US198033A - Improvement in rifle-barrels - Google Patents
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- US198033A US198033A US198033DA US198033A US 198033 A US198033 A US 198033A US 198033D A US198033D A US 198033DA US 198033 A US198033 A US 198033A
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A21/00—Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
- F41A21/16—Barrels or gun tubes characterised by the shape of the bore
- F41A21/18—Grooves-Rifling
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A21/00—Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
- F41A21/12—Cartridge chambers; Chamber liners
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- Fig. 4 illustrates a projectile with grooves as made by the cutters or plows.
- Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the detachable muzzle-piece, designed to be used with muzzle-loaders. A r
- my invention consists in pro-. viding a gun-barrel with a number of cutters or plows for grooving the ball, said cutters or plows to correspond with the number of guides or ribs with which the gun-barrel is formed, as more fully hereinafter described.
- the barrel A is first bored perfectly smooth and of a uniform diameter, after which the guides or ribs or a are formed bymeans of a tool somewhat similar to that used in grooving rifles.
- a chamber is next made in the When my invention is to be used with muzzle-loaders the guides or ribs a a should extend the whole length of the barrel, and the ball grooved by forcing it through a detachable muzzle piece, C, Fig. 5, of similar bore to that of the gun, and provided withcutters or plows c for said purpose.
- a 'gun-barrel provided with cutters or I plows c for grooving the ball, substantially as described.
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W Q LITTLEJOHN. Rifle-Barrels.
Patented Dec. 11,1377.
MPETERS. PHOTO-LITHDGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM LITTLEJOHN, OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN RlFLE-BARRELS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,033, dated December 11, 1877; application filed March 12, 1877.
To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known thatI, WLLLIAM LITTLEJOHN, a resident of the town of Jefferson, county of Oass and State of Texas, have invented a cer-,
tain new and useful Improvement in Fire- Arms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had to the annexed 3 drawing, making a part of this specification,
" the cutters'or plows. Fig. 4 illustrates a projectile with grooves as made by the cutters or plows. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the detachable muzzle-piece, designed to be used with muzzle-loaders. A r
The nature of my invention consists in pro-. viding a gun-barrel with a number of cutters or plows for grooving the ball, said cutters or plows to correspond with the number of guides or ribs with which the gun-barrel is formed, as more fully hereinafter described.
' The construction and operation of my invention are as follows: i
The barrel A is first bored perfectly smooth and of a uniform diameter, after which the guides or ribs or a are formed bymeans of a tool somewhat similar to that used in grooving rifles. A chamber is next made in the When my invention is to be used with muzzle-loaders the guides or ribs a a should extend the whole length of the barrel, and the ball grooved by forcing it through a detachable muzzle piece, C, Fig. 5, of similar bore to that of the gun, and provided withcutters or plows c for said purpose. U
What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-
1. A 'gun-barrel provided with cutters or I plows c for grooving the ball, substantially as described. i
2. In a gun-barrel, the cutters or plows o, in combination with the guides or ribs to a, substantially as described.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. 1
W. LITTLEJOHN. In presence of- J. O. HUBBELL, ARTHUR BARBARIN.
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| WO2014191281A1 (en) * | 2013-05-28 | 2014-12-04 | BECKER, Jörg Ewald | Barrel for a weapon |
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| WO2014191281A1 (en) * | 2013-05-28 | 2014-12-04 | BECKER, Jörg Ewald | Barrel for a weapon |
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