Crossbow type gun

Abstract

A bow gun comprising a body having a channel disposed therein, the channel including a projectile discharge opening. A magazine chamber communicates with the channel for storing a plurality of projectiles for sequential discharge. A bow is mounted on the body, the bow carrying a bow string. An impulse slide is disposed for reciprocal movement within the channel and is operably connected to the bow string. A cocking slide is disposed for reciprocal movement in the channel to shift the impulse slide rearwardly in the channel. A manually actuable cocking lever is pivotally mounted to the gun body and is operably connected to the cocking slide. Actuation of the cocking lever effects rearward movement of the cocking slide to shift the impulse slide rearwardly toward a cocked position. A trigger is provided for retaining the impulse slide in a cocked position and for releasing the impulse slide for forward movement toward a projectile under the bias of the bow string. A portion of the impulse slide is disposed above the magazine chamber subsequent to discharge of one projectile to prevent premature entry of another projectile into the discharge bore. The gun body comprises a pair of housing sections releasably secured together. The housing sections are divided along a plane defined essentially by the central axis of the channel. An adaptor unit is provided for converting the gun into a ball-ejecting gun.

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