Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . picce, and pull thetrigger. Draw back the bolt by the knob of thecooking-piece : and the cartridge will be pushed for-ward, and remain in the receiver. Remove the cart-ridge, and proceed as before. 3. the handle ;place the wrist of the right hand against the handleof the lock-tube, the thumb being extended across NOMEMCL.\TURE. 1. Receiver. 2. Guard-plate. 3. Guard-plate Screw (rear). 4. Guard-plate Screw (froDl). 5. Side-screws (2).0. Firing-pin. 10. Firing-pin Screw. 11.
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . picce, and pull thetrigger. Draw back the bolt by the knob of thecooking-piece : and the cartridge will be pushed for-ward, and remain in the receiver. Remove the cart-ridge, and proceed as before. 3. the handle ;place the wrist of the right hand against the handleof the lock-tube, the thumb being extended across NOMEMCL.\TURE. 1. Receiver. 2. Guard-plate. 3. Guard-plate Screw (rear). 4. Guard-plate Screw (froDl). 5. Side-screws (2).0. Firing-pin. 10. Firing-pin Screw. 11. Extractor. 12. Bolt-lock. 14. Bolt-lock Spring. 15. Bolt-l>ck Spring Screw. 16. Magazine Cut-off. 17. Magazine Cut-off Spring. 18. JIagazine Cut-off Spring Screw. 19. Magazine Tube. 20. Magazine Spring. 21. jSlagazine Nut. 22. Cartridge Follower.•ii. Cartridge-stop. 24. Cartridge-stop Cartridge-stop Roller. 25. Cartridge-stop Stop-pin. 27. Trigger. 28. Trigger-screw. 29. Upper Tang-screw. 30. Butt-plate. 31. Butt-plate Screws (2).. ; It Willpiv,.t. the bolt in front (if the liaiidle, and the fore-tingerresting upon the barrel. Draw back the bolt (kcep-inL the hand in the same position) by pressing theback of tile tliiinib near the wrist against the frontof the handle: remove the cartridge with the lluimband lingers, whicli are thus at liberty to receive forward the bolt (do not turnit down), and ! and turning pull the trigger. Withdraw the bolt with the backof the thumb as before, and stop the cartridge com-ing from the magazine with the fore or the cartridge, and proceed as before untilthe magazine is exhausted. Tlie magazine cut-off is found on the right of thepiece, just in the rear of the bolt-handle. It servesto lock the magazine so that the arm may be used asa single loader while the contents of the magazineare held in reserve. When the thimib-piece is pushedforward, however, the arrangement of the meclianismis
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