Electronically fired revolver utilizing percussively actuated cartridges

A firearm having an electronic firing apparatus adapted to product a firing signal, said firearm comprising:

• a frame with a firing chamber to receive a percussively fired cartridge;
• a barrel with a firing axis attached to said frame in alignment with said firing chamber;
• a trigger member;
• a linearly displaceable firing probe disposed within said frame for linear reciprocal movement from a probe recovered position wherein said firing probe is retracted away from said cartridge, to a probe contacting position wherein said firing probe is disposed forwardly in contact with said cartridge;
• a security apparatus in electrical communication with said firing probe, said security apparatus being capable of determining an operational mode of said firearm;
• an authorization assembly for determining whether an operator of said firearm is an authorized operator, said authorization assembly being in electrical communication with said security apparatus and integrated in a common circuitboard arrangement;
• wherein said circuitboard arrangement comprises a central rigid circuitboard, a first secondary rigid circuitboard configured as a manually-operable keypad and coupled to said central rigid circuitboard via a first flexible circuitboard portion, a second secondary rigid circuitboard configured as a high-voltage mountboard and coupled to said central rigid circuitboard via a second flexible circuitboard portion, and a third secondary rigid circuitboard configured as a display mount board and coupled to said high-voltage mountboard via a third flexible circuitboard portion;
• and
• wherein actuation of said trigger member causes said firing probe to move from said probe recovered position to said probe contacting position only when said security apparatus determines said firearm is in a firing mode and said operator is said authorized operator.

A firearm having an electronic firing apparatus adapted to produce a firing signal, said firearm comprising:

• a frame with a firing chamber to receive a percussively fired cartridge;
• a barrel with a firing axis attached to said frame in alignment with said firing chamber;
• a trigger member;
• a linearly displaceable firing probe disposed within said frame for linear reciprocal movement from a probe recovered position wherein said firing probe is retracted away from said cartridge, to a probe contacting position wherein said firing probe is disposed forwardly in contact with said cartridge;
• a security apparatus in electrical communication with said firing probe, said security apparatus being capable of determining an operational mode of said firearm
• an authorization assembly for determining whether an operator of said firearm is an authorized operator, said authorization assembly being in electrical communication with said security apparatus;
• a high voltage mountboard for communication said firing signal to said firing probe, wherein said high-voltage mountboard anchors said firing probe;
• and
• wherein actuation of said trigger member causes said firing probe to move from said probe recovered position to said probe contacting position only when said security apparatus determines said firearm is in a firing mode and said operator is said authorized operator.