PISTOL Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: hand firearm, in particular, pistols. SUBSTANCE: to produce a unified series of pistols differing in caliber and cartridge power and suitable for right-hand and left-hand shooting, in the pistol, having a frame, barrel bracket with the barrel press-fitted in it, slide, barrel latch, magazine and magazine lock, the frame is made with longitudinal grooves. The barrel bracket is installed in the frame longitudinal grooves and fastened by a pin. The magazine lock is made as a spring- loaded lever with a hook installed on the axle in the barrel bracket, and a two-sided button installed in the transverse hole of the frame for engagement with the spring-loaded lever. The barrel, barrel bracket and spring-loaded lever of the magazine lock make up a single assembly. The slide has a duct in the front part and is furnished with a buffer device located in the duct and made in the form of a tubular shock absorber of elastic material, buffer and a stopper. The shock absorber bears against the duct inner walls. The barrel latch is made in the form of a lever with an upper lug for the buffer stop at a slide recoil and for slide locking, with a lower lug for action by the shooter's finger, installed for rocking on the pin of the barrel bracket and spring-loaded by a spring installed on the frame axle. EFFECT: improved design. 7 dwg