REVOLVER Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: weaponry, in particular, double-action revolvers with a hinged cylinder. SUBSTANCE: revolver has a frame with a trigger guard, barrel fastened to the frame, grip, hinged cylinder, spring-loaded cylinder retainer with an oval locating hole, cylinder catch and a trigger mechanism including the trigger installed at the front end face of the cylinder for translational motion along the trigger guard, hammer with a hooked lug, sear mechanism, safety mechanism preventing unauthorized actuation of the hammer, and a three-bladed trigger hinge-mounted on a pin in the frame, one blade of the trigger is hinge-joined to the trigger, and the second blade - to the cylinder catch, the cylinder retainer is installed on the trigger lever pin and furnished with a rib engageable with the mating rib of the trigger. The side lug on the third blade of the trigger has the function of the sear mechanism for retaining the hammer in the position cocked by hand, it is engageable with the hooked lug of the hammer. In addition to its main function of cylinder revolving, the cylinder catch performs the function of the safety mechanism preventing unauthorized actuation of the hammer, it is T-shaped and furnished with a lug engageable with the mating lug on the hammer side surface. EFFECT: enhanced reliability, simplified design. 2 dwg