Auto-loading shotgun
AssigneeL&O Hunting Group GmbH
InventorsSergej Popikov, Eugen Fester, Peter Wiedemann
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Abstract
A self-loading shotgun includes a lock movable inside a lock housing between an open position and a closed position, a barrel, a magazine disposed below the barrel, a lock catch for holding the lock in the open position, and a feeder system for lifting a cartridge delivered from the magazine to the height of the barrel. The feeder system includes a feeder that swivels about a transverse axis and a magazine hatch that interacts with the lock catch. To allow the self-loading shotgun to be fully loaded even when the lock is open, the swivel movement of the feeder generated by the lock is controlled by a control element separate from the lock catch.
Claims17
A self-loading shotgun comprising:
- a lock housing;
- a lock movable inside the lock housing between an open position and a closed position;
- a barrel;
- a magazine disposed below the barrel;
- a lock catch for holding the lock in the open position;
- a feeder system lifting a cartridge fed from the magazine to the height of the barrel, the feeder system comprising a feeder that swivels about a transverse axis and a magazine hatch that interacts with the lock catch;
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- a control element that is separate from the lock catch,
- wherein the swivel movement of the feeder is generated by the lock via the control element that is separate from the lock catch.
A self-loading shotgun comprising:
- a lock housing;
- a lock movable inside the lock housing between an open position and a closed position;
- a barrel;
- a magazine disposed below the barrel;
- a lock catch for holding the lock in the open position;
- a feeder system lifting a cartridge fed from the magazine to the height of the barrel, the feeder system comprising a feeder that swivels about a transverse axis and a magazine hatch that interacts with the lock catch;
- and
- a control element that is separate from the lock catch,
- wherein the swivel movement of the feeder generated by the lock is controlled by the control element that is separate from the lock catch, and
- the control element, which interacts with the lock, is hinged to one end of the feeder so as to be able to swivel about an axis parallel to the transverse axis, said end, as seen when looking in a downrange direction, projecting rearwardly with respect to the transverse axis.
A self-loading shotgun with a lock movable inside a lock housing between an open position and a closed position, a barrel, a magazine disposed below the barrel, a lock catch for holding the lock in the open position, and a feeder system lifting a cartridge fed from the magazine to the height of the barrel, with the feeder system comprising a feeder that swivels about a transverse axis and a magazine hatch that interacts with the lock catch,
- wherein the swivel movement of the feeder generated by the lock is controlled by a control element that is separate from the lock catch,
- the magazine hatch that swivels about an axis perpendicular with respect to an axis of the barrel is connected to the lock catch via a lock catch actuating element that is swivel-mounted on the feeder, and
- the lock catch actuating element is hinged to an upwardly projecting bearing part of the feeder so as to be able to swivel about a swivel axis perpendicular with respect to the transverse axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.