US1560840A - Gun - Google Patents

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Nov 10,1925 1,5 0,840

W. J. M OLLOY GUN Filed Feb: 21, I925 1 2 4 I v m vE ICJFIK williamJ-M ll qy Be it kIIOWIlQtllfli),,IyWILLIAM'J. MoLLoY,

a" citizen of the Unitedgfitates andgaj resi f n of the i y of Ol ieg he cou y t-Go k nd State r fIllinois, have i following is;,a1i;'ull, elear,-, an'd"exact 'descrip J n f .thes m i refer nceeing;had-fie th c n p'amy g d wingsd to. e num als of referencemarked-thereon;which form guns.

"1 p mpr ved 'adjustable;1neansf balancingguns, v r

Guns that are'brought to theshoulder' to 2Q should be properly balanced to suit the hame er st cs etthei ertieu e ofthe gun. When such a; gun has been properly lends itself readily to ease of manipulation, r25 contributing to' accuracy] and celerlty of theqgun is not sluggishin its movements I when coming to'placeat the shoulder. g The poise of the-gun in the hands of one able balance are not at alladaptablei'forf :fcriti cal gun owners. J; v 1, I Other objects are'to provide means for adthe general use of the gun and which serves 401 as additional means for connecting the stock to the tang of the gun barrel. Y Another object is the provision of-means i terially to the total weight of the gunij g Y Other objects, advantages'and benefitsof l the invention will become: apparent, to personsskilled; in the art,' from a consideration ofthefollowingdescription when taken in connection with the drawings forminga part 5.0 1 hereof wherein: a

' Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shot gun; I Figure 2 is a longitudinalcentralenlarged I section of the stock of the gun;

Application meainetruary 21, 1925. Serial mfiorsv;

- v i t d r ain n w-"a d sefu Imp oveme '.in'fGuns;andljdohereby. declare thatthe,

' Thefinvention relates to mprovement's inl One of invention is fire, such asshot guns, rifles and the like,

'balan ced' it seems to possess buoyancy and i operation. Its muzzle does notfdroopfand I ;man may not be suitable or'agreeable'to aman. of V different-build and temperament.

@ ,Therefore guns built-with a fixed unchange-J 3 ;,general. or universal application for use 1 justing thebalanceor a gun which'isenot' Fsreadily accessible which is IlOtVlSlblGlIl' -,tEorbalancing a gun'which will not add ina- :j wi'nnmivia; 'i'v roiiiior; OFlGHICAGO, ILL nroi's. i

I is. were :na u efii 'in place for shifting V q d n y; 9f. he toc 7 g u e 5.2 Sim l r rieti'sliowin t i p ac t9 di u e he? 'w giht: i Position. L

teIiCling b r erm na ing; a a. should and open at the butt endjof heigun. "Th

the b al n f allthe estimatesenema-eta ters are emphyed to"iindi atel m lar:Pa The stock. part has ,'lo gitu nal y el 1s. bore is: covered byqthe usual'shoulder plate; a fined-to thestock by screws. Ther d- S en -T1" tends vaxiallyjthrough the bore: 6' and is. provided. with an enlarged threaded part 9.

A reducedpart 10 screws into the tang 'lili.

of the barrelpart l2. A shoulder 13 ispr;o:-

vided on the rod and is forelose eontactwith, V the shoulder 7 provided by the di fierence in,

the diameters of the bores 'in' which-the front and mar portions' ofthe' rod 8is contained.

The rod has an angularend 14 by means of which it may be threaded intothetang :11 by application ofthe tool 15. 1

"A weighted balancingjbody 16 is prefer. ably threaded uponrthe enlarged threaded part 9 of the rod 8. The'outer end ofthe weighte'dbody has a notch 17 into which the tool entersin rotating the weighted body 16 tozmofve it longitudinally of the threaded .pa t 9 of the rod. .'.The tool 15-has projec-l pressure to reduce its. volume.

tions-18 that enter the' notches l'i like a I screw driver for rotating theweighted body f- '16; The weighted-body may conveniently be ;made of leadycondensed or 'swaged The amount of material that is removed 1 i f from the stock of the gun in providing the bore 6 will weigh substantially the same as the part introduced into the .bore for. the purpose of balancing; and therefore the total;

the gun is not increased mateweight of rially.

A check nut 20 maybe placedon 'the V threaded portion ocf'the rod 9 to hold the weight 16 in adjusted position. have" found, howeverg that acheck nutis not necessary when the bore'6 is'oii' such size that the weight lei-its snugly in the bore, the v I .105- g friction of the .weight16 with,the w alls of the bore is suflicient tohold it in adjusted" long position. If, however, it is desired, a nut may be used to more positively hold the balancing weight in place.

The longitudinal movement oi? the: weight 16 in-the bore 61 has a very greatinfl'uence in the act of balancing the gun. When the balance has been satisfactorily established the shoulder plate 18 may be replaced and the presence of the balancing mechanism is not discernable upon visual inspection of the While I have herein shown a single em bo di-ment of my invention for the purpose oil clear disclosure, it will be manifest, to personsskilled inftlieart, that considerable change may be made in; the altr-angement', location and configuration; ofthe parts Willilk in the scope of the appended? claims.

Having described -m-yinvention what I claim as new and desire to secure by'Let'tersi Patent; is: g 4

11 A gun, of the;cha-racter dbseribed, having a: stock and a' weigh-ted body adjustable itudi-na-lly off the stock while in saidstock. 7 I 2*; Agun, of the character described, having astock with a bore, longitudinally there of; a weighted body adjustable, in said bore while the bore, and means to hold the weighted bodyin adjusted position.

3;. A gun, oi? thecharacter' described, having a stock with; a borelongitudinallythereof; a weighted bodly adjustable while in said- -il1 eI &l 1l-t0 b8il2bn8@ the gun; means to hold the said weighted body in adjusted position,

and a butt plate to cover. said bore.

5 gun; of the character described, having a barrel part' audastock part, sa kl stock pa lt having a bore extending; longitudinally thereof; a threaded rod extending through said bore connecting said' barrel pa-rt and stock part together; anda weighted; body movable in said here and on rod.

6 A gun,,of thecharacterdescribedg having a'ba-rrel 'part provided with: a tang pro ject-ing from the rear end? thereof"; a stock part having a longitudinalbore inline with:

saidtang; a 110d concentric witlisaid bore and screwed into said tang to hold the part-ea together; a \Veigllb mounted on said rod; and movable axially of said rod to adjustably balance the gun, and a butt plate covering said} here.

In testimony whereof? I have here-unto subscribed my name.

' W H JLIAM J-l MQEEQHF.

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