Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 375
cocking-piece that extends below the bolt andengages with the sear on the trigger. The mainspring surrounds this spindle inside the bolt.The cocking-piece is guided by a slot in the exterior of the bolt when the bolt is with-drawn, as in Fig. 1; and also, when the bolt is nearly home, by a groove… … Fig. 3. Vias. 2-4.—English magazine rifle. two grooves are united by a short inclined groove. A lug in the cocking-piece works in thesegrooves and ])revents the rifle being fired before the bolt is securely locked. The magazine is formed of sheet-steel and fitted into a slot cut in the stock. When…
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