Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . gh it may be said to benow obsolete (having been superseded bj the Mauser,a bolt gun on much the same principle, but \ising ametallic cartridge-case), was first in the field. Asregards its breech-apparatus and needle-lock, it con-sists of three concentric hollow cylinders, with asolid cylindrical bolt inside the last (Figs. 1 and 3). solid block of metal, on which impinges the firstforce of the explosion. Projecting from this blockto the base of the cartridge is a strong tige, or pillar,around which a suitable space containi
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . gh it may be said to benow obsolete (having been superseded bj the Mauser,a bolt gun on much the same principle, but \ising ametallic cartridge-case), was first in the field. Asregards its breech-apparatus and needle-lock, it con-sists of three concentric hollow cylinders, with asolid cylindrical bolt inside the last (Figs. 1 and 3). solid block of metal, on which impinges the firstforce of the explosion. Projecting from this blockto the base of the cartridge is a strong tige, or pillar,around which a suitable space containing air is this same pillar is the channel for theneedle to work. Fitting within the rear-end of thebreech-piece is a smaller cylinder, h. constituting thelock of the gun. It slides within the breerh-piece,and is retained from falling out backwards by thespring, /, which catches in a notch, d. Along thebottom of this cylinder is a groove to admit the pas-sage of the trigger, k, and at the back is a short, up-right handle, by means of which the weapon is. Fig. 2. The rear-end of the barrel is firmly screwed into thehead of the chamber, a. which is fixed to the stockof the iiiecc, and is open at the rear-end. Tlie up-|)er half of tiie cylinder is cut away at the front endfor rather luore than the length of the cartridge ; thisconstitutes the opening in whicli the musketeer in-serts the cartridge. From the rear of this openingto the back, a groove is cut, sultii-iently wide to al-low the square pillar of the breech-handle, c, to passalong it. In the middle of this groove is aright-angled shunt, iiffcriug a stop to the lireeeli-iianiUcwhen drawn backwards, unless it he likewise lurneildownwards wlien it may be passed eompl<tcly outat the rear end. Next within the chamber is theIireech-piece, which, to ailniit the cartridge, is drawnback for a sutlicienl distance by the breecli-handk cocked. Lastly, within the lock is a bolt, I, pressedforward by a spiral spring, and
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