Bolt and firing pin locking system for firearm
AssigneeSturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
InventorsWilliam B. Ruger, Michael Smisko, James McGarry
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Abstract
An autoloading firearm having a reciprocating bolt, a cocking lever and firing pin which bolt and firing pin are locked by a locking lever until the trigger is pulled or until the cocking lever of the bolt is manually pulled back. A linkage operably controlled by the trigger causes the locking lever to unlock the bolt and firing pin when the trigger is pulled.
Claims10
An autoloading firearm including a barrel that contains a firing chamber containing a cartridge, a receiver, a bolt for reciprocating in the receiver from a position adjacent to the cartridge to a rearward position, a spring urging an unlocked said bolt against the cartridge when fired, a bolt cocking handle, a firing pin, a sear and a trigger and further comprising
- a) a bolt notch means;
- b) a lock arrangement means for locking the bolt in its forward position adjacent to the cartridge which lock arrangement means in turn comprises
- i) bolt engagement means for engaging the bolt notch means;
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- ii) actuating means operated by the trigger for actuating the bolt engagement means to disengage the bolt to permit firing of the firearm;
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- c) a hammer released by action of the trigger and sear after the actuating means has been operated by the trigger to disengage the bolt.
An autoloading firearm including a barrel that contains a firing chamber capable of containing a cartridge, a receiver, a bolt for reciprocating in the receiver from a position adjacent to the cartridge to a rearward position, a bolt cocking handle, a firing pin and a trigger and further comprising
- a) a bolt notch means;
- b) a lock arrangement means for locking the bolt in its forward position adjacent to the cartridge which lock arrangement means in turn comprises
- i) bolt engagement means for engaging the bolt notch means;
- ii) actuating means operated by the trigger for actuating the bolt engagement means to disengage the bolt to permit firing of the firearm;
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- c) notch means in the firing pin engageable by the lock arrangement means to prevent forward movement of the firing pin toward the cartridge in the firing chamber until the trigger is pulled.
An autoloading firearm including a barrel that contains a firing chamber capable of containing a cartridge, a receiver, a bolt for reciprocating in the receiver from a position adjacent to the cartridge to a rearward position, a bolt cocking handle, a firing pin and a trigger and further comprising
- a) a bolt notch means;
- b) a lock arrangement means for locking the bolt in its forward position adjacent to the cartridge which lock arrangement means in turn comprises
- i) bolt engagement means including a bolt engageable lever for engaging the bolt notch means;
- ii) actuating means operated by the trigger for actuating the bolt engagement means to disengage the bolt to permit firing of the firearm;
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- c) a deflection surface on the bolt cocking handle to deflect and deactivate the bolt engageable lever when the bolt cocking handle moves rearwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.