. The breech-loader and how to use it . ound steel wedge-bolt, w^hich will secure the breech-action body andbarrels together in the most effective manner it ispossible to devise. This form of breech-action,properly made, has strength so much in excess ofany barrels that it may be made with safety muchlighter than any other, and protects the shooter in amanner no other mechanism can. The well-known expert, One who has Firedsome 20,000 Shots at Marks, wrote to The Fieldthat in my opinion Mr. W. W. Greeners treble-wedge-fast cross-bolt action is by very far thestrongest, the most durable, and con
. The breech-loader and how to use it . ound steel wedge-bolt, w^hich will secure the breech-action body andbarrels together in the most effective manner it ispossible to devise. This form of breech-action,properly made, has strength so much in excess ofany barrels that it may be made with safety muchlighter than any other, and protects the shooter in amanner no other mechanism can. The well-known expert, One who has Firedsome 20,000 Shots at Marks, wrote to The Fieldthat in my opinion Mr. W. W. Greeners treble-wedge-fast cross-bolt action is by very far thestrongest, the most durable, and consequently thebest action that has ever been produced ; and asthis opinion w^as endorsed by the late Mr. J. ( Stonehenge ), and every expert of stand-ing, it may be accepted as the consensus of prac-tical opinion. The lock mechanism, in so far as guns withhammers are concerned, revolves itself practicallyinto a question of taste. The bar, or front-actionlock (page 23), is the one generally preferred, as it And How to Use It. 23. K oP 24 The Breech-Loader, does not weaken the stock to the extent the back-action lock (page 25) and the back work-bar lockdo, and it is by many considered the most elegantform of gun. The front - action lock may weaken theaction to a dangerous extent if the gun is im-properly made, but, as already stated, a properlymade cross-bolt action is the strongest part of anygun, and with this form of mechanism bar-locksmay be used advantageously. In the hammerless guns the firing mechanism,instead of being arranged outside the gun, consistsof fewer pieces, all contained within the breech-action body. The hammerless systems are legion ;they date in the present breech-loading central-fireform from i860 ; but Mr. Murcott^s gun, patented in1871, was the first to become popular. The lockswere cocked by the lever used to actuate the hold-ing-down bolts of the breech mechanism, and fouryears after its introduction its successor, the barrel-cocker, was patente
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