Safety device for firearms using removable magazines
OwnerDavid A. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A safety device for a repeating firearm includes a main body which fits in the magazine well of the firearm, closing its outer end. An outer end of the main body is clearly visible at the outer end of the magazine well when the main body is properly located therein. A chamber-blocking member movably attached to the main body excludes cartridges from the firing chamber of the weapon and, in one embodiment of the invention, includes a barrier which prevents a firing pin from reaching the primer of a cartridge which may be located in the firing chamber undetected. The chamber-blocking member, in one embodiment of the invention, is pivotably attached to the main body. In another embodiment of the invention the chamber-blocking member is a cylindrical plug attached to the main body by a flexible cable.
Claims20
A safety device for use in a firearm, of the type having a barrel defining a cartridge receiving and firing chamber having a breech opening, a longitudinally movable breech-closing member, and a magazine well for receiving and holding a removable magazine capable of holding a cartridge to be fed into the cartridge receiving and firing chamber, the safety device comprising:
- (a) a main body of a size and shape which fits within said magazine well, preventing insertion of a magazine thereinto, said main body including an inner end and an outer end;
- (b) a chamber-blocking element;
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- (c) connecting means attached to said main body for connecting said chamber-blocking element movably thereto, said chamber-blocking element being movable between a first position, in which said chamber-blocking element is aligned with said main body so that said main body can be inserted into said magazine well preceded by said chamber-blocking element, and a forwardly located second position in which at least a portion of said chamber-blocking element obstructs said breech opening, preventing insertion of a cartridge into said cartridge receiving and firing chamber.
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