Attachment for pistols.

Application filed September 22, 1910. Serial No. 583,248.

To all whom it may concern ;

Be it known that I, James Aubrey Garth Marshall, subject of the King of England, residing at London, in England, have in5 venter] a certain new and useful Attachment for Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of an improved rest or support for 10 use with fire-arms such as revolvers, pistols and the like for the purpose of steadying the hand of the firer.

The invention is intended more particularly for use in practice but it is also useful 15 under service conditions.

According to this invention the revolver or the like is provided with an attachment adapted to support the fore arm or wrist of the firer when holding the revolver in the 20 firing position the device being either fixed to or detachable from the butt of the weapon. In one convenient construction the rest is in two parts one adapted to be attached to the butt of the revolver and the 25 other hinged to it in such a manner that it can be opened out into an approximately horizontal position to act as a wrist support or rest for the firer’s fore arm or when not in use can be folded up so as to lie along 30 the back surface of the butt. This hinged member is preferably provided with a plate, a curved bar or the like so that it fits and forms a comfortable rest for the fore-arm or wrist.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one construction of wrist support or fore arm rest according to this invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the butt of a revolver with the rest in the 40 position which it occupies when ready for use. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the rest folded against the butt, and Fig. 4 is a rear view of the revolver with the rest in the 45 position shown in Fig. 3. Figs. 5 to 8 illusstrate modifications.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

To the butt A of the revolver a plate B ⁵⁰ is attached in any convenient manner say by screws B' entering the base of the butt. To the plate B is hinged an arm C carrying at its free’ end a curved plate D. The hinge is so made that the arm C can be turned ⁵⁵ into the approximately horizontal position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 where its further movement is stopped and it becomes a rigid member forming a support or rest for the wrist or fore-arm when in the firing position as indicated in clotted lines in Fig. 1. ₆₀It will be noticed that the arm C is skewed or set off so that the curved plate D lies at the proper angle to fit the fore-arm when the pistol is held ready for firing. This skewing is brought about by an appropriate gg setting of the hinge relatively to the center line of the plate B. When not in use the arm C can be turned up on its hinge to occupy the position shown in Figs. 3 ancl 4 where it will be seen that the curved plate 79 D fits around the upper part of the butt so that the arm C lies snugly against the back part of the butt and takes up very littlo room. As the plate C can be quite thin it is possible, when the rest is in its folded 75 position, to grip the butt and the rest ancl use the revolver in the ordinary way as if the rest were not present.

Various alterations in the design and construction of the rest may be macle without 80 departing from the spirit of this invention, for instance the plate B may be made so as to be readily detachable from the butt instead of being fixed thereto more or less permanently. An example of such a con- 85 struction as shown in Fig. 5 in which the plate B is provided with side lugs 5 which turn up over the sides of the bottom part of the butt ancl are provided with holes so that a pin V can be passed through them and 90 through corresponding holes macle in the butt to retain the plate in place. When the fore arm rest is detachable from the butt it may be macle without the hinge as shown in Fig. 6 if such, a construction be desired. 95 Again as shown in Fig. 7 the arm C may be macle in two parts sliding one over the other or telescopically so that the distance between the curved plate D ancl the butt of the revolver may be varied to suit the require- 100 ments of different individuals.

Instead of the curved plate D any other convenient support or pad may be employed and in some cases a strap adapted to encircle the wrist of the firer may be attached 105 to the encl of the arm C as shown in Fig. 8.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the present invention relates solely to a pistol or fire arm which is fired while being supported by the hand independent of 110 any support from the shoulder or side of the body, the rest or support cooperating

1,027,556 with the wrist or fore arm of the. firer. That is, the invention does not provide an attachment for a revolver or pistol by which, such weapon is adapted to be handled and 5 supported while being fired in the manner of a gun.