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FIXED MAGAZINE FOR BRBEGH LOADING BOLT GUNS.
No. 490,029. Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

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 " ATENT Enron.

PAUL MAUSER, OF OBERNDORF, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE WAFFEN

FABRIK MAUSER, OF SAME PLACE.

FIXED MAGAZINE FOR BREECH-LOADING BOLT-GUNS.

SPECIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,029, dated January 17, 1893.
Application filed .l'uly 20, 1892. Serial No. 440,589. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: and with its bottom shown open;- Fig. 7 is a
Be it known that I, PAUL MAUSER, a subject rear elevation of this magazine, partly in Ver
of the King of Viirtemberg and Emperor of tical section,'and Fig. S is a fragmentary plan
Germany, residing at Oberndorf am Neckar, view of the magazine. 55
Kingdom of Viirtemberg, German Empire, Referring to thedrawings let m indicate the
have invented certain new and useful Im magazine of a gun, a the trigger guard, a the
provements in Fixed Magazines for -Breech breech-case, A the barrel, B the bolt, C the
Loading Bolt-Guns, of which the following is stock, and D the trigger.
a specification. As shown, the general features of the breech
IO This invention relates to breech-loading case a, bolt B, and trigger D are of well known
bolt~guns on which is mounted a cartridge construction and operation. The bolt shown
magazine under the cartridge - rest of the has the usual oscillatory and longitudinal
breech-case, and its object is to simplify the movement over the magazine for receiving
construction of the magazine, to make it more cartridges therefrom and placing them in the 65
stable and compact, and to thereby increase barrel A.
the durability of the gun itself. I will now describe the preferred adaptation
To this end according to my invention I of my invention, referring to all the drawings,
provide certain structural features of im in which like letters indicate like parts.
provement which will be hereinafter fully set The main feature of the invention consists 70
forth. in the employment under the cartridge-rest of
The present invention is applicable to va a magazine m, which is permanently fixed to
rious styles of breech-loading guns having` the gun and is made in one piece with the
movable bolts, but I will illustrate and de trigger-guard z, and is adapted to be filled
scribe it as applied to that particular type of with cartridges through its top opening. The 75
25 gun known as the Mauser magazine gun. trigger-guard z, and therefore as said the
In the accompanying drawings, which illus magazine m, is permanently iixed to the
trate my invention in its preferred form as breech-case a by two screws, one lettered f5 at
applied to a Mauser magazine gun, Figure 1 the forward end, and one, f4, at the rearward
is a fragmentary vertical axial section of the end of the trigger-guard z. The magazine m
30 breech-case, magazine and trigger guard of a is milled out of the solid material of the trig
gun provided with my improvement, the bolt ger-guard to correspond to the size of the car
being shown in elevation and in the firing po tridges used; in the construction shown in
sition; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the maga Figs. l to t for cartridges with projecting rim
zine detached, its bottom being represented at base, and in that shown in Figs. 5 to 8 for 85
35 as open; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of those with an annular groove at base. The
the magazine, cut on the line 3-3 in Fig. l forward and rearward top portions of the maga
and looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. zine m fits snugly into the opening in the un
4 is a fragmentary plan view of the magazine. der side of the breech-case a, while its elastic
Figs. l to 4 just described illustrate a gun side cheeks, which will be hereinafter par 90
adapted for cartridges having a projecting ticularly described, have some play in this
opening to permit yielding when the cartridges
flange at bottom. For a gun intended for car
tridges with an annular groove at bottom in are fed into the magazine. The side walls m
stead of a projecting flange or rim, the gen of the magazine are made as thin as consist
eral features of construction remain un ent with the proper strength. Between these 95
45 changed, but some particular points must be walls the cartridge lifter E Works. This con
altered. These alterations are represented in sists of two levers joined together, a spring
Figs. 5 to 8, in which:-Fig. 5 is a fragmen between them, and a spring e pressing upon
tary vertical axial section corresponding to the short arm of vthe main lever d for lift
Fig. l, of a gun adapted for use with cartridges ing it. The magazine is closed at bottom IOO
50 having an annular groove at bottom; Fig. 6 by a lid f, which may be removed for pur
is aside View of the maga-zine thereof, removed poses of cleaning or repairing, and which
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bears in a housing n the pin f2 around which in any other suitable manner. In general the
the lever d swings, and also the spiral spring spring cheeks should allow the cartridges to
e, acting in the construction shown in Figs. l be pushed or pressed from above into the 70
to 4t with its lower end upon the short arm of magazine, either singly or from a cartridge
the lever d and with its upper end against holder of any well known construction, such
the lower oblique face of a latch g, guided by for example as that illustrated in my United
suitable ways in the housing n. The head of States Letters Patent No. 402,605, dated May
the latch catches into an indentation g', milled 7, 1889, in which cartridge holders a U -shaped 75
out of the forward end of the trigger-guard, metallic holder open at ends engages a plu
i when the lid f is in the closed position. The rality of cartridges at their bases and is
rear end of the lid has a catch or projection adapted to be placed over the cartridge-rest
which engages in a recess f in the trigger and to discharge the cartridges into the maga
guard. To secure the lid absolutely in its zine when suflicient pressure is exerted on the
closed position the fulcrum pin f2 projects ex upper-most cartridge to force those in the
ternally at both sides of the housing n slightly, holder therefrom and into the magazine. The
say about one millimeter, and rests with these cartridges are then retained in place by the
projections in recesses f3, see Fig. 2, milled lips m3 unt-il the uppermost one is engaged
parallel to the lower edge of the magazine in by the advancing edge of the bolt and shoved
the inner side walls thereof. A vertical cross Jfrom the magazine into the barrel of the gun.
groove, extending t'rom thelower edge of the The forward and rearward top portions of the
magazine to these recesses f3, permits the ends magazine are provided with recesses to per
of the pin f2 to enter the grooves j"3 and also mit a free outward motion ot' the spring checks
to leave them when the lid is opened. m2, as required vin operation, but are con 90
Vhen the lid is to be put on and locked,it structed to prevent too great an outward
is brought into the position shown in Fig. 2, strain of the cheeks.
with its tail projection in the indentation f. I will now describe the adaptation of my
Its front end is then raised until the pin f2 invention to guns designed for use with car
passes through the cross-grooves to the re tridges having an annular groove at base, 1e~ 95
cesses f3, when a push upon the housing n ferring to Figs. 5 to 8. For such, the locking
partly from below and partly from in front device for the lid must be somewhat altered,
will shift the lid and the pin f2 rearwardly, as otherwise it would be difficult to unlock
whereupon the pin ends will move back along the lid because of the difference between the
the indentations to the rear ot' the cross construction of thecartridge having the groove [OO
grooves, and this push will also cause the at base and that having the projecting rim at
latch g to catch into the indentation g', where base. In the construction shown in these Iig
upon the lid will be securely locked in the ures, the spring e works with its upper end
closed position. against the oblique face of the hook-shaped
For opening the lid, a cartridge, asp, Fig. l, latch g, which in this instance is ulcrumed 105
will be placed with its projecting rim between on and swings around a cross pin carried in
v a hook shaped nose g2 on the latch g and a the housing n near the lower portion of the
groove or recess g3 milled in the front lower latch g. The latter catches in a milled in
side of the trigger-guard, as shown in Fig. 1, dentation g in the forward portion of the
whereupon, as the cartridge is raised at its trigger-guard, and thereby locks the lid f in IIO
front end in the direction indicated by the the closed position. To open the lid the pro
curved arrow, its base will serve as a lever to jectile end of a cartridge, as that lettered p
force the latch g at rst downward as indi in Fig. 5, is inserted into a shallow indenta
cated by the straight arrow, and then for tion g2 in the front face of the latch g and
ward after it is free from its indentation g', pushed in the direction of the oblique arrow 115
so that the pin f2 moves through the inden in Fig. 5 until the latch is free from its in
tations f3 to the cross-grooves, through which dentation g. A further downward push in
the pin passes until it is free as the lid is the direction of the straight arrow in this
swung around outwardly into the position figure brings the parts in the position shown
shown in Fig. 2. The lid may now be en in Fig. 6. In this construction the pin f2 for 120
tirely detached from the magazine, carrying the raiser E does not protrude beyond the
the lifter and catch with it: sides of the housing n but is flush with these
The upper portion of the side walls m is sides, so that it and they fit closely between
cut away and replaced by cheeks m2 or elastic the smooth sides m of the magazine m, as
steel sheets, which are riveted to the walls, the lid f is secured suflciently by the joint at 125
and the upper edges of which are bent in f and the latch g catching in the recess at
ward forming lips m3. These lips m3 may be g. The spring cheeks m2 may be the same
variously shaped according to the shape of as those shown in Figs. l to 4, or they may
the cartridges to be used in the magazine and be constructed as those shown in Figs. 5 to 8,
the best disposition to retain them in the wherein they are much smaller and not riv 130
magazine and release them therefrom as they eted to the side Walls m', but are pushed in
are to be shoved into the barrel. In Fig. 4 at their front end m4 into recesses in the front
the middle portion of the lips m3 projects the walls of the magazine, while at their rear
most, but the lips may be parallel or shaped ends, they are guided by recesses in the rear
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walls of the magazine. The spring cheeks ing bolt guns, the magazine m constructed 4o
m2 have lips m3, as already described, are fur with a recess at back, and witha locking
nished in a suitable place with inwardly pro recess g at front, and a cartridge recess g3
jecting ribs m5, parallel to their lower edges, in advance thereof, in combination with a
which serve as guides for the base portions of movable bottom lid f having a projection at
the cartridges for preventing them from ris back engaging said recess at back of said 45
ing with their projectiles too much when magazine, and a catch g carried by said lid at
pushed forward to enter the barrel. front constructed to engage said recess g and
It will be understood that I do not limit thereby to lock said lid in position, and hav
IO myself to the particular construction and ar ing al cartridge recess g2 adjacent to said re
rangement of the various details hereinbe cess g3 in said magazine, and constructed 5o
fore set forth, as my invention can be availed when a cartridge is interposed between said
of in such modified forms as experience, or cartridge recess g2 and said recess g3 of the
the judgment of those skilled in the art may magazine to be thereby unlocked.
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dictate, without departing from its essential
. 4. In a cartridge magazine, the magazine
features, and any well known mechanical m, in combination with a movable lid f hav 55
equivalent of the specific details set forth can ing forward end fn, the cartridge lifter E car
be employed. ried by said lid, the catch g carried by said
VhatI claim is, the following defined novel lid and engaging the magazine for locking
features and combinations, substantially as the lid in position, and the spring 'e carried
hereinbefore set forth, namely: by the forward end of said lid and acting
1. In a cartridge magazine m, the cartridge against said catch.
raiser E, the bottom plate f, a latch for lock 5. In a cartridge magazine, the magazine
ing said plate in position, and a spring e, aot fm, constructed with grooves f3 on its oppo
25 ing against said cartridge-lifter to operate it site inner walls, in combination with the mov
and against said latch to operate it. able bottom consisting of a lid f having pro 65
2. In a cartridge magazine for breech load jection f at rear for locking it to the magazine,
ing bolt guns the magazine 'm having for constructed with pins f2 at front for engage
wardly sliding bottom consisting of a lid f ment with said grooves f3 of the magazine,
30 carrying a projection f for locking it to the and a catch g for locking said lid to said
magazine at its rear end, in combination with magazine. 70
a spring catch g carried at the forward end In witness whereof I have hereunto signed
of said lid and constructed to lock it to said my name in the presence of two subscribing
magazine, said catch constructed with a re witnesses.
35 cess g2 adapted to receive the end of a car PAUL MAUSER.
tridge, and constructed when a cartridge is
pressed in said recess to free itself and per Vitnesses:
mit the forward movement of said lid. THEoDoR SCHMID,
8. In a cartridge magazine for breech load EUGEN SCHMGER.