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Historical note on the hammerless principle—The semi-hammerless gun—Lang's self-cocking gun—Lefever American hammerless gun—Hammerless guns cocked by the action-lever—Dreyse's, Daw's, Green's, Murcott's, Allport's—Hammerless guns cocked by the barrels—Anson and Deeley's gun—Necessity for a top connection on hammerless guns—Principle involved—Where the strain comes—The Abbey bolt—Greener's "Facile Princeps" gun—Barrel-cocking mechanisms compared—Hammerless guns cocked by the mainspring—Purdey's, Walker's, Greener's—Other methods; Scott's, Hill's, Rogers's—Advantages of hammerless guns—The choice of a hammerless system...