PISTOL Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: pistols used as personal self-protection arms. SUBSTANCE: after a shot the trigger returns to the initial position and gets engaged with the hammer. Under the action of pressure of powder gases the slide moves backwards together with the cartridge case acting upon the hammer and moving it backwards. At an extraction of the empty case and in further movement of the slide the return spring located in the grip gets engaged in operation through the transfer lever, and the feed mechanism intermediate lever starts moving and sets in motion the cartridge pusher, which ejects the next cartridge from the magazine bringing it in the horizontal position by the lug of the slide upper part simultaneously with ejection of the empty case by the hammer stud. During forward motion the slide feeds the horizontally positioned cartridge to the chamber. At the end of the stroke the hammer gets engaged with the trigger. EFFECT: improved design. 2 cl, 3 dwg