PNEUMATIC SPORTING PISTOL Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: weapons, in particular, pneumatic sporting pistols. SUBSTANCE: pneumatic sporting pistol has frame 1, barrel 2, slide 3, vessel 4 with compressed gas and trigger mechanism 7. Striker 13 is engageable with normally closed valve 6 through striker pin 14 installed in frame 1. The latter has rib 17, striker pin 14 is positioned in this rib 17, and the upper part of trigger 9 has lugs 18 directed upwards. with hole 15 of striker pin 14 positioned between them. Such an arrangement of striker pin 14 and provision of lugs 18 in trigger 9 made it possible to "bring nearer" the point of engagement of trigger 9 with the shooter's finger to barrel 2, which decreases the arm of action of recoil force. EFFECT: enhanced stability of pistol in the line of fire. 2 dwg