Elements for decelerating the recoil of the moving parts of a fire arm

The combination in a firearm comprising:

• a casing;
• a slide movably guided on the casing and having a front end and a rear end and presenting a surface directed toward the rear end, the slide having a recoil movement toward the rear end upon firing;
• a barrel movably mounted along the slide and presenting a surface directed toward the front end of the slide;
• a firing device comprising a striker and a kinematic chain for activating the striker, the chain comprising a trigger pivotably mounted in the casing;
• and
• means for decelerating the slide, the means comprising a lever hingedly mounted around a hinging axis on the casing between the barrel and the slide,
• the lever being provided with a first stop and a second stop on two opposite sides, the first stop being situated on a side of the lever directed toward the front end of the slide and being adapted to make contact with the surface of the slide during only a part of the recoil movement of the slide, the second stop being situated at the opposite side of the lever directed toward the rear end of the slide and being adapted to come into contact with the surface of the barrel,
• the first stop being a distance from the hinging axis which is greater than a distance between the second stop and the hinging axis.