Talk:Interrupted screw

I suggest this article should be merged with "Breech mechanism" as the second article covers more systems and is better illustrated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.250.59.239 (talk) 17:57, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

The current content of the "Interrupted screw" article could readily be merged, but the topic is broader. Notably, this is a common method for securing connectors to plates. A hole with tabs is made in the place, which keeps the connector from turning and a nut can be secured on the connector without needing a tool on the connector (the plate functions as the tool). Similar view to Rcbutcher here, I was looking for uses outside artillery. 74.104.188.4 (talk) 00:23, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

These types of breeches are commonly know as quick-locking breeches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.90.105 (talk) 05:23, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

The concept of the interrupted screw has applications beyond locking breeches. It is an engineering concept which artillery merely borrows. Hence it should be kept separate from guns and breeches. Rcbutcher (talk) 06:19, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Early history

https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/71928 -- a book on gunsmithing published in 1883 -- in its opening chapter on history quotes a patent for an interrupted screw much earlier than the one cited here: 1661, to the Marquis of Worcester. Paul Koning (talk) 23:58, 25 October 2023 (UTC)