Weaver, H. B.

Name Street Town State From To
Weaver, H. B.   South Windham Connecticut 1850 1857


Patent Date Remarks
13,691 October 16, 1855 Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms
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Specification
Specification, 2nd page


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Product
By means of an elbow joint within the frame the breech block could be moved to the right by throwing the trigger guard forward. There was a self-priming device for supplying copper caps from a magazine in the but. The internal hammer was cocked by the mobement of the triger guard, and also, independently, by the small lever on the right side. Made for a short time previous to 1860.