Originally Posted by gunman
Originally Posted by Ted Schefelbein
Dustin,
Perhaps reach out to “gunman”, I’d bet he knows it off the top of his head. The only guess I’d have is a variation of the more well known “box” ejector systems.

Was a Perks box system somewhat similar? Sorry, when I have a question about English stuff, I ask you, usually.

Best,
Ted
Thanks for the thought . I will admit I do not know who's patent this is ,had it in my mind that it was Perkes but never had that confirmed .
Seen a few of these and some variants ,as a lot of designs were basically improvements , simplifications or combinations of other designs as a a way of getting round patents .
Like so many functional ejector systems they all ( house style not considered such as Cogswell's or Boss ) were surpassed by Southgate /Holland , Deeley box and Baker , probobly for there simplicity or availability in the case of Deeley box's which could be bought in complete


I did send you a PM regarding this system. Thanks for responding here, though. It’s much appreciated. You’re definitely not the only full time (retired or not retired) gunsmith who’s not familiar with this system. Osborne, being a fairly prolific maker to the trade, I would’ve thought more gun workers would be somewhat more familiar with this system. It must not have been used for very long at all.

Dustin