Grenade launcher

In connection with a multi-round hand operated grenade launcher,

• a pivotally connected upper and lower receiver,
• a barrel partially disposed into said upper receiver,
• means slidably retaining said barrel within said upper receiver,
• a stock and grip carried by said lower receiver,
• a magazine holding a plurality of rounds of grenade cartridges, said cartridges having casings disposed into said magazine and having nose portions of projectiles carried by said casings extending outwardly of said magazine,
• means limiting the sliding movement of said barrel to substantially the extent of said nose portions of said projectiles extending outwardly of said magazine,
• a passage receiving said magazine between said upper and said lower receivers,
• means carried by said upper receiver and said barrel actuated by the sliding movement of said barrel advancing said magazine through said passage, and
• said magazine being an operative extension of said barrel in cooperatively retaining a cartridge therebetween, said respective nose portions of said projectiles being received and retained in said barrel.