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After the death of W. Greener the two businesses were amalgamated and carried on by W. W. Greener, whose next patent was the self-acting striker—a method only superseded by the rebounding lock. This was not of so much importance as the patent that followed it, the famous cross bolt, produced as a single top bolt in 1865. In 1873 this was combined with the bottom holding down bolts to form the “Treble Wedge Fast,” one of the strongest breech actions ever invented, and one that has become much used of late, wherever an extended rib is thought to be necessary. Even London makers are now employing it to withstand the heavy charges in rifles of Express character.