Abstract

A system and method for charging a handgun. A body is frictionally fit over the slide of a handgun and placed against a hard surface. The grip of the handgun is depressed, thereby retracting the slide and ejecting any spent cartridge. As pressure on the grip is released, the recoil spring forces the slide forward relative to the frame of the handgun, stripping a cartridge from the magazine and inserting the cartridge into the barrel of the handgun. The body is then removed from the slide and the handgun may be fired. The body is configured to fit into frictional mating engagement with the slide and allow the barrel of the handgun to extend into a cavity in the body as the slide is retracted relative to the frame of the handgun.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 7/02 - Machine-gun rechargers, e.g. manually operated
• F41A 7/00 - Auxiliary mechanisms for bringing the breech-block or bolt or the barrel to the starting position before automatic firing; Drives for externally-powered guns; Remote-controlled gun chargers
• F41A 19/39 - Cocking mechanisms for other types of guns, e.g. fixed breech-block types, forwardly-slidable barrel types
• F41A 19/52 - Cocking mechanisms for other types of guns, e.g. fixed breech-block types, revolvers
• F41C 27/00 - SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details or attachments not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A method and apparatus for expelling a projection from an air gun by striking a primer cap filled with a shock-sensitive explosive compound, causing the cap to explode, which in turn rapidly compresses a volume of air located between the projectile and the cap, causing the projectile to exit from the barrel of the air gun at a high rate of speed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F42B 5/02 - Cartridges, i.e. cases with propellant charge and missile
• F42B 8/00 - Practice or training ammunition
• F41A 19/00 - Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms