Firearms – Breech loading – Sliding breechblock
Patent
1991-11-26
1992-09-22
Johnson, Stephen M.
Firearms
Breech loading
Sliding breechblock
42 20, F41C 706
Patent
active
051486199
ABSTRACT:
A rack and pinion system for a lever action firearm provides the rack element as a floating gear and includes a cam lever extension of the lever member. The cam lever extension applies rearward force directly to the bolt body and compresses a spring between the lever member and the rack element. After the bolt breaks free from the locking lugs, force is applied to the rack element by the lever member through the spring, whereby to complete the rearward movement of the bolt.
REFERENCES:
patent: 537958 (1895-04-01), Ashton et al.
patent: 1322438 (1919-11-01), Henderson
patent: 3377731 (1968-04-01), Lawrence
patent: 3471961 (1969-10-01), Lewis
Browning
Johnson Stephen M.
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