Repeater Action
Magazine Follower
Lifts cartridges under spring pressure.
Also called
- follower
Arms it fits
Documented parts
In stock now
Names recorded
Identification
Notes on the magazine follower are still at the bench
Identification notes are written one part at a time, from pieces Butch has had in hand — so this section fills in as he works through the vocabulary rather than all at once. If you are trying to identify a magazine follower you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.
Vocabulary
Other names for the magazine follower
The same component has been called different things by different makers, manuals and trades. Each term is printed with whatever is recorded about where it comes from.
- follower
How the mechanism works
Plates & drawings
Original patent drawings for this mechanism, filed by the people who designed it, with every component called out and numbered. They are grouped by how the part works rather than by which arm it came off — the classification that put them here names the mechanism and says nothing about the gun.
Fits
Magazine Follower by model
Will it fit
No interchange recorded yet
Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled. A blank section means nothing has been checked yet — not that everything fits.
From the bench
Availability
Nothing of this type is listed at the moment. Most of this catalog is one-of-a-kind, so stock turns over item by item rather than being restocked — posting a wanted listing is the reliable route, and aggregated requests are what tell Butch which parts to make next.
The reference
Documented examples
Dutch Beaumont Rifle Parts Magazine Follower
Dutch Beaumont Rifle
Krag Rifle Parts Magazine Follower
Krag Rifle
Mauser Parts Magazine Follower
Mauser
Remington Rolling Block Parts Magazine Follower
Remington Rolling Block
Rolling Block Rifle Parts Magazine Follower
Rolling Block Rifle
Sharps Carbine And Rifle Parts Magazine Follower
Sharps Carbine And Rifle
Spencer Rifle And Carbine Parts Magazine Follower
Spencer Rifle And Carbine
U.S. 45 70 Trapdoor Springfield Magazine Follower
U.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield
U.S. Krag Rifle Parts Magazine Follower
U.S. Krag Rifle
Winchester Parts Magazine Follower
Winchester
Check it yourself
Sources
Period and institutional material relevant to this entry. Listed so it can be checked, not as decoration — nothing here has been through expert review yet.
- 1.Manual of instruction in ordnance and gunnery for the U.S. Naval Training ServiceUnited States. Bureau of Naval Personnel; Hunker, John Jacob, 1844-1916; Hussey, Charles Lincoln; Osborn, Robert Hatfield · Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · Cornell University Library · 1900
- 2.Manual of instruction in ordnance and gunnery for the U.S. Naval Training ServiceUnited States. Bureau of Naval Personnel; Hunker, John Jacob, 1844-1916; Hussey, Charles Lincoln; Osborn, Robert Hatfield · Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · University of California Libraries · 1900
- 3.Handbook for seaman gunners. Catechism of Whitehead torpedoes, naval defence mine, countermine, observation mine, explosives, and electricity. Prepared at the United States Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I. 1908Govt. Print. Off. · State Library of Pennsylvania · 1908