Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . K, <3. corresponding groove cut in the left side of the well jof the receiver. The stud, A. lits into the notch ofthe rib, and is the means of uniting these two partslongitudinally, at the same time their motionsaromid \their common are inilependent of each other. The lower front corner of the coeking-piece, s p ». catches against the nose of the sear, ii s, and Jioldsthe tiring-pin at full-cock when the holt isshovcd for-ward and the breech is closed. It has also a groove, Iinto which the nose of the sear projects
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . K, <3. corresponding groove cut in the left side of the well jof the receiver. The stud, A. lits into the notch ofthe rib, and is the means of uniting these two partslongitudinally, at the same time their motionsaromid \their common are inilependent of each other. The lower front corner of the coeking-piece, s p ». catches against the nose of the sear, ii s, and Jioldsthe tiring-pin at full-cock when the holt isshovcd for-ward and the breech is closed. It has also a groove, Iinto which the nose of the sear projects when the Itiring-pin is pushed forward. The projection, d, [works in a cut in the receiver. II, and thereby pre-vents the firing-pin from turning. A projection fitsinto a correspon<iingly shaped cut, in the locking-tube, K, and by the pressure produced by the firing-pin spring keeps the breech-bolt in the locked posi-tion. The firing-pin nut, A .i, secures the cocking-piece tothe tiring-jiin. The projection, g. fits into a groove,and is thereby prevented from unscrewing.
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