30 MB - Antique & Modern Firearms

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MODERN SHOT GUNS.
combined with the well-known, and at one time extremely popular, double-
grip breech-action.
The mechanism will be easily
understood after reference to t
illustration.
This gun works without any appreciable strain, is easy to cock, am
being made only in the best style, may be strongly recommended to those
sportsmen who prefer the double-grip breech-action.
A simple trigger-bolting top safety, in connection with an ingenious
mechanism for locking the scears, is usually employed with this gun, but
various safety bolts may be used.
The mechanism is adapted for double and single rifles and guns, and
from its strength, simplicity, and durability,
will doubtless receive the
success it merits. A good ordinary i2-bore shot gun on this principle
should in the shop of a London gun-dealer cost from ^30 to ^45 ; the
The "Club" Hammerless Gun.
gun is not made in very cheap grades. There are other double-grip
hammerless guns besides the " Allport," which is taken as typical of the
class.
TOP LEVER HAMMERLESS GUNS.
There are several patent hammerless guns with top levers, in which he
cocking of the locks is effected by connecting the breech-action lever with
the lock mechanism, so that upon opening the gun for loading the
tumblers are forced into full cock. The top lever is very popular, but
there are many difficulties to be surmounted before a hammerless gun in
which the cocking is done by the lever, can be produced. The top lever
is short, and the leverage obtained barely sufficient to easily withdraw the
action bolts, and compress the action spring. The travel is short,
if the lever be made
although sufficient for withdrawing the action bolt ;
to travel further it is not handy, so although many arrangements of levers,
friction rollers, and inclined planes have been tried, it is not surprising that
a really good gun on this plan has not yet been produced.