Patent Model - Improvement in Gun-Locks
Maker and role
N. Lock, Patentee
Production date
Jan 11 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
2 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/4" (6.4 x 12.7 x 3.2cm)
Description
Lock's patent "relates to a new and useful improvement in locks for fire-arms, whereby the arms are made safer to carry and to handle than with the ordinary lock..." His invention "consists in the construction of the tumbler, and dog of the lock..." (Patent Number 98,781)
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Object number
2015.14.1134a,b
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