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English: W. H. Elliot carbine, caliber .50 disassembled

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Title: Report of the Board of officers appointed in pursuance of the act of Congress approved June 6, 1872, for the purpose of selecting a breech-system for the muskets and carbines of the military service, together with their report upon the subject of trowel-bayonets;
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: United States. Board on Breech-loading Small-arms United States. Army. Ordnance Dept
Subjects: United States. Army Firearms Bayonets
Publisher: Washington, Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Library of the Marine Corps
Digitizing Sponsor: Library of the Marine Corps

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^ an auxiliary spring playing on friction-roller eccentri-cally placed in the extractor. Remarks.—The guard is hinged at its rear end so as to afford a readymeans of inspecting or cleaning the mechanism. The lock is so constructed that the hammer cannot be let down slowlyupon the firing-pin by (he thumb. 300 ELUOT, No. §0. Four motions, (as in No. 24.) Like !No. 24, except in the extraction. Extraction.—-Is effected by a bent lever of the usual form, and. oper-ated by the descent of the breech-block. The peculiarities of construction mentioned in remarks are alsoomitted. The breech-block pawl in this arm is single, and works within thecheeks of a slit hammer. In )So. 24 the hammer is single and there isa double pawl.
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35 PARTS PECULIAR AND ESSENTIAL TO THE SYSTEM. Two of Wood: 2 Tip Stock, 3 Butt Stock. Ten principal metallic parts not otherwise mentioned: Frame, Guard Plate, Extractor, Ejector Spring- Roil, Trigger, Breech Block, Breech Block Pawl, Firing Pin, Upper Section Firing Pin, Lower Sect ion Hammer. Eight Screws: 13 Brch Block Pawl SpringScrew, 16 Guard Screw, 17 Guard Screw, 18 Tang Screw, 20 Breech Block Screw, 26 Hammer Screw, Right 27 Hammer Screw, Left46 Recoil Stud Screw. Nine Pins: 6 Ejector Spring Pin, 6 Main Spring Stop Pin, 10 Ejector Spring Roll Pin, 11 Extractor Pin, 15 Trigger Pin, 22 Breech Block Pawl Pin, 25 Breech Block Pawl Stop Pin,25 Breech Block Pawl Stop Pin,30 Main Spring Friction Roll Pin. Three Springs:7 Ejector Spring,12 Breech Block Pawl Sprg, 28 Main Spring. Three other minor parts: 29 Main Spring Friction Roll,45 Recoil Stud, 45 Recoil Stud Dowel Pin. 28 PARTS NOT PECULIAR TO THE SYSTEM. OR COMMON TO ALL ARMS. Barrel,Ramrod,Butt Plate,liutr Plate Screw,Butt Pla

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