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Belgian Target Crossbow
The Mechanism of the Lock, Figs. 149, 150
Fig. 149. A The catch of the lock, with its fingers tilted up ready
to come down over the bow-string, see also fig. 148.
As the bow-string is forced along the stock by the stringing lever (fig.
156, p. 217), it is at length pushed hard against the projection is, which
is beneath the fingers of the catch A and forms part of it, see also fig.
151, next page.
Fig. 149. - The Parts of the Lock, as Fitted Inside
the Stock of the Crossbow. Half full size.
This pressure of the bow-string against the projection B, causes its
lower end to snap down into the notch near D, of the lever C C.
When B and CC are thus interlocked at D, the fingers of the catch will
have come down over the bow-string E, as seen in fig. 150.
Fig. 150. - The Lock with the Fingers of the Catch
Hooked Over the Stretched Bowstring E. Half full size.
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