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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328530 | Barrel latch locking device A barrel latch safety for a grenade launcher having a barrel slidable upon a receiver via actuation of a barrel latch is provided. The barrel latch safety includes a locking plate and elongate member extending from a portion thereof so as to define a crotch between ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316092 | Muzzle-loading firearm and easily removable breech plug for use therewith A muzzle-loading firearm includes a breech plug for mating, non-threaded engagement with a housing located at the breech end of an axial bore of the firearm barrel. The plug includes a cylindrically-shaped body member having opposite first and second ends and an out... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7156085 | Toy gun A toy gun includes a barrel having a bay for receiving a soft projectile loaded within a cartridge. A stock is connected pivotally to the barrel and encases a pneumatic cylinder and piston that is primed upon pivotally opening the stock and barrel. The pneumatic cyl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121034 | Bipod mount and grip assembly A grip and bipod mounting device for mounting a bipod supporting grip assembly to a “picatinny” mounting rail structure as are often affixed below the forearm stock of a firearm such as a military rifle (e.g., as per standard MIL-STD-1913). In particular, the pr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7076901 | Empty cartridge removing device of a dummy launcher for animal training An empty cartridge removing device of a dummy launcher for animal training having a fixed member of a fixed assembly pivotally assembled with a body of a firing assembly, the empty cartridge removing device comprising: a barrel adapted to be coupled with a coupling ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6966137 | Device for extracting and ejecting a cartridge case in a firearm A device for extracting and ejecting a cartridge case in a firearm applied to a breechblock equipped with windows (17) on opposite sides, comprises an extraction element (19), equipped with an engagement means (28) suitable for holding a cartrid... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6907687 | Over-and-under shotgun apparatus and method An over-and-under shotgun apparatus includes a radius track which serves as a hinge for articulating the barrel portion of the shotgun apparatus relative to the receiver/stock portion of the shotgun apparatus. The radius track is defined by a female or concave porti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6851212 | Extractor assembly for a semi-automatic handgun A system and method for extracting a round of ammunition from a semi-automatic handgun having a slide with an opening are provided. An extractor assembly includes a first member configured to be disposed in the opening of the slide such that the slide encloses the f... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6839997 | Device for removal of cartridges and/or cartridge casings in a drop-barrel weapon Device for removal of cartridges and/or cartridge casings in a drop-barrel weapon having at least one cartridge ejector axially displaceable in a barrel part for removal of unfired cartridges and an ejector mechanism acting on the cartridge ejector for ejection of s... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6397505 | Cartridge casing ejector for a firearm The cartridge ejector has a spring loaded ejector slide supported by the barrel pivot block for siding motion from a seated position to an eject position. The slide has a finger configured to engage the cartridge casing rim when the casing is seated at th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5682699 | Single-shot falling block action rifle with improved safety 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 with... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5666756 | Shotgun having light weight interchangeable barrel tubes with improved fit A tubular insert for a shotgun such as an over/under shotgun provides a chamber end portion with a smooth outer surface. In order to achieve a good fit between the tubular insert at the chamber end portion and the shotgun barrel at its breech, a polymeric... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5469649 | Firearm top lever adjusting system A break open firearm having a top lever adjusting system that allows the radial position of the centerline of the top lever to be easily positioned just to the right of the centerline of the frame top tang when the action is closed.... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5467549 | Firearm automatic safety system A break open firearm having an automatic safety system that can be easily converted to a manual safety, combined with a safety barrel selector mechanism that can also be locked in the fire position to always fire a preselected barrel first.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5459956 | Firearm ejector system In a break open firearm, an automatic ejection system that utilizes the hammer cocking rods to cam the ejector sears into position to latch the ejectors.... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5267406 | Automatic pistol ejector mounted in frame and interlocking with hammer pivot pin An ejector mounting arrangement in a pistol frame cavity readily disassembled in which a pivot pin unit includes spring loaded detents engageable in holes in the cavity walls. The holes communicate with the exterior of the pistol so the detents can be pus... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5109621 | Cartridge ejection device The reliability of a cartridge ejection device can be improved by the interposition of a readily deactivatable control flap, arranged on the outside of a monobloc unit, between a control bolt and a cartridge ejector of a break-open gun-housing of at least... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4980985 | Ejector for hunting weapons Ejector for hunting weapons, characterized in that it shows on its rear extremity two arms (9, 10) separated from each other by a groove (8), one of the arms (9) being provided with a screw of which one of the extremities can act on the other arm (10) in ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4976059 | Device for extracting cartridge cases from the cartridge chambers of so-called swing-barrel shotguns In a device for extracting cartridge cases from the cartridge chambers of so-called swing-barrel shotguns, an extractor is held in a retracted position relatively to the cartridge chamber by a check mechanism activated by a re-set device which comprises a... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4689912 | Hand-held high-velocity grenade launcher A hand-held, single-shot grenade launcher including a receiver and attached stocks for both hands, a barrel slidable in the receiver, an assembly of Belleville springs for absorbing recoil and a breech connected to the end of the barrel. A grenade round i... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4646458 | Rimless cartridge extractor A double barrel derringer has an extractor mechanism which includes a T-shaped extractor element supported in a T-shaped slot which opens laterally outwardly through one side of the barrel and through the breech end thereof and communicates with the cartr... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4646459 | Firearm with tiltable barrel A firearm with a barrel tiltable about a breechblock includes an ejector for throwing out a cartridge or cartridge case. The ejector is prestressed by a spring so as to be movable in discharge direction and cooperates with a locking pin such that in a fir... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4516345 | Cartridge ejector device for firearms Ejector device for a firearm, the action of which is opened by tilting about a hinge interconnecting the barrel and the receiver. A spring-urged cartridge ejector (19) is latched in cocked position by an ejector latch plunger (35) which is displaceable by... | 05/14/1985 |
| 3984933 | Ejector arrangement for break-open firearm Break-open firearms of the type to which the present invention relates have a frame, a barrel housing pivotally mounted on the frame, at least one barrel secured to the barrel housing and an ejector slidably mounted for longitudinal movement in an ejector... | 10/12/1976 |