The gunsmith's manual : $b A complete handbook for the American gunsmith, being a practical guide to all branches of the tradeStelle, J. Parish (James Parish)
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The gunsmith's manual : $b A complete handbook for the American gunsmith, being a practical guide to all branches of the trade
Stelle, J. Parish (James Parish)
Gunsmithing
_The Burgess Repeating Rifle.—(Made by Whitney Arms Co., New Haven,
Conn.)_—1, receiver; 2, bottom tang; 3, lever; 4, breech-block; 5, top
lever; 6, ejector; 7, carrier-block; 8, bottom plate; 9, bottom plate
snap; 10, hammer; 11 mainspring; 12, hammer-screw; 13, side loading
spring cover as seen from the back; 14, trigger.
_To Take Apart._—1st, take out the bottom plate screw, and remove the
plate; 2d, take out the top cover screws and slide the cover back against
the hammer, having depressed the lever sufficiently to let it pass by,
then pull back the hammer as far as possible and take the cover out; 3d,
take out the carrier screws, there being one on each side of the upper
rear portion of the receiver, and the stop screw on the upper front left
hand side of the receiver, then the lever, breech-block, extractor and
earner can be taken out through the top.
_To Disengage the Lever from the Breech Block._—Take out, 1st, the firing
pin screw; 2d, the firing pin; 3d, the ejector from the side of the
breech-block; 4th, the large pin from either side. In assembling, replace
the pin in exactly the same position it was when taken out.
_To Assemble._—1st, place the lever, breech-block, extractor and carrier
in their proper position, relatively to one another, as they were when
taken out, with the projection on the breech-block inside, and under the
front part of the carrier. 2d. Replace the above parts taken together in
the receiver, passing the handle of the lever first through the top, put
in the carrier side screws and the stop screw. 3d. cock the hammer, slide
the top cover into place, the breech being left half way open, then put
in the screw; 4th, close the breach and screw the bottom plate to place.
_Burnside’s Breech Loading Rifle._—To clean the gun, unlatch the guard
and drop the chamber; press down the small spring bolt at the guard joint
with the finger nail, while the lever of the joint-bolt is turned out of
place and taken from the joint. To detach the movable breech-pin from the
chamber, press it back with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand;
hold the bolt in this position with the thumb nail of the right hand
inserted in the notch of the bolt, while with the fore finger of the same
hand, the breech-pin is pushed into the chamber, and the head or button
of the spring-bolt is turned from its place, when the breech-pin may be
removed. Every part of the arm, except the lock is now exposed to view.
Put together in reverse order of taking apart.
_The Evans Magazine Rifle.—(Made by the Evans Magazine Rifle Co.,
Mechanics Falls, Me.; Merwin, Hulbert & Co., agents, New York City.)_—To
load the magazine, introduce the cartridge through the opening in the
butt plate. Each complete movement of the lever forward carries the
cartridge to its chamber. Repeat the motion till the magazine is full.
To use as a single loader, drop the lever to right angle with the barrel
and insert the cartridge directly in the chamber.
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