, and the plunger P at once begins to exert its force upon the cartridges. By pressing the button 22 of the button-lever M the leverC is freed, and the hand graspingand pressing the spring inwardly within the walls of the chamber it causes the lever D to be kdrawn backwardly 4and downwardly. The rear yof the breechblock G being guided by the pivots d in the vgroove 27 drops down and out of the wayiof the wall L' and is drawn backward and down ward, as shown in Fig. 14. The front end yof the breech-block, by means of the pins d, moving in the grooves 25, moves backwardly in a direct line with theA bore of the barrel,

and by means of the shell-extracting devices draws the empty shell until it is free of the barrel, when it is thrown out through an opening in the side or top of the barrel, as the case may be. When the backward motion of the breech-block G reaches the upwardlyprojecting portion of the lever F, it drives that backward and causes to be elevated the horizontal position of .the lever F, upon which the cartridge-carrier rests, and as the moti-on proceeds the cartridge-carrier is carried upward, having already received the cartridge from the chamber until thecartridge is placed directly in front of the barrel. In rising to this position the plate K of the cartridgecarrier has passed and is supported by the locking device O O. (Shown in Figs. 17 and 18.) The grip of the hand having been released from the grip-lever C, the force of the spring- S, operating upon the lever D, restores the various parts to their original posi-tion. The breech-block G, Fig. 14, moves forward until it is brought into contact with the plate 9, against which the rear of the cartridge rests. The plate 9 is driven forward against the lock-springs O O, pressing them out of the way at a point when the cartridge has been partially forced into the bore of the barrel. The plate 9 and its bars l0 have been driven forward, so as to free the cartridge of the shells J and the cartridge-carrier at once is drawn downward to its first position inorder to receive another cartridge. The passage of cartridges through the opening R during this period is prevented by the presence of the vertical plate I; but when the cartridgecarrier falls to its first position a cartridge is forced out and passes into the open shells J, Figs. 9 and 14, the plate 9 is driven backward, and the bars 10 and rods 13 are lifted upward, pressing the sides of the shells and causing them to closely embrace the cartridge until it shall be delivered in the presence of IIO the bore of the barrel, when it is released4 again, as already described. The backward motion of the lever D brings the rear end of the breech-block G into contact with the end of the hammer H and draws it backward to a cocked position, where it is held by the trigger H' by means of the notches 2. Of course the restoration of the levers C and D and the breech-block to their rst position leaves the hammer in cocked position; but this can be changed at will by means of the spur 32 and the trigger.

I make no claim to any special form or construction of hammer or trigger, and instead of employing the construction and location thereof, as shown in the illustrations, Fig. 1, I may employ a hammer that projects through the top of the case instead of having a spur extending through the slot 28, or I may employ a sliding hammer operating directly upon the rear of the breech-block.

The operation of my automatic rotating magazine is as follows: When the last cartridge in the upper chamber opposite the opening R' has been ejected, the plunger which follows it carries the pin 6 forward and through the slot Q', which engages in the groove 7 and retains that engagement until by the operation of the levers C and D and the other parts of the device the cartridgecarrier is lifted up to its second -position with the cartridges in front of the bore of the barrel. The pin 6, extending through the slot Q', slides through the diagonal or inclined groove 7, and the pin Q' is carried around to the point Q, thus eecting a quarter-revolution of the magazine and bringing the next chamber opposite the opening R'.

It is apparent that many variations in the detail of the construction and parts of my invention may be made without departing from its spirit, and I do not limit myself to the specitic forms of construction of the many parts. It is evident that the grip-bar C instead of being pivotally connected between the Walls of the chamber may be so arranged therein as to slide back and forth, performing precisely the same function; orit may be located within the chamber in the rear part of the handle, and by proper connection with the operatingbar D give to the latter the required movement and perform the same function. It is also apparent that instead of the grip-bar C and the operating-bar D being connected by the cross-bar E they may be constructed so as to operate upon each other without any cross-bar. Moreover, the gist of my invention consists in theprovision of a grip-bar or hand grip-lever connected with the breechblock to actuate the latter, and this may obviously involve, as it were, in one piece C and D.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a breech-loading rearm, a grip-lever, an operating-lever connected to the grip-leand the breech-block, anda rotating multichambered magazine having ,spring-actuated cartridge-followers engaging with thel carrier to rotate the magazine.

3. In a firearm provided with abarrel, cartridge-magazine, and stock or handle, the combination of a grip-lever pivotally suspended between the walls of a chamber in saidstock or handle, an operating-lever connected by a rod or bar with the said grip-lever, and its lower extremity pivotally connected to the Walls of said chamber, a spring bearing on said lever, a breech-block pivotally connected with the upper extremity of said operating-lever, a cartridge-carrier, and4 a cartridge-carrier-lifting lever, all substantially as shown.

4:. In a firearm the combination of a griplever pivotally suspended between the walls the stock or handle, an operating-lever composed of two parts hi-nged together and connected by a bar or rod with said grip-lever,

its lower extremity pivotally connected with.

said walls and held in position b y a spring, a breech-block pivotally connected with the upper extremity of said operating-lever, a cartridge-carrier, a cartridge-carrier-lifting lever, and a hammer, all actuated and operated by the retraction of said grip-lever and by said spring.

5. In a firearm, the combination of a griplever and an operating-lever connected by a bar or rod each pivotally connectedwith the opposite walls of the chamber of thevstock or handle, a spring resisting the lretraction of said levers and lrestoring them to their nor- IOO 4of the chamber formed of opposite sides of IVCS IIO

mal position, and a breech-block pivotally,

connected with said operating-lever, said breech-block being provided with projecting pins engaging in grooves in the opposite walls of said chamber, whereby by means of the retraction of said grip-lever and said spring said breech-block may be withdrawn from and returned to its position as breech to the barrel of the irearmj as desired.

6. In a rearm the combination of a griplever and an operating-lever connected by a bar or rod, each pivotally connected with theopposite walls of a chamber in the stock or handle, a spring resisting the retraction of said levers and restoring them to their normal position, a cartridge-carrier-lifting lever,

a breech-block pivotally connected with said operating-lever, and a cartridge-carrier operated by said cartridge-carrier-lifting lever.

7. In a firearm, the combination of a breechblock provided with projecting pins on its opposite sides, near both forward and rear ends, the former pins engaging in horizontal grooves and the latter in vertical and inclined grooves in the opposite walls of the chamber of the stock or handle of said firearm,blocks or plates located and sliding in said horizontal grooves provided with spring-catches whereby the said breech-block is moved backward or forward in said groove, Whose depth diminishes and increases at proper distances, the rim or ange of the cartridge is seized by said springcatches, and the shell or cartridge is extracted, and an operating-lever connected with said breech-block and by the means of which the same is operated. l

8. In a firearm, the combination of a rotating cartridge-magazine provided with two or more chambers, a cartridge-carrying device capable of upward and downward movement between the opening of one of the chambers of the magazine and the bore of the barrel, said cartridge-carrying device being operated by an operating-lever mechanism making engagement between the rotating magazine and the cartridge-carrying device, after the last cartridge in the chamber of the magazine has been expelled, whereby the upward movement of the cartridge-carrying device rotates the magazine to the desired position when another chamber is presented for the ejection and use of the cartridges.

9. In a firearm a rotating magazine having cartridge tubes or chambers, each tube or chamber having a longitudinal groove; a plungerprovided with a stock and spring, movable in said tube or chamber, each plunger provided with a pin moving in said groove and capable whensaid tube or chamber is empty of projecting through a slot in the end wall or partition of the chamber of the stock or uhandle, in combination with a cartridge-carrying device provided with a Vertical plate containing a diagonal or inclined slot, engaging the projecting pin of said plunger, whereby the upward movement of said cartridgecarrying device rotates said magazine and brings the next loaded chamber opposite the point of ejection.

lO. In a firearm a cartridge-carrier having a vertical and a horizontal plate or face, the horizontal plate being provided on each side with dependent arms or wings and having two longitudinal slots, the vertical plate adjusted to move in vertical grooves in the opposite walls of the chamber of the stock or handle, and having a diagonal or inclined slot, in combination with two shells hinged to the central line of the horizontal plate, a pair of sliding bars passing beneath said shells and made integral with a vertical plate, said bars being pivotally connected with rods that passing through the slots in said horizontal plate are pivotally connected with the respective arms or wings thereof, whereby the cartridge ejected from the magazine may be retained or freed in the receipt and delivery thereof by said cartridge-carrier.

1l. In a firearm, a breech mechanism, a grip-lever forming a hand-grasp substantially as described, pivotally supported in the stock or grip of the weapon and conforming to the contour of said parts and operatively connected to the breech mechanism and means to return the grip-lever to normal position.

l2. A grip-lever, movably retained and controlled by the walls of a chamber formed in the stock or handle of a iirearm, an operating-lever connected to the said grip-lever, a reciprocating breech-block connected to the said levers, and a spring resisting the movement of said levers, and restoring them to their normal position, the reciprocating of the grip-lever giving a reciprocating movement to the breech-block.

13. In a breech-loading lirearm, the combination of a hand grip-lever pivotally mounted in the stock-chamber, an operating-lever connected to the grip-lever and operated thereby, a spring resisting the movement of said levers and restoring them to their normal position, a reciprocating breech-block pivotally connected to the operating-lever, a spring-actuated hammer engaged by said breech-block, and a spring-actuated trigger engaging the heel of the hammer, the grip-lever operating 'to actuate the operating-lever and breechblock and cock the hammer and the trigger operating to release the hammer.

14. A grip-lever connected to an operatinglever, a spring resisting the movement of said lever and restoring them to their normal position, the said lever connected to a reciprocatin g breech-block, which breech-block engages with the short arm of a carrier-lever, the long arm of which lever engages with a vertically-reciprocating carrier, a carrier provided on its anterior face with a diagonal groove which engages with a rotating cartridge-magazine, the upward movements of the carrier rotating the magazine, the griplever causing a reciprocating movement of the breech-block, a vertically-reciprocating movement of the carrier and a rotating movement of the magazine.

l5. A grip-lever provided with a projection or connection for engagement with the operating mechanism of a breech-loading firearm, an operating-lever which is connected to the said grip-lever and is hinged to a reciprocating breech-block, a spring resisting the movement of said levers, and restoring them to their normal position, the said breech-block engaging with a spring-actuated hammer which engages with a trigger in the usual manner, the said breech-block also engaging with the short arm of a carrier-lever, the long arm of which engages with a vertically-reciprocating carrier, a vertically-reciprocatin g carrier provided on its anterior face with a IOO IIO

diagonal groove, which engages with the rotating cartridge-magazine, the upward movement of the carrier rotating the magazine, the grip-lever giving a reciprocating -movement to the breech-block, a vertically-reciprocating movement to the carrier, a rotating movement to the magazine, and a rearward movement to the hammer, the said grip-lever and trigger actuating and discharging the firearm.

16. In a firearm, provided with a stock or handle having a chamber therein, the walls of the stock-chamber having cam-grooves 25, which grooves 25 are of varying depth, a griplever provided with a connection for engagement with the operating mechanism of a breech-loading firearm, an operating-lever connected to the said grip-lever, a spring resisting the movement of said levers, and restoring them to their normal position, a reciprocating breech-block connected with the said levers, the breech-piece provided with pins or bearings d" arranged to engage with spring-extractors, spring-extractors arranged to slide back and forth in the cam-grooves 25, the extractors engaging with the pins d" and the outer side of the eXtractors constructed to bear against the bottom of the grooves, the cam action of the grooves causing the extractors to grasp the cartridge as moved forward and to release the shell when fully extracted.

17. A verticallyreciprocating cartridgecarrier havin g attached to its upper face a cartridge receiver or cradle, the semicylindrical walls of the receiver being fastened to the upper surface of the carrier in the central longitudinal line thereof, the forward ends of these shells being even with the front face of the carrier and constructed to receive the cartridges as they pass out of the magazine into the stock-chamber.

18. In a firearm the barrel, the stock or handle provided with a chamber therein, a griplever, an operating-lever movably retained and controlled in its movements by the walls of said chamber, and bars or rods E connecting said grip-lever and operating-lever, in combination with the firing mechanism of said firearm, as set forth.

19. In a firearm, the combination with the grip-lever and the operating-lever suitably connected together, of a reciprocating breechblock and shell-extractor attached thereto, said operating-lever actuating said breechblock and said shell-extractor, substantially as set forth.

20. In a firearm the combination with the stock andv barrel thereof, and a reciprocating breech-block attached to the operating-lever, of a grip-lever C, an operating-lever D, bar E connecting the same, and spring S, as set forth.

21. In a breech-loading` magazine-firearm, the combination of firing mechanism, a reciprocable breech-block kcarrying shell-extracting means, a vertically-reciprocating lcartridge-carrier arranged between the magazine and barrel, and a spring-controlled hand griplever pivotally'and yieldingly supported between the walls of the stock-chamber and connected with the breech-block and cartridgecarrier and operative by the compression of the hand to'actuate the firing mechanism and thereafter extract the spentshell and bring a fresh cartridge into position at the barrel, substantially as described.

22. In a breech-loading rearm, the combination with the.vertically-reciprocating cartridge-carrier and means for actuating it by operating the weapon, of a diagonal groove in the outer wall of the cartridge-carrier and a multichambered rotary magazine, the chambers containing springs against which the cartridges are inserted and having projections on the cartridge-followers thereof to enter the said `diagonal grooveas the chambers become depleted of cartridges, whereby the reciprocating movement of the cartridge-carrier rotates the magazine, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2,3. In a breech-loading magazine-firearm, a reciprocating breech-block, a reciprocating cartridge-carrier, means for reciprocating the carrier and breech-block, releasable support for the carrier when elevated, comprising a spring-catch having a latch-shaped support in the path of the carrier and a second latchshaped support in the path of the breechblock.

24. In a breech-loading magazine-firearm, the combination with the reciprocating breech-block, of a vertically-reciprocating spring-actuated cartridge carrying device and a carrier-lever connecting the breechblock and carrier.

25. Inabreech-loading firearm, a grip-lever forming a hand-grasp, a reciprocating breechbolt connected to the grip-lever, a vertically` I IO reciprocating cartridge-carrier, and a carrierlever engaging the carrier and engaged by the breech-bolt.

SAMUEL N. MCCLEAN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. STAPLE'roN, J. L. GERRY.