Report of the Board of officers appointed in pursuance of the act of Congress approved June 6, 1872, for the purpose of selecting a breech-system for the muskets and carbines of the military service, together with their report upon the subject of trowel-bayonets; . SMALL-ARMS HAVING A FIXED CHAMBER CLOSED BYA MOVABLE BREECH-BLOCK WHICH SLIDES AT 90° TO THE BARRELAND— 1.—VERTICALLY. Sharps. 276 SHARPS, No. 5. Five motions, viz: Cocked; opened; loaded; closed ; fired. Opened.—By depressing the lever it draws down the breech-blockfrom its position in rear|of the barrel; the firing-pin as it moves
Report of the Board of officers appointed in pursuance of the act of Congress approved June 6, 1872, for the purpose of selecting a breech-system for the muskets and carbines of the military service, together with their report upon the subject of trowel-bayonets; . SMALL-ARMS HAVING A FIXED CHAMBER CLOSED BYA MOVABLE BREECH-BLOCK WHICH SLIDES AT 90° TO THE BARRELAND— 1.—VERTICALLY. Sharps. 276 SHARPS, No. 5. Five motions, viz: Cocked; opened; loaded; closed ; fired. Opened.—By depressing the lever it draws down the breech-blockfrom its position in rear|of the barrel; the firing-pin as it moves, beingretracted by a shoulder on its side passing through an inclined groovein the frame. Closed.—By reversing the above. Locked.—By the position of the breech-block, which is held in placeby the lever under the action of the lever-spring. Fired.—By a back-action side-lock of the usual pattern. Extraction.—By a bent lever pivoted below the chamber and struckby the downward movement of the breech-block in opening. Ejection.—By accelerating the above by the action of the lever-spring,transmitted through the cam-like head of the lever to the block, and byit to the extractor. NOTE.—This is the arm issued for experimental trial in the fii&wuy**1^
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