Cass, Milo M.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Cass, Milo M.		Utica	New York	1840

Patent	Date	Remarks
5,814	Sept. 26, 1848	Improved Self-Loading and Slef-Capping Repeating Fire-Arm view patent

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Milo M. Cass was listened in the Utica city directory from 1840 to 1865 as a cabinet maker by trade. However, he was interested in the gun trade and in 1849 at the Fair of the American Institute in New York, he got a Silver Medal for inventing a repeating rifle fireing twenty-six times at one loading. So far only two Cass rifles are known. One at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and a second one in a private collection in Texas. Smithsonian rifle is round barrel unmarked, the lock is marked G.T.ABBEY, has 26 cartridge chambers but only twenty four nipples on the revolving disc. Cass patent marking are stamped on the rifle. Texas rifle is octagonal barrel markge G.T. ABBEY, the lock is marked G.T.ABBEY, and has as the Smithsonian rifle 26 cartridge cambers for only twenty four nipples on the revolving disc. The cardridge-boxes are fixed on an endless chain which is in the stock of the rifle. There is a outside lever to charge the cartridge into the barrel, cock the hammer and turn a disc with primers or caps in a position to be ignited by the hammer. Before using the gun there are several operations required. 1 - load the twenty-six boxes with paper cartridges. A lid on the top of the stock opens and shows 10 of the cartridge-boxes. When they are loaded the endless chain is to revolve by means of a nipple wrench to load the remaining cartridge-boxes. 2 - The lever under the breech of the barrel is to be turning one quarter to open the passage to the breech camber. 3 - The main lever push to downward to activate a gear which rotates the cain, when pushing further it activates a ramrod pushing the cartridge into the breech. 4 - When the hammer is cocked it rotate the disc of primers placing one in a position to fire. News paper acticle of Feb. 17, 1849

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Milo M. Cass was listened in the Utica city directory from 1840 to 1865 as a cabinet maker by trade. However, he was interested in the gun trade and in 1849 at the Fair of the American Institute in New York, he got a Silver Medal for inventing a repeating rifle fireing twenty-six times at one loading.

So far only two Cass rifles are known. One at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and a second one in a private collection in Texas.

Smithsonian rifle is round barrel unmarked, the lock is marked G.T.ABBEY, has 26 cartridge chambers but only twenty four nipples on the revolving disc. Cass patent marking are stamped on the rifle.

Texas rifle is octagonal barrel markge G.T. ABBEY, the lock is marked G.T.ABBEY, and has as the Smithsonian rifle 26 cartridge cambers for only twenty four nipples on the revolving disc.

The cardridge-boxes are fixed on an endless chain which is in the stock of the rifle. There is a outside lever to charge the cartridge into the barrel, cock the hammer and turn a disc with primers or caps in a position to be ignited by the hammer.

Before using the gun there are several operations required.
1 - load the twenty-six boxes with paper cartridges. A lid on the top of the stock opens and shows 10 of the cartridge-boxes. When they are loaded the endless chain is to revolve by means of a nipple wrench to load the remaining cartridge-boxes.
2 - The lever under the breech of the barrel is to be turning one quarter to open the passage to the breech camber.
3 - The main lever push to downward to activate a gear which rotates the cain, when pushing further it activates a ramrod pushing the cartridge into the breech.
4 - When the hammer is cocked it rotate the disc of primers placing one in a position to fire.

News paper acticle of Feb. 17, 1849