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A. v0N zEKE a. K. RDL.

REPEATING RIFLE.
(Application ?led Jan. 19, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

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ADOLF VON ZEKE, OF BUDA PESTII, AND KAROL RDL, OFGi'llK'hl'),

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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

nEPi-:ATING RIFLE.
ee1.9oo. daten November 13, 1900.
` SPECIFFLCATION forming/part of Letters Patent No.
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Application lecl January 19. 1899. Serialllo. 702.743. (No model.)
consisting of the lknown
_ _the breech-closer, breech-closing piece 5, the
lTo all whom it may concern:
parts-that
is,
the
Be it known that we, ADOLF VON ZEKE, a 'head 6,- and the handle 7. In the breech
A resident of Buda Pesth, and KAROL RDL, a closer is the firing-pin S, the spring 9, and the
resident of Gdll, Austria-Hungary, sub firing-piu head. 10.A The handle and breech
_je'cts of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, closing pieceare of one piece. The casin g 2 is
have invented certain new and useful 1m vat the side (on the left) provided with a socket
provenients in Mannlicher Repeating Rides, like guide 1l, constructed in one with the cas
' of which the following is a specification.
ing and closed at thefront by a fixed wall an d

This invention relates to improvements in. at the back bya plate 12`,n1ovable around a bolt
-the
known Mannlicher'repeating riflesand is arranged on the casing 2. This guide is pro- .
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for the purpose of operating the loading au

vided on the side toward the casing with a lou

tomatically by means of. the recoil.- Bythis

invention the breech-closer is unlocked and
returned by the recoil compressing thereby a
helical spring arranged in a guideconstructed

gitudinal slot 13, which serves for guiding a

in one with the casingk of the mechanism.

ting into Ithe slot 13 with the head ofthe breech- y

side shoulder 14 ou the head 6 of the breech

closer. This shoulder consists of a' circular

plate, which is joined by means of a stem t.

_ The- discharged cartridge is'drawn out of the .

closer.> This shoulder 14 is brought from be

riein .the known manner and ejected, while hind into the guide 1l after opening the plate
by the lowering of the butt a cartridge is 12 en_vmoving the breech-closer-into the cas
brought, as formerly, into the loading-plate,
2.u Then it serves as an abutmentfor a,
which is brought into the loading-chamber ing
spring 15, the otherend of which is supported
after the return of the breech-closer, which

byithe plate 12, brought into closed position.

by the effect of the resistance of the spring is When the breech-closer is returned byl the
thrown forward, so that the manipulation for recoil, the spring 15 expands andV pushes the
`firing
the cartridge in the magazine is limited breech-closer back again into the closed po- \
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l to pulling the trigger.
The lock ofa ride, as in this invention, is .

sition,_
1n order to retain the breech-closer at rest

in general similar tothe known Mannlicher in the rear position during loading, a catch

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rifle-locks. Only a few alterations are neces ' is arranged consisting of a spring 17, provided
sary, as shown in the following description.
on the guide 1l.> This spring has on its free
1n the description the construction and ac' end a nose 18, which engages into a slot of
' _tionor` the Mannlicher repeating ride aretaken the guide i 11. 'It has, moreover, two side '
to be known, and therefore only those parts _

bearing upon this invention are described.

Thewannexed drawingsillustrate the im
' provements of this invention, Iin which

cheeks 19, between which anpeccentric 20is

seated. vWhen Iiring, the eccentric 20_ has
the posit-ion shown in Fig. 3, in which the
nose 18 is lifted outof the course'ot' the shoul

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the der 14; but when loading it is turned back
mechanism at'the moment of tiring. The ward, so that the nose goes into the lineof
magazine is shown empty. Fig. 2 isan upper the shoulder 14. The shoulder 14 lifts vthe'

view of Fig. 1. _ Fig.` 3 is a side view,parts nose'of the spring 17 whilethe breech-closer
being represented'as broken away'.- Fig. 4'is is pushed back,'_but it immediately catches

a horizontal section of the front part of the

breech-closer. Figs. 5,6, and 7 are respec
tively sections on the lines a. b _c d e f of Figs.

2 and
Fig. 8 isa section on the lineg h
45 of Fig. 1. Fig.l 9 is a perspective View of the
locking-bolt.

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-The barrel 1 is joined in the known man

ner with the casingv 2 and this with the stock

in front of the shoulder 14. and prevents 'the

same from moving forward. The breech

closer is retained in the closed position 'by

the bolt 21. This bolt 21, Fig. 9, is pivoted
in the casing 2 and forms atwo-armed lever,
the forearm of which in the closed position
of the breech-closer leans on an abutment`2

of thebreech-closer, (see Fig. 1,) and nth(

3 and magazine 4. The casing-2 is lengthened `rear
arm> engages by means of its nose 22
_backward and serves, as usual, for. guiding

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- _ with the finger 24 of the trigger-'16. I The blt '

21 has a hollow wherein a sear 26 is pivoted

cannot bea-arranged on the left, but is here

located on the top of the.handle-_piece/"l It

The s_ear 26 is pressed is movable arg-und the pin 30 and engages ia v
-against the boit 21 by the trigger-spring 27, the position of Figa-8 into a suitable notehof
so that when the bolt is pushed ,downward- the firing-pin head 10. In unlocking the fir 45
when pulling the trigger the sear is likewise ing-pin the catch-piece" is turned _to the left,
pushed downward by the bolt 21 and 4is thus so that it comes with its hollow 31 opposite
drawn-out of the slot 28 of th'e casing 2 and the striking-pin head 10 and does not hinder
sets free the firing-pin head 10, as represented the movementof` the striking-pin.
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in Fig. 1. The breech-closer. is thereby en'
.'We claim as our invention in a Maunlieher SO

on the cross-pins 25.

tirely locked byA the bolt 21 and held until the

_ projectile has had time to quit the barrel.

repeating ride-

1'. The combination with a stock and

bar- `

AAs -the bullet' leavesthe _barrel the recoil rel immovable in said stock of the lock-eas
overpowers the opposition ofthe bolt and turns ing a> guide 11 in one piece therewith and sit
I,the latter downward out of the line of the uated at the side thereof a spring A1,5 in said 55

breech-closer,.and consequently the trigger

_ and the finger thereof are returned to their

guide, a breech-closer _6 having a shoulder 14 '

bearing- against one end of said spring, and '

normal position. The breech-closer is un,-V .an abutment formed as a movable plate for '
locked` and can move backward with the strik

ing-pin 8.

The sear26 is lifted into the line

ofthe striking-pin head l0 by the spring 27,

so that the sear can catch the 'striking-pin
head in the known manner and can compress .

the principal spring 9.

"[hev bolt 21 does not

25 hinder the forward locking of the breech

the'otherend of said spring substantially as

andfor the purpose set forth.

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2. The `combination of a two~armed -bolt 21
onthe casing 2, pin 25 for' said bolt, and a
Sear 26 lDivoted on pin 25 withth'e breech
closer and firing-pin therein, and a spring '2
commontothe bolt 2l and sear 26, th'e bolt.

closer. The pressure of the mainspring alone 21 being adapted to >hold the breech-closer
afterfring until the latter is set free by- the

is not suiicient to open the breechcloser,

whereas a> slightdrawing on thehandle by

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recoil.

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hand is sufieient to open the breech-closer,

3. The combination with the guide 11' and
as the actual locking of l_the breech-closer is breech-closer having a shoulder 14 of a spring
eected at the moment of firing. The breech# 1'7 havinga nose 18 and an eccentric 20 adapt-._ '
closer moves a cartridgeinto -the loading
ed to bear on said spring 'and cause the no_se chamber in the known manner when looking, 118 to engage .the shoulder 14 during loadilglg.`

'_forward, s0. that when firing thedescribed

35 movements are repeated.

Inv witness whereof we have signed this speci

fication ih the presenceof two witnesses.~~

The ' bolt is with regard, to the ordinary

Mannlicher rifle much simplified and con

nected with the firing mechanism. Also the
catch-piece 29 of the iring-pin- .has been al
tered, as on account of the guide 11 the same

ADOLF Y.; ZEKE.

KAROL REDL.

i/_Vitnessesz

MORITZ MOENZERF,
JOSEF S. CULLEN.

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