Summary of James Cook's Patent for Guns and Pistols
A summary of James Cook's 1824 firearms patent. Some experts believe this may have been the inspiration for Edwin Budding's Pepperbox Pistol, or simply both designs evolved unbeknown to each other.
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A.D. 1824, May 30.-N° 4960.
COOK, JAMES." Making and constructing locks for guns, "pistols," &c.
Locks are made with a mainspring coiled round the striker. The drawings show a walking-stick gun. The barrel is fitted to a hollow stock or handle, and the nipple and touch-hole are in the breech in a line with the axis of the barrel. A copper percussion- cap is placed on the nipple, and is struck by a flat striker actuated by a spiral spring contained in a tubular chamber in the stock or handle; the spring is drawn back by hand, and is held by a catch and released by a trigger motion.
[Printed, 4td. See London Journal (Newton's), vol. 9, p. 297.]
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