Crooler, George R.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Crooler, George R.		New York City	New York	1850s

Patent	Date	Remarks
18,486	October 20, 1857, assigned to George E. Martin of	Patent drawing Patent drawing

Contract	for

Product
Improvement consist of a cylinder and a recoil shield and a priming magazine behind the next chamber to tire. On cocking the hammer the pelet of priming fells from the priming magazine under the hammer ready for firing. On November 1857 the Ordnance Department received a Crooker for trial but Major W.H. Bell, commandant at Washington Arsenal, refused to tire because of the danger that all chambers being off when the priming was sheared. Probably non further was manufactured.

Product

Improvement consist of a cylinder and a recoil shield and a priming magazine behind the next chamber to tire. On cocking the hammer the pelet of priming fells from the priming magazine under the hammer ready for firing.

On November 1857 the Ordnance Department received a Crooker for trial but Major W.H. Bell, commandant at Washington Arsenal, refused to tire because of the danger that all chambers being off when the priming was sheared.

Probably non further was manufactured.