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US 7,406,793 B2Granted
Revolver handgun having an ambidextrous, integrated, combined, lockable safety and handgun lock and a method of operating the lockable safety and handgun lock
OwnerW. Thomas McClellaninventor
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Abstract
A handgun has a reliable, integrated, lockable safety/hammer lock which is easy to operate and inexpensive to manufacture. The handgun contains a frame having shaft receiving recesses, a hammer supported in the frame, and a lockable safety/hammer lock disposed in a slidable fashion in the frame. The safety/hammer lock has a locking shaft for engaging in the shaft receiving recesses and a hammer locking rail for preventing the hammer from actuating or cocking.
Claims12
A revolver, comprising:
- a frame having first and second shaft receiving recesses formed therein;
- a hammer supported on said frame;
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- a hammer lock for sliding in said frame, between safety-on and safety-off positions;
- said hammer lock having a locking shaft selectively:
- a) engaging and being retained only in said first shaft receiving recess for preventing said hammer from being actuated in said safety-on position;
- or
- b) engaging and being retained only in said second shaft receiving recess for permitting said hammer to be actuated in said safety-off position;
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- c) disengaging and releasing retention from said first and second recesses for permitting said hammer lock to be slid between said safety-on and safety-off positions by engagement with the thumb of either hand holding the revolver.
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