ON THE CHOICE OF SHOT GUNS 49 



EJECTORS 



What has been said of actions applies also to ejectors. If 

 all the patents have not run out, plenty of good ones have 

 done so, and the gun-maker has a great choice and nothing 

 to pay for it. 



The principle of the ejector is that with split extractors 

 there is a connection between the fall of the tumbler or hammer 

 and an ejecting mechanism, or lock in the fore end of the gun. 

 The opening or closing of the gun after firing is made to cock 

 the tumblers, strikers, or hammers, and also to put the ejector 

 at full cock, or otherwise bring it ready for action, then when a 

 shot is fired the fallen hammer or tumbler, or its re-cocking, is 

 made to react on the ejector at that stage of the opening gun 

 when the extractors have already moved the empty cartridge- 

 case. The undischarged cartridges are therefore extracted, but 

 not ejected, and the used cases are ejected. 



SAFETY OF GUNS 



The safety bolt placed upon hammerless shot guns is very 

 necessary. It ought, when placed at safety, to prevent the 

 lock springs working, and should prevent the possibility of the 

 scear being released from the catch, or bent, or scear catch. 

 Mr. Robertson, proprietor of Messrs. Boss & Co., has shown 

 conclusively that a slight rap on the lock plates will disconnect 

 any scear catch, and so let ofif the gun when not at safety, 

 unless it is also protected with an interceptor, which is moved 

 out of the way of the falling tumbler, or striker, only by the 

 pull of the trigger. Mr. Robertson's own single-trigger action 

 is also a safety action, even when very light trigger pulls, such 

 as i lb., are employed. 



The strength of barrels is assured by the proof of ihem 

 at the London, Birmingham, and foreign proof houses, with 

 loads and charges larger than for service. Anyone in doubt 

 about purchasing guns and rifles would be well advised to write 

 to the Proof Master for the literary matter issued for the pro- 

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