a latch. breech block is pivoted at its upper rear portion, being moved The first patent in the United States for a breech-loading tO up and down by a lever at the rear of the trigger guard. firearm was to Thornton & Hall, of North Yarmouth, Mass., An Oil Pipe Three Hundred Miles Long. The firing… … chamber. When in position for firing, will literally be an air line, and the dis- BREECH-LOADING FIREARMS. it is fastened by a locking brace which tance from the oil regions to Baltimore: is operated by a spring and vibrates on the same axis as the is 800 miles, The oil will be distributed from the…
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