Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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Weaver, H. B. |   | South Windham | Connecticut | 1850 | 1857 |
Patent | Date | Remarks |
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13,691 | October 16, 1855 | Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms Patent drawing Specification Specification, 2nd page |
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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. |