REPEATING RIFLE

CARABINE A REPETITION

Claims

Claim lst The combination, with the barrel of a repeating rifle, of a recoil-block located between the end of the barrel and the case containing the action of the repeater, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 2nd A cartridge-magazine made parallel with, and forming an integral part of, a rifle-barrel, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 3rd The combination, with the magazine of a repeating rifle, of an adjustable cut-off arranged to lock cartridges in the magazine, to enable the rifle to be used as an ordinary single shot breech-loader, substantially as specified. 4th A cartridge-magazine made parallel with and forming an integral part of a rifle-barrel, in combination with a bayonet having a shank formed to fit. onto the magazine, and a clip arranged to connect the neck of 'the bayonet with the barrel of the rifle, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 5th An adjustable recoil-block fitted into the case immediately behind the inner end of the barrel of the rifle, in combination with a firing-needle inserted into the recoil-block, and a plunger arranged to convey the blow of the hammer to the cap of the cartridge, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 6th A sliding-bolt arranged to close the opening in the body or case of the rifle through which the empty cartridge is discharged, in combinaton with an extractor fitted into the sliding-bolt, and having a hooked end to project behind the head of the cartridge when the sliding-bolt is closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 7th A sliding-bolt arranged to close the opening in the body or case of the rifle through which the empty cartridge is discharged, in combination with a trigger-guard lever pivoted in the body of the rifle, and having an end projecting into the said body, so as to engage with the sliding-bolt for the purpose of operating the same. 8th A pivotted trigger-guard lever, having an end arranged to engage with the sliding-bolt having a slanting bottom side to engage with and throw back the hammer, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 9th The pivoted trigger-guard lever K having a lug 0 formed on it, in combination with a pivoted lever N, and recoil-block D, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 10th The pivoted carrier R having a tail Q formed on it, in combination with the pivoted trigger-guard lever K, arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified. 11th The pivoted carrier R, designed to be adjusted so as to convey a single cartridge from the mouth of the magazine to the mouth of the rifle-barrel, in combination with the pivoted cartridge-stop S, designed to close the mouth of the magazine when the carrier is opposite to the rifle-barrel, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 12th A cartridge-stop S pivoted on the carrier R, and shaped so as to prevent the cartridges escaping from the magazine while the carrier is con¬veying a cartridge to the rifle-barrel, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 13th A rifle body or case having an opening protected by a suitable pivoted cover, and leading from the bottom of the body to the mouth of the cartridge magazine, substantially as and for the purpose specified.