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; . Spring, 19 Rear Sight Leaf, 20 Rear Sight Joint Screw, 21 Rear Sight Leaf Slide, 22 Rear Sight Leaf Screw,15 Ramrod Stop, 32 Guard Bow Swivel, 33 Guard Bow Swivel Scr. SPRINGFIELD-STILLMAN, No. 66. 291 SPR1NGFIEL1),]KAN, No. 66. Opened, closed, and locked, extraction and ejection, same as No. 48,Springfield, model 1870. Fired
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; . Spring, 19 Rear Sight Leaf, 20 Rear Sight Joint Screw, 21 Rear Sight Leaf Slide, 22 Rear Sight Leaf Screw,15 Ramrod Stop, 32 Guard Bow Swivel, 33 Guard Bow Swivel Scr. SPRINGFIELD-STILLMAN, No. 66. 291 SPR1NGFIEL1),]KAN, No. 66. Opened, closed, and locked, extraction and ejection, same as No. 48,Springfield, model 1870. Fired.—By a lock altered mainly from the Sharps lock, and set in aprolongation of the tang of the breech-screw. The firing-pin screw isreplaced by a stop-pin kept in place by the breech-block cap. 292 SPRINGFlEIiD-AIiUIV, Me1. 68. Opened, closed, and locked, extraction and ejection, same as TsTo. 48,Springfield, model 1870, the cam-latch, and thumb-piece being in onepiece instead of being riveted together as in the service arm. Fired.—By a center-lock, the mainspring of which lies under the re-ceiver, being dovetailed into it at its forward end. The firing-pin screwis replaced by a stop-pin, which is kept in place by the breech-block cap. ;.^vj;*i^iM*nP:mii. 1 8 f
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