. The breech-loader and how to use it . c Id O K O 34 The Breech-Loader, striking the leg of the extractor upon the gunagain being opened. Of the other parts of a guns mechanismit will be necessary to refer to one only. Ham-merless guns and some hammer guns are pro-vided with safety bolts. The object of thesemechanisms is to protect the shooter and others. Greeners Trigger Safety. from the consequences of an accidental dis-charge. They are of various kinds: some actautomatically, others require to be moved on andoff by the user of the gun ; some lock thetumblers, some the scears, and some the
. The breech-loader and how to use it . c Id O K O 34 The Breech-Loader, striking the leg of the extractor upon the gunagain being opened. Of the other parts of a guns mechanismit will be necessary to refer to one only. Ham-merless guns and some hammer guns are pro-vided with safety bolts. The object of thesemechanisms is to protect the shooter and others. Greeners Trigger Safety. from the consequences of an accidental dis-charge. They are of various kinds: some actautomatically, others require to be moved on andoff by the user of the gun ; some lock thetumblers, some the scears, and some the well-made hammerless gun is safer than a gunwith hammers—that is to say, it is not so liableto accidental discharge as the hammer gun ; con-sequently, the necessity for saifety bolts is notapparent. To make doubly sure, a self-acting bolt,which, by means of a spring, intercepts thetumbler or hammer, should it be jarred from cock,is often provided ; when the trigger is pulled, italso is moved, and the tumbler, instead of beingcaught by it, is free to reach the cap or striker. A And How to Use It. 35
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