MECHANISMUS FÜR SCHRITTWEISEN DREHANTRIEB EINER TROMMEL EINER FEUERWAFFE

A mechanism for indexing the movement of a firearm cylinder to load and unload cartridges from a plurality of cartridge-receiving chambers in the cylinder (5). The firearm may generally comprise a cylinder (5), a supporting structure (3) rotatably carrying the cylinder and a loading gate cutout (42)...

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Main Authors ZAJK, JOSEPH J, CORNISH, JEFFREY R
Format Patent
LanguageGerman
Published 15.03.2008
Subjects
ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES
WEAPONS
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Summary:A mechanism for indexing the movement of a firearm cylinder to load and unload cartridges from a plurality of cartridge-receiving chambers in the cylinder (5). The firearm may generally comprise a cylinder (5), a supporting structure (3) rotatably carrying the cylinder and a loading gate cutout (42). The indexing mechanism may comprise a cylinder indexing member, which in one embodiment may be a stop pin. The cylinder (5) is configured to be stoppingly engaged by the indexing member (30) when the cylinder is rotated in a first direction to align a cartridge-receiving chamber with the loading gate cutout (42) in the frame, thereby creating an indexed position of the cylinder. Preferably, a plurality of indexed positions are created to allow each chamber to be aligned with the loading gate cutout for loading and unloading cartridges. In one embodiment, the cylinder is further freely rotatable in a second direction opposite the first direction without stopping engagement between the cylinder and indexing member. The mechanism may further include a pawl (13) which is moveable into and out of engagement with the cylinder for advancing the cylinder as the firearm is discharged.
Bibliography:Application Number: AT20040255478T