Single-shot falling block action rifle with improved safety
OwnerRoger Gentryinventor
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Abstract
An improved single-shot rifle is shown having a rifle barrel secured to a receiver and having a lever-activated falling block action. The action includes a hammer and trigger each pivotally connected to the lever. A breechblock is moveable downwardly within a breechblock mortise provided on a rear surface of the receiver from a safety position wherein a firing pin carried thereby is aligned with a recess in the hammer and a firing position in which the firing pin is aligned with a striking surface of the hammer so that pulling the trigger releases the hammer and allows the striking surface thereof to strike the firing pin and fire the rifle.
Claims13
A single-shot rifle, comprising:
- a barrel having opposing ends;
- a receiver mounted on one end of the barrel, the receiver having a forward face which joins the barrel and a rearward face;
- a lever-activated falling block action;
- a hammer and trigger each pivotally connected to the lever;
- and wherein said action comprises a breechblock movable downwardly within a breechblock mortise from a safety position wherein a firing pin carried thereby is aligned with a recess in the hammer to a firing position in which the firing pin is aligned with a striking surface of the hammer so that pulling the trigger releases the hammer and allows the striking surface thereof to strike the firing pin and fire the rifle.
A receiver for a single-shot rifle having a rifle barrel secured to said receiver and having a lever-activated falling block action, the action comprising a hammer and trigger each pivotally connected to the lever, a breechblock movable downwardly within a breechblock mortise provided on a rear surface of the receiver from a safety position wherein a firing pin carried thereby is aligned with a recess in the hammer to a firing position in which the firing pin is aligned with a striking surface of the hammer so that pulling the trigger releases the hammer and allows the striking surface thereof to strike the firing pin and fire the rifle.
A method of firing a single-shot rifle of the type having a barrel having opposing ends and having a receiver mounted on one end of the barrel, the receiver having a forward face which joins the barrel and a rearward face which accesses a cartridge chamber for accepting a cartridge, the rifle having a lever-activated falling block action with a hammer and trigger each pivotally connected to the lever, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a breechblock as a part of the action which is movable downwardly within a breechblock mortise from a safety position wherein a firing pin carried thereby is aligned with a recess in the hammer to a firing position in which the firing pin is aligned with a striking surface of the hammer so that pulling the trigger releases the hammer and allows the striking surface thereof to strike the firing pin and fire the rifle;
- manually cocking the hammer of the rifle;
- manually pushing the breechblock downwardly within the breechblock mortise from the safety position to the firing position;
- and
- pulling the trigger to fire the rifle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.