. The breech-loader and how to use it . as solidly as possible. Unlessprovided with some specially designed mechanismthe gun on every discharge will open at the jointthrough the springing of the metal of the breech-action body, which cannot be made of sufficientstrength and substance to prevent this movementalthough the better the metal and construction theless is the gaping. Every gun provided with aholding-down bolt only will, as a result of wear,gape permanently at the breech, and longer use willincrease the breach until it becomes absolutelydangerous to use the gun. Of the many contrivance
. The breech-loader and how to use it . as solidly as possible. Unlessprovided with some specially designed mechanismthe gun on every discharge will open at the jointthrough the springing of the metal of the breech-action body, which cannot be made of sufficientstrength and substance to prevent this movementalthough the better the metal and construction theless is the gaping. Every gun provided with aholding-down bolt only will, as a result of wear,gape permanently at the breech, and longer use willincrease the breach until it becomes absolutelydangerous to use the gun. Of the many contrivances invented to preventthis gaping, none are so effective as the doUs-head, the frustra of a cone reversed andattached by a narrow neck to the upper rib of thebarrels, is thought to act as a dovetail whendropped into a mortice in the standing expansion of the barrels on firing, althoughslight, is sufficient to lift the dolls-head clear of itsbearing. It consequently is not of the slightestc 2 20 The Bkeech-Loader,. o O c Q And How to Use It,
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