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Reply #15 - Aug 1st, 2016 at 9:17pm
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RJM wrote on Jul 31st, 2016 at 7:17pm:
This rifle uses the design shown in the Horr patent drawing with sliding central extractor and lever supported breechblock.


Just examined Grant's last two books to see if there was any mention at all of brass receivers; there was none.  Grant commented that he'd never been able to track down the 1885 patent, as Dutcher did.  I've already failed at searching for this patent with Horr's name and the date, coming up with no results.  Did Dutcher specify the patent number?
  
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Reply #16 - Aug 5th, 2016 at 3:03pm
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I have the 1885 patent & I'll try posting a PDF copy. I have a complete file of all the single shot US patents from day one. 

I have played with the idea of making the available on a website or DVD. So far, I've indexed them by number, inventors, assignors, and a brief description of the invention, and they are grouped by the action types: falling block, rolling block, etc. 

Any interest from the hard core single shot people? 

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Reply #17 - Aug 5th, 2016 at 4:43pm
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RJM wrote on Aug 5th, 2016 at 3:03pm:
I have a complete file of all the single shot US patents from day one.Ron


Holy Smoke!!!  I'm rather flabbergasted, as I assume that for every major patent put into production, there must be several dozen that were filed but never utilized.

Could they be uploaded to this website without causing it to crash?
  
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Reply #18 - Aug 5th, 2016 at 9:23pm
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I'm interested.

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Re: A BRASS Stevens sideplate ?
Reply #19 - Aug 6th, 2016 at 7:03am
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Redsetter wrote on Aug 5th, 2016 at 4:43pm:
RJM wrote on Aug 5th, 2016 at 3:03pm:
I have a complete file of all the single shot US patents from day one.Ron


Holy Smoke!!!  I'm rather flabbergasted, as I assume that for every major patent put into production, there must be several dozen that were filed but never utilized.

Could they be uploaded to this website without causing it to crash?


Frank,
It's far too big to upload. These are issued patents, whether or not they were ever produced. To make the file useful, I need to hot link the list of patent numbers with the PDF copies of the patents. 

My favorite one is the John Browning patent on the rifle with 8 total parts. He sold the patent to Winchester and that other genius, William Mason, refined it in a couple more patents, but it was never produced. The only one I've seen is in the Cody museum, made by Matthew Browning. 

Here's a good story: I had the good fortune to visit a big time collector maybe a decade ago. He sat me down, & there on the coffee table was an old document with an ornate seal. My reaction was neat, it's an original copy of an old patent. When I recognized it was the original Gieger rolling block patent, I almost came out of my seat! I had just been looking at it in PDF. 
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