a rarer type of the clip now known as Swiss-type (after the Schmidt-Rubin) frame charger was patented in 1886 by Louis P. Diss of Remington Arms. The former was not adopted on a military rifle until 1889 (on Mauser Model 1889) and the latter until 1887 (on Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87).

A different device known as the en bloc clip has been used since the mid to late 1880s