Neat Event

Other Firearms
Post Reply
User avatar
butlersrangers
Posts: 9827
Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:35 pm
Location: Below the Bridge, Michigan

Neat Event

Post by butlersrangers »

Some times you find some things, when you are looking for something quite different.

At Cincinnati in 1888, the U.S. War Department had an extensive display at the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States.

In the exhibition cataloge some trap-door Springfield accessories were illustrated & attributed to specific inventors.

I did not know that the 'broken-shell' device had a connection with Buffington or that the bore-mirror for the trap-door was called a "Russell Inspecting Glass".

I am skeptical of the "Kelton Cheek-Reign Attachment", that is illustrated. Different needs .... Different technology!
Attachments
cinn expo.jpg
cinn expo.jpg (293.59 KiB) Viewed 649 times
cinn cover.jpg
cinn cover.jpg (289.23 KiB) Viewed 650 times
cinn1.jpg
cinn1.jpg (266.83 KiB) Viewed 650 times
cinn2.jpg
cinn2.jpg (241.57 KiB) Viewed 650 times
cinn3.jpg
cinn3.jpg (242.4 KiB) Viewed 650 times
Last edited by butlersrangers on Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:54 pm, edited 5 times in total.

User avatar
butlersrangers
Posts: 9827
Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:35 pm
Location: Below the Bridge, Michigan

Re: Neat Event

Post by butlersrangers »

The catalogue included some sketches of 'accessories'.
Attachments
cinn buffington.jpg
cinn buffington.jpg (363.41 KiB) Viewed 648 times
cinn Belgian device.jpg
cinn Belgian device.jpg (316.28 KiB) Viewed 648 times
cinn buffington shell extract.jpg
cinn buffington shell extract.jpg (308.28 KiB) Viewed 648 times
cinn shell contd. Russel Mirror.jpg
cinn shell contd. Russel Mirror.jpg (157.32 KiB) Viewed 648 times
cinn bit device.jpg
cinn bit device.jpg (207.79 KiB) Viewed 648 times

Post Reply