REVOLVER-TYPE HAND FIRE ARMS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: hand fire arms, mainly of the self-defense and police kinds (pocket and woman modifications). SUBSTANCE: the device has a frame, in which a barrel, cartridge magazine in the form of a disk drum with a horizontal transversal axis of rotation and several chambers for ammunition (cartridges), lock, mechanisms of drum revolution and fixation, firing device with a trigger, reloading device, safety device and a grip are installed. The offered fire arms is mainly featured by the following: the chambers in the disk drum are positioned tangentially, the axis of its rotation lies below the bore line. The rear surface of the barrel may have a curvilinear asymmetrical shape of the drum front surface in the point of their conjugation. Provision is made for operative replacement of the drum with a spare one, as well as replacement of the barrel and drum with another caliber. The grip is made mainly hollow, and the drum is positioned in this cavity. EFFECT: expanded composition potentialities and essentially reduced overall dimensions, mainly in the thickness, bringing them nearer to the overall dimensions of pistols of the same caliber; improved conditions of use of the fire arms both of the self-defense and police kinds (pocket and woman modifications) due to combination of advantages of classical revolvers (reliable cases at a fighting use) with advantages of pistols (convenient carrying and multiple reloading). 15 cl, 10 dwg