Lock for a firearm

A lock for a firearm having a frame with a forward extending barrel and defining a magazine well and a bolt passage containing a reciprocating bolt movable between a rearward retracted position and a forward battery position, the lock for a firearm comprising:

• a lock body configured to be closely and removably received in the magazine well;
• the lock body having an upper portion configured to extend into the bolt passage when installed in the firearm, with the upper portion interposed between the reciprocating bolt and the forward extending barrel;
• a locking mechanism at a lower portion of the lock body and having a locked condition and an unlocked condition;
• a latch element connected at the upper portion of the lock body and interfacing the locking mechanism to move between an unlocked position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition and a locked position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition;
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• wherein the latch element protrudes in a forward direction from the lock body when in the locked position.

A lock for a firearm having a frame with a forward extending barrel and defining a magazine well and a bolt passage containing a reciprocating bolt movable between a rearward retracted position and a forward battery position, the lock for a firearm comprising:

• a lock body configured to be closely and removably received in the magazine well;
• the lock body having an upper portion configured to extend into the bolt passage when installed in the firearm, with the upper portion interposed between the reciprocating bolt and the forward extending barrel;
• a locking mechanism at a lower portion of the lock body and having a locked condition and an unlocked condition;
• a latch element connected at the upper portion of the lock body and interfacing the locking mechanism to move between an unlocked position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition and a locked position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition;
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• wherein the latch element extends beyond a forward limit of the magazine well when in the locked position.