MULTIFIRING SMALL ARMS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: armament, in particular, multifiring pump guns. SUBSTANCE: in the gun, using a forward movable barrel with a cartridge chamber, receiver, housing with a mirror, built, grip, overbarrel magazine with a cutoff, cartridge feeder, extraction mechanism, firing mechanism and locking device, the cartridge feeder is kinematically linked with the forward movable barrel. The locking device is made in the form of two spring-loaded latches symmetrically arranged on the sides of the trigger; each latch has a tail piece and a front lug, it is hinge-mounted in the housing for engagement of its lug with the recess fixing the barrel in its rear position, and of its tail piece - with the trigger in its rear position. The hammer-type firing mechanism uses a trigger hinge-mounted in the housing, spring-loaded hammer, sear and a firing pin. EFFECT: reduced mass and dimension characteristics due to simplified design and combination of the functions of cartridge feed, cutoff and empty case extraction in the same feed mechanism. 6 dwg