Firearm trigger mechanism, firearm and method of controlling a rate of the firearm
AssigneeColt's Manufacturing Company Inc.
InventorEric Talasco
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Abstract
A trigger mechanism for a firearm, the trigger mechanism having: a trigger for actuating a hammer of the trigger mechanism, wherein actuation of the trigger causes the hammer to advance to a firing position; and a release configured for movement between a first position and a second position, the release must be first actuated from the first position to the second position and thereafter from the second position to the first position in order to allow for the hammer to advance to the firing position.
Claims20
A trigger mechanism for a firearm, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a trigger for actuating a hammer of the trigger mechanism, wherein actuation of the trigger causes the hammer to advance to a firing position;
- and
- a release configured for movement between a first position and a second position, the release must be first actuated from the first position to the second position and thereafter from the second position to the first position in order to allow for the hammer to advance to the firing position.
A firearm, comprising:
- a barrel;
- a bolt carrier assembly movably received within the firearm for movement between a first position and a second position;
- a trigger mechanism for firing a round from the firearm, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a trigger;
- a hammer pivotally mounted to the firearm for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein actuation of the trigger causes the hammer to advance from the first position to the second position, wherein the hammer contacts a firing pin of the firearm;
- a release configured for movement between a first position and a second position, the release must be first actuated from the first position to the second position and thereafter from the second position to the first position in order to allow for the hammer to advance to the second position after a round has been fired from the firearm.
A method of controlling the firing rate of a firearm, comprising:
- limiting movement of a bolt carrier assembly of the firearm to a position wherein actuation of a trigger of the firearm will not fire another round after a first round has been fired;
- and
- releasing the bolt carrier assembly from the position to another position, wherein actuation of the trigger will cause a hammer to contact a firing pin of the bolt carrier assembly, wherein the releasing of the bolt carrier assembly from the position is caused by actuation of a release button located on a surface of the firearm proximate to the trigger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.