Gordon, John

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Gordon, John		New London, New London county	Connecticut	1867
Gordon, John		San Francisco	California	1872

Patent	Date	Remarks
72,844	December 31, 1867	Improvement in Spring-Power Repeating Fire-Arm view patent
129,334	July 16, 1872	Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arm view patent

Contract	for

Product
The Gordon revolving rifle is operated by pressing the action back towards the butt stock. This cocks the hammer and sets various levers and springs (four of each). When the trigger is pulled, the hammer fails, setting off the chamber, and releasing the springs and levers which cock the hammer ready for another shot. It is not known whether recoil would be sufficient to operate the stock-action. If not, the action would have to be pulled back after each shot to cock the springs. Gordon anticipated the use of his action on other types of action, including the Spencer and Henry.

Product

The Gordon revolving rifle is operated by pressing the action back towards the butt stock. This cocks the hammer and sets various levers and springs (four of each). When the trigger is pulled, the hammer fails, setting off the chamber, and releasing the springs and levers which cock the hammer ready for another shot. It is not known whether recoil would be sufficient to operate the stock-action. If not, the action would have to be pulled back after each shot to cock the springs. Gordon anticipated the use of his action on other types of action, including the Spencer and Henry.