US Patent: 306,577 - Magazine fire-arm


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US Patent: 306,577

Magazine fire-arm

Patentees:

John Moses Browning (exact or similar names) - Ogden City, UT

Matthew Sandifer Browning (exact or similar names) - Ogden, UT

USPTO Classifications:

42/21

Tool Categories:

armaments : firearms : rifles

Assignees:

Winchester Repeating Arms Co. - New Haven, CT

Manufacturer:

Winchester Repeating Arms Co. - New Haven, CT

Witnesses:

Orson Riser

D. W. Felshaw

Patent Dates:
Applied:	May 26, 1884
Granted:	Oct. 14, 1884

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Description:

See patent 220,271 for information on the genesis of this patent.

This patent is intended to make the mechanism Winchester's lever-action rifle more robust so that it could handle larger cartridges. Browning flanked the bolt with vertical blocks, and converted to a bottom-loading magazine that did not require the action to be cycled while loading. The resulting rifle was sold as the Winchester Model 1886, used for big-game hunting such as buffalo. Slightly later, a lighter-weight version was introduced, the Model 1892, which sold in vast numbers, and more versions followed.