USRE8053E - Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms - Google Patents

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W. H. BAKER. Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.

No. 8,053. f Reissued Jan. 22,1878

UNIrnn S-T 'I'ns PATENT OFFICE g WILLIAM H. BAKER, orsrnnousn, NEW YORK.

IMFROVEMENT m BREEOH-LOADING FlRE-eARMS Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,293, dated August 31, 1875; Reissue No. spas, dated January 22, 1878; application filed December 21, 1877.

Q'l'o allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BAUER, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New" York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breech-Loadiug. Fire-Arms; and I do herebydeclarethat the following is a-fnll, clear, and exact 'description thereof, that will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to breech-loading firearms, and particularly to an arm having two shot-barrels arranged side by side and a riflebarrel beneath and between the two, as shown; and my invention consistsv in the lock-fast and its connections and the lock for firing the rifle or lower barrel, as will more particularly appear hereinafter. k

By my arrangement the joint is readily made for a drop-down gun, the extractor is readily adapted to its position ,andto be operated, and the three locks are easily. adjusted in'the space behind the recoil-shield or abutment. I

Referring to the drawings, a a represent the shot-barrels, and b the rifle-barrel secured under and between the two shot-barrels. The

lump for coupling the barrels with the break 011' is secured to the rifle-barrel, and by a slight deepening of the frame or break-oil the rifle-barrel is inclosed, and the gun has all the symmetry of an ordinary double gun 'carrye ing a ramrod.

The tilting of the barrels is in the usual mamier of a double drop-down gun.

The cartridge-extractor O is made with a plate extending to the cartridge-chambers of all of the barrels; and, instead of a central stem it has two stems, yfwhich straddle the ri'fle barrel, and are operated upon to'move the extractorby projections or lumps a: a: on the frame near the joint.

The lock-fast, which is adapted to any kind of break-down gun, consists of a snap-catch or bolt, d, operated to project into the notch in the rear lump on the barrels by a spring, a. This bolt is withdrawn to unlock the barrels by the trigger It, whichhasanotch or slot, with which a connecting-link, g, is coupled. By

pushing forward upon the lower end of this I trigger the front upper corner is drawn backwhich pose of ward link, 'draws the bolt a backward and frees the barrels, so that they may be tilted. Should the spring fail to act, the trigger, upon being pulled to fire the arm, will be forced forward into position.

1 It will be seen tripped bolt has been forced forward to lock the barthat the sear cannot be rels'in position to be fired.

The lock which I have specially devised for my arrangement of barrels, and for the purfiring the rifle-barrel, consists, as shown, of a hammer, 5, having a notched backwardly-projecting head, with an exten- "sion part, II, outside of the frame and in front of the trigger-guard. The sear in this case is pivoted at 2, and extends back over the top of the rear trigger j, as well as It, so that the hammer will be released by either trigger. The triggers operate the ordinary locks for the upper barrel as well as that for the riflebarrel.

The extension 'n of the hammer l is for cockin g purposes,and, in order to retain the usual space for the ordinary side looks, I make the {riggenguard o the mainspring for my central ock.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new- I 1. In combination with for operating one of the hammers, a lockingdevice for holding the barrels in position, substantially as shown.

2. The trigger It, havinga slot in its upper part, in combination with the connecting-rod g, bolt d, and barrels, as set forth.

3. The combination of the third hammer l with the sear, extending to both triggers, so as to be operated by either one, substantially as described.

g 4. The combination of the concealed hammer l, pivoted to the base-plate, and having an external projection for cocking the same, with the guard 0, acting as a spring for this ham- Witnesses: I Gnonen J GARDNER, Puma BURNS.

which movement, acting through the;

to fire anyof the barrels before the one of the triggers foregoin I y

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