Excerpt from Description and Rules for the Management of the U. S. Magazine Rifle and Carbine: Calibre .30
Front sight pin. - Length increased and taper changed in Model 1896.
Gate - Length of lug reduced O.0065, April 1, 1895. Fillet added at junction of lug and hinge, October 8, 1895. Shape of exterior and interior of front end changed, Octo ber 8, 1895. Curvature of exterior and shape of interior at rear end changed, and the bevel on the front part of the interior of the top omitted in Model 1898.
Guide lip. - Tenon to enter groove in receiver omitted, Sept. 8, 1894. Thickness increased in Model 1896.
Hand guard body. - Extended rearward over tenon of receiver and heads of rivets countersunk deeper in Model 1896.
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