Welcome to in the present day’s Photo of the Day! Here we’ve got a giant thriller rifle in additional methods than one. There is actually no precise factual data accessible or recognized about this experimental slide motion rifle. Thankfully Ian at Forgotten Weapons truly labored with this identical gun to provide some hypothesis and a rundown of how he thought it was supported to operate. I’ve seen some experiences that this gun was present in patent drawings for Samuel McClean who was a giant half in designing the Lewis gun. This rifle is slide motion and in some type of 30-caliber cartridge. If it was invented within the United States I might guess it was meant to be a 30-40 or 30-06 cartridge however it in fact might have been one thing proprietary.
“Manufactured by an unknown party and completely unmarked, this is an unusual and interesting magazine fed rifle. The main body is constructed from sheet metal, with a set of side plates to access the internals and a hardwood stock. A reciprocating lever is installed in a track behind the trigger guard, inviting comparison to the Burgess shotgun line, and a fixed magazine is ahead. The magazine follower doubles as the floorplate, retracting into the magazine housing via a thumb lever to clear the loading port for individual rounds. A rotating bolt, reciprocating arm, and a two-piece lifter assembly are linked to the lever. In operation, rounds are drawn backwards out of the magazine by the reciprocating arm into the lifter assembly which then elevates the round to be chambered. Dual extractor claws are present on the bolt head, with ejection via a top port, likely assisted by the lifter. In total, the mechanism is unique in both function and profile. The forearm and buttstock are both smooth and straight, with a naked butt and a sporting profile.”
Lot 2635: Unidentified Experimental Slide Action Rifle. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved December 21, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/75/2635/unidentified-experimental-slide-action-rifle.
