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Hi Folks,
Just a quick post that I thought I would add to the fantastic knowledge base here on our forum. The purpose of this article is to share the documentation I was able to find on Alexander Henry's patent Elevator which is an adjustable cheek-piece for English pattern match rifles.
The reason for my search on this invention is my Son who is a junior black powder shooter recently purchased a replica of an English pattern match rifle which includes a copy of this device and this started my search for documentation for it so we have some evidence of its origins should we be challenged by a match scrutineer at any time.
So below are my search results:
Example on an original period match rifle - Alexander Henry Target Rifle Belonging to Col. Frederick Trench-Gascoi scroll through to see some good detail pics of it.
The documentation I was after, the listing of Alexander Henry Letters Patent A.D. 1861 22nd April No.1000 can be found here - English Patents of Inventions, Specifications scroll to page 292 0f 465 to view.
And it makes a “cameo” appearance years later here on patent No. 201,524 dated March 19, 1878 here - https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/c3/ff/0d/e710f98cbd599d/US201524.pdf
One detail that I found interesting when viewing the original period match rifle pics in the link above is the patent stamp marking makes reference to “HENRYS PATENT ELEVATOR No. 89” I could only assume that the No. 89 is a serial number for the device as I have seen pics of other rifles with an assortment of random numbers in this marking.
Regards, broadarrow.
Just a quick post that I thought I would add to the fantastic knowledge base here on our forum. The purpose of this article is to share the documentation I was able to find on Alexander Henry's patent Elevator which is an adjustable cheek-piece for English pattern match rifles.
The reason for my search on this invention is my Son who is a junior black powder shooter recently purchased a replica of an English pattern match rifle which includes a copy of this device and this started my search for documentation for it so we have some evidence of its origins should we be challenged by a match scrutineer at any time.
So below are my search results:
Example on an original period match rifle - Alexander Henry Target Rifle Belonging to Col. Frederick Trench-Gascoi scroll through to see some good detail pics of it.
The documentation I was after, the listing of Alexander Henry Letters Patent A.D. 1861 22nd April No.1000 can be found here - English Patents of Inventions, Specifications scroll to page 292 0f 465 to view.
And it makes a “cameo” appearance years later here on patent No. 201,524 dated March 19, 1878 here - https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/c3/ff/0d/e710f98cbd599d/US201524.pdf
One detail that I found interesting when viewing the original period match rifle pics in the link above is the patent stamp marking makes reference to “HENRYS PATENT ELEVATOR No. 89” I could only assume that the No. 89 is a serial number for the device as I have seen pics of other rifles with an assortment of random numbers in this marking.
Regards, broadarrow.
