In one example, the disclosure relates to adjustable flip up sight assembly that can be adjusted vertically and laterally in particular, for an automatic firearm, comprising a front sight support element that is supported by an axle on a mount, in particular such that they can pivot thereon, wherein the front sight support element has an adjustment element supported on a spring element and releasably connected to a front sight, which contains a keyhole type opening through which the axle is inserted, wherein the adjustment element can be moved in relation to the axle against the spring force between two positions inside the front sight support element such that the keyhole opening prevents a lateral movement of the front sight support element along the axle when engaged with the axle, and allows the lateral adjustment of the front sight support element in a released position.
Example methods, systems, and apparatus are described herein. An example gas block is described for an automatic firearm, which has a gas cylinder that can be connected in a fluid-tight manner to a hole in the gun barrel via a gas channel, characterized by a control element that can be switched between at least two positions and is designed to open the gas channel in the first position, in which the fluid-tight connection is obtained, and to close the gas channel in the second position, in which the fluid-tight connection is interrupted. The disclosure also relates to a control element, a gun barrel equipped with the gas block, and an automatic firearm equipped with the gas block.
The invention relates to a firearm analysis device for determining parameters which are indicative for a firearm from a shot which has been discharged from the weapon, as well as a corresponding method, a corresponding firearm and a computer program product. The device comprises a voltage generating unit which generates an alternating voltage (Ue) during a counter-recoil travel and/or recoil travel of a movable weapon part occurring during a firing. The device is characterized by a signal processing unit which generates a measurement signal (IN+) from the generated AC voltage (Ue), a signal evaluation unit which determines a first time point and a second time point during the counter-recoil travel and/or recoil travel of the movable weapon part, and a time determination unit which determines a time period duration between the first time point and the second time point.
G01P 3/66 - Devices characterised by the determination of the time taken to traverse a fixed distance using electric or magnetic means
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CONTROL ELEMENT, BREECHBLOCK STOP LEVER, BREECHBLOCK CARRIER, TRIGGER, TRIGGER ASSEMBLY FOR AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON, AND AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON EQUIPPED THEREWITH
One example control element for controlling a breechblock stop lever that can move about a first axis of rotation, which can be moved between a standby position for releasing a breechblock carrier and a retaining position for retaining the breechblock carrier, includes a first arm (15) that can rotate about a second axis of rotation (B), a first control section on the first arm, the first control section including a first contact surface (11a) and a second contact surface (11b) facing away from the first contact surface (11a), which can be rotated about the second axis of rotation (B) for the control element (10) by a control curve (36, 37, 38) on the breechblock carrier (30); and a second control section (13) on the first arm, wherein the second control section can be controlled by a control surface (55a) on a trigger (50). Other examples are possible.
F41A 17/42 - Safeties for locking the breech-block or bolt in a safety position
F41A 17/58 - Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear automatically operated, i.e. operated by breech opening or closing movement
This disclosure relates to weapon receivers, profile rails, and weapons. According to one example, a receiver for a self-loading firearm, includes a first guide track within which a loading lever can be moved to move a loading tube that can be brought into contact with, or is in contact with a breechblock; a second guide track connected to the first guide track, wherein the loading lever can be shifted to the second guide track via a first opening in the receiver to move the loading tube, such that the loading lever can be operated ambidextrously. Other examples are contemplated.
The invention relates to a firearm comprising one or more retractable loading system elements, specifically at least one from a loading device, breechblock carrier, or slide. These each follow a trajectory when retracted. The firearm also comprises one or more reference elements, which indicate such a predetermined position of the loading system elements along their respective trajectories, at which the chamber is opened, such that a cartridge potentially located in the chamber can be seen and/or felt, but is not ejected. The predetermined position of the loading system element is distanced to possible positions for disassembling the firearm, and the one or more reference elements are formed such that they ensure that the loading system elements can travel freely along their respective trajectories when the safety for the firearm is either on or off.
Example apparatus are disclosed for a magazine for a self-loading firearm, the magazine comprising a magazine housing, and a magazine floor plate movably mounted to the magazine housing. The magazine floor plate is slidable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the magazine floor plate is pivotable relative to the magazine housing when in the open position.
The invention relates to a bolt stop for an automatic firearm comprising a bolt stop lever that can be moved between a release position and a catch position, and a locking device that can be moved between a standby position and a locking position, for selectively securing the bolt stop lever in the release position, wherein the locking device is disengaged with the bolt stop lever when in the standby position, and is engaged in with the bolt stop lever when in the locking position, the bolt stop lever deactivated in the locking position.
F41A 3/42 - Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrrel or breech housing having rocking locking elements, e.g. pivoting levers or vanes hand-operated
F41A 3/44 - Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrrel or breech housing having sliding locking elements, e.g. balls, rollers
F41A 17/42 - Safeties for locking the breech-block or bolt in a safety position
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Chambering device for an automatic firearm, and an automatic firearm equipped with the chambering device
The invention relates to a chambering device (1) for chambering rounds in an automatic firearm, which has a breechblock (119, 172) that can move longitudinally in a receiver (3), comprising: a loading lever (13, 13′), comprising a loading lever handle (15) coupled to a loading lever retainer (17), and a loading lever housing (59, 59′), which can move longitudinally in the receiver (3). The chambering device is characterized in that the loading lever handle (15) can be pivoted from a standby position to an actuation position and back in the loading lever retainer (17), and the loading lever retainer (17) can be mounted in or on the left or right side the loading lever housing (59, 59′) and can be removed therefrom without tools. The invention also relates to an automatic firearm equipped with such a chambering device (1).
Example apparatus are disclosed for a magazine for a self-loading firearm, the magazine comprising a magazine housing, and a magazine floor plate movably mounted to the magazine housing. The magazine floor plate is slidable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the magazine floor plate is pivotable relative to the magazine housing when in the open position.
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for magazine release and holding apparatus for use with firearms are disclosed. An example magazine release and holding apparatus for a firearm comprises a magazine release slide to transfer a magazine holding element between a holding position and a release position, an end of the magazine release slide including one or more guide elements extending perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the magazine release slide, and an operating handle including one or more counter guide recesses sized to receive the one or more guide elements and couple the operating handle to the magazine release slide, the operating handle projecting from a side of a handle piece of the firearm, wherein the operating handle is exchangeable and mountable to the magazine release slide by coupling or decoupling the operating handle and the magazine release slide.
Example apparatus are disclosed for an adapter to attach at least one device to a self-loading firearm, the adapter comprising a barrel-side section and a receiver-side section adjacent the barrel-side section, wherein the barrel-side section and the receiver-side section extend in a longitudinal direction of the firearm, wherein one of the barrel-side section and the receiver-side section is securable to a retention device on a firearm barrel or a firearm receiver, and wherein the other of the barrel-side section and the receiver-side section can be moveably supported on the firearm receiver or the firearm barrel by a guide that allows for longitudinal movement of the receiver-side section or the barrel-side section with respect to the firearm.
Example apparatus and method are disclosed for a unitary firearm housing for an automatic firearm, comprising a barrel receptacle configured as an internal component of the unitary firearm housing.
F41A 3/26 - Rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements rigidly mounted on the bolt or bolt handle and on the barrel or breech-housing respectively the locking elements effecting a rotary movement about the barrel axis, e.g. rotating cylinder bolt locks semi-automatically or automatically operated, e.g. having a slidable bolt-carrier and a rotatable bolt
Example apparatus are disclosed for a lockable self-loading firearm, comprising a bolt head comprising a feed regulator pin extending traverse to a longitudinal direction with respect to the firearm, a breechblock carrier in a receiver movable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the firearm, the breechblock carrier comprising a control guide extending diagonally in the longitudinal direction with respect to the firearm through which the feed regulator pin is disposed, the control guide comprising a releasing control edge, comprising a first straight edge section positioned at a shallow angle with respect to the longitudinal direction, a second straight edge section positioned at a significantly greater angle than the first straight edge section with respect to the longitudinal direction, a third curved edge section with tangents positioned at increasingly greater angles than the second straight edge section with respect to the longitudinal direction, a locking control edge opposite the releasing control edge, the locking control edge comprising a fourth straight edge section positioned parallel with respect to the second straight edge section, a fifth straight edge section positioned parallel with respect to the first straight edge section, and at a releasing end of the releasing control edge, a sixth arc-shaped edge section connecting a first end of the third curved edge section and a second end of the first straight edge section to receive the feed regulator pin in a releasing position, wherein the sixth arc-shaped edge section has a greater diameter than the feed regulator pin with respect to the longitudinal direction.
F41A 3/26 - Rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements rigidly mounted on the bolt or bolt handle and on the barrel or breech-housing respectively the locking elements effecting a rotary movement about the barrel axis, e.g. rotating cylinder bolt locks semi-automatically or automatically operated, e.g. having a slidable bolt-carrier and a rotatable bolt
F41A 5/18 - Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock gas-operated
Example apparatus are disclosed for a gas feed for an automatic firearm, the gas feed comprising a mounting portion to fasten the gas feed on a firearm barrel, the gas feed comprising a gas cylinder connectable to a barrel bore inside the firearm barrel via a gas channel, a gas piston disposed inside the gas cylinder to drive a gas operated reloading mechanism, wherein the gas piston is displaceable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the firearm, and a closure element that can be detachably coupled to an end of the gas cylinder adjacent a stock of the firearm, wherein the closure element comprises a passage through which a gas piston can be disposed.
The invention relates to a shot counter for a firearm, which comprises a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a coil. The first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole have a polarization opposite to each other. The first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole are configured to pass in response to a fired shot the coil one after the other along the track and to induce in the coil a voltage.
The invention relates to a drop protection (59) of a cock-less self-loading pistol (1) with a movable safety element (61), which can take a safety position, where it intervenes before firing of a shot into the path of a firing pin (17), and a release position, where it is located outside the path of movement of the firing pin (17), is characterized in that the safety element (61) catches the firing pin (17) after its forerun over a defined distance in safety position. The invention also relates to a self-loading pistol equipped with such a drop protection.
F41A 17/64 - Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably-mounted strikers
F41A 17/72 - Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably-mounted strikers trigger-operated, i.e. the movement of the trigger bringing a firing-pin safety into inoperative position during the firing
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Device for preventing the tensioning of a firing pin spring in the disarming of a hammerless self-loading pistol provided with a lock slide and a self-loading pistol with such a device
Magazine release apparatus and firearms including such magazine release apparatus are disclosed. An example bolt release for use with a firearm includes a first handle to protrude from a first side of the firearm and a second handle to protrude from a second side of the firearm. The first and second handles are integral. The first and second handles are to enable the bolt release to be operable from the first and second sides of the firearm. The bolt release includes a pivot axis adjacent the first side or the second side. The pivot axis is to enable the bolt release to be pivoted between a release position and a retained position. The bolt release to be biased toward the release position.
F41A 3/42 - Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrrel or breech housing having rocking locking elements, e.g. pivoting levers or vanes hand-operated
F41A 17/42 - Safeties for locking the breech-block or bolt in a safety position
F41A 35/06 - Adaptation of guns to both right and left hand use
Disassembly devices for use with firearms and firearms including such disassembly devices are disclosed. An example firearm includes a frame; a breech slide to be coupled to the frame; a barrel; a trigger bar disposed within the frame; and an arm to be pivotable about an axis between a locked position and a unlocked position, the arm being movable to the unlocked position from the locked position based on a magazine engaging an end of the arm, the arm being movable to the locked position from the unlocked position based on the magazine being spaced from the end of the arm or the magazine not being fully received within the firearm, in the locked position, the arm to interact with the trigger bar to secure the trigger bar, in the unlocked position, the lug to be spaced from the trigger bar to enable the trigger bar to move.
Magazine release apparatus and firearms including such magazine release apparatus are disclosed. An example magazine release apparatus for use with a firearm includes a magazine retaining arm including a longitudinal slot, a first handle to protrude from a first side of the firearm and a second handle to protrude from a second side of the firearm. The second handle includes a rocker arm having a feature to be supported on a receiver of the firearm. The first and second handles are actuatable to move the magazine release apparatus between a magazine retaining position and a magazine releasing position. In the magazine retaining position, the second handle is at least partially supported by the longitudinal slot and the feature extends toward the receiver.
Cocking tab inserts and breechblock slides and firearms including the same are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a breechblock slide; a cocking tab insert removably coupled to the breechblock slide; and a sight removably coupled to the breechblock slide and overlaying the cocking tab insert to substantially prevent the cocking tab insert from being inadvertently removed from the breechblock slide.
Firearm ejectors and receivers and firearms including such firearm ejectors are disclosed. An example ejector for a firearm includes a body including a projection extending therefrom, the ejector to be movably coupled to a receiver of the firearm to enable the projection including an engagement surface to be disposed in a movement path of a breechblock, the engagement surface to be engaged by a cartridge casing during a recoil process to enable the cartridge casing to be ejected from the firearm; and a spring to bias the body relative to the receiver, the body to be movably relative to a longitudinal axis of the receiver upon impact with the cartridge.
F41A 15/00 - Cartridge extractors, i.e. devices for pulling cartridges or cartridge cases at least partially out of the cartridge chamber; Cartridge ejectors, i.e. devices for throwing the extracted cartridges or cartridge cases free of the gun
F41A 15/12 - Cartridge extractors, i.e. devices for pulling cartridges or cartridge cases at least partially out of the cartridge chamber; Cartridge ejectors, i.e. devices for throwing the extracted cartridges or cartridge cases free of the gun for bolt-action guns
F41A 15/16 - Cartridge extractors, i.e. devices for pulling cartridges or cartridge cases at least partially out of the cartridge chamber; Cartridge ejectors, i.e. devices for throwing the extracted cartridges or cartridge cases free of the gun for bolt-action guns the ejector being mounted on the breech housing or frame
A trigger assembly for a fire arm including a breechblock moving between a base position and a charging position. The trigger assembly includes a catch lever moving between a resting position and a catch position. The trigger assembly includes a trigger element moving between a non-actuation and an actuation position to transfer the catch lever from the catch position into the resting position, and a release element moving between a hold position and a release position for releasing the catch lever. The release element is transferred from the hold position into the release position by the breechblock moving toward the charging position. The release element pivots about a release-element axis movable relative to the trigger element so the release element in the non-actuation position moves out of a movement space of the breechblock when the trigger is secured via a breechblock moving towards the base position.
F41A 19/26 - Mechanical firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin and the breech-block or bolt forming one piece
F41A 17/46 - Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement
F41A 17/58 - Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear automatically operated, i.e. operated by breech opening or closing movement
F41A 19/32 - Sear arrangements therefor for catching the percussion or firing pin after each shot, i.e. in single-shot or semi-automatic firing mode
A firearm includes a cocking lever, a shoulder-stock receptacle and a shoulder support having a shoulder stock configured to be joined by a connector to the shoulder-stock receptacle. A shoulder-stock adjuster is configured to adjust a position of the shoulder stock relative to the shoulder-stock receptacle along an adjustment axis. A cheek rest is mounted via a bearing on the shoulder stock so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the adjustment axis. A stop is disposed on the shoulder-stock receptacle so as to limit a movement path of the cheek rest towards a front of the firearm. At a position of the cheek rest defined by the stop of the shoulder-stock receptacle, the cocking lever does not collide with the cheek rest, even in a completely retracted state.
A maneuver cartridge device for use in a self-loading firearm includes a barrel extending from a chamber to a muzzle side and having an intercepting device arranged on the muzzle side for intercepting a projectile. The barrel has a first barrel section that adjoins the chamber and a second barrel section that adjoins the first barrel section. The first barrel section has a first cross section corresponding to a caliber of the projectile and the second barrel section has a second cross section that is larger than the first cross section.
Rotary lug breeches and weapons including such rotary lug breeches are disclosed. An example rotary lug breech includes a bolt carrier. Wherein when releasing the bolt, a cam section of a receiver converts a releasing motion into a screwing motion to release a cartridge. During the screwing motion, a first stud surface interacts with the cam section. During a locking process, the first stud surface engages the cam section to perform a pre-control process that rotates a control pin in a slot from a releasing position in which an advancement of the bolt carrier exerts substantially no torque on the bolt, to a control position in which a first slot surface of the slot interacts with the control pin. When the bolt carrier moves forward, the bolt carrier exerts a torque on the bolt to enable the bolt and the bolt carrier move relative to one another.
F41A 3/26 - Rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements rigidly mounted on the bolt or bolt handle and on the barrel or breech-housing respectively the locking elements effecting a rotary movement about the barrel axis, e.g. rotating cylinder bolt locks semi-automatically or automatically operated, e.g. having a slidable bolt-carrier and a rotatable bolt
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Breech guides for use with breech assemblies and firearms including such breech guides
Breech guides for use with breech assemblies and firearms including such breech guides are disclosed. An example breech guide for use with a breech assembly of a firearm includes a support element positioned within the breech assembly and a control element on the support element, the control element is adapted to control a cartridge-feeder mechanism of the firearm. The example breech guide includes a guide element on the support element. The guide element is adapted to guide the breech assembly relative to guide rails of the firearm. The support element extends along an axis of symmetry substantially perpendicular to a bore axis. The control element and the guide element being substantially coaxially positioned relative to the axis of symmetry.
Weapons, weapon housing and methods of producing such weapons and weapon housings are disclosed. An example weapon housing for use with a firearm includes at least two housing shells. Each of the housing shells comprises at least one positioning recess. The example weapon housing also includes at least one connection block comprising connecting pins. On an assembly plane of the connection block, the housing shells are to be positioned and aligned on the connecting pins via the respective positioning recess to enable forces that are to act in or against a direction of fire to be absorbed by surfaces of at least one of the positioning recesses or one or more of the connecting pins.
Coupling pins for connecting weapon components are described. An example fastener to couple weapon components includes an elongated body defining a first aperture. The first aperture being defined along a longitudinal axis of the elongated body. Tension member and a biasing element being positioned within the first aperture. The elongated body defining a second aperture. The second aperture being defined through a portion of the elongated body to enable a tension element, positioned at least partially within the second aperture, to be urged from the elongated by via an interaction with the tension member. The fastener is insertable into aligned apertures of respective first and second weapon components. The tension element being urged from the elongated body to interact with the second weapon component to urge the second weapon component into further engagement with the first weapon component.
F16B 21/14 - Means without screw-thread for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings without screw-thread by separate parts with locking-pins or split-pins thrust into holes - Details of locking-pins or split-pins
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Catches and trigger apparatus for use with weapons
Catches and trigger apparatus for use with weapons are described. An example trigger apparatus for use with a firearm having a breech block includes a latch moveable between a blocking position that blocks the breech block and a non-blocking position that does not block the breech block. The latch includes a sear arm and a securing element movably coupled to the sear arm. The securing element to enable, with a securing device in a securing position. The latch to be moved to the non-blocking position by a retracting breach. The securing device movable by an advancing breech block to position the securing element adjacent a surface of the securing device in the securing position to secure the latch in the blocking position.
Locking systems for use with firearms are described. An example locking system for use with a firearm includes a breechblock carrier and a lock spring mechanism that includes a piston. The breechblock carrier is configured to interaction with the piston. Additionally, the example locking system includes a first aperture. The piston is configured to expel fluid through the first aperture when the breechblock carrier retracts.
F41A 5/24 - Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock gas-operated by direct action of gas pressure on bolt or locking elements
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Catches and trigger apparatus for use with weapons
Catches and trigger apparatus for use with weapons are described. An example trigger apparatus for use with a firearm having a breech includes a latch moveable between a blocking position that blocks the breech and a non-blocking position that does not block the breech. The latch includes a sear arm, a spring assembly, and a securing element moveable between a first position and a second position. The spring assembly is to bias the securing element. In the first position, the securing element is positioned at a distance from the sear arm and a surface of a securing device in a securing position to enable the latch to be moved to the non-blocking position and the breech to retract relative to the weapon. In the second position, the securing element is positioned adjacent the sear arm via the breech and the surface of the securing device in the securing position to secure the latch in the blocking position.
A firearm grip, a firearm grip construction set and related methods are disclosed. An example firearm grip includes a grip portion, which includes a wall covering at least a portion of a magazine and a plurality of ribs. The firearm grip also has a first grip shell having a plurality of first lateral edges, second grip shell having a plurality of second lateral edges, and a grip back having a top edge and a bottom edge. With the example firearm grip, at least one of the first grip shell or the second grip shell is exchangeable. In addition, at least one of the first grip shell, the second grip shell or the grip back is coupled to the grip portion with an undercut tongue and groove connection. Further, at least one of the first lateral edges, the second lateral edges, the top edge or the bottom edge slidably engages under one of the plurality of ribs and an opposite edge of at least one of the first lateral edges, the second lateral edges, the top edge or the bottom edge is coupled to the grip portion via an attachment. In addition, the grip back of the example firearm grip slidably engages at least one of the first lateral edges or the second lateral edges and holds at least one of the first grip shell or the second grip shell in place.
Electronic trigger apparatus for use with firearms are described herein. An example electronic trigger apparatus described herein includes a trigger assembly having a trigger and trigger arm that is movable between a first position and a second position. A first biasing element biases the trigger in the first position and provides a first resistance to the trigger when the trigger moves between the first position and the second position. A switch element assembly has a spring element and a sensor operatively coupled to the spring element where the spring element provides a second resistance to the trigger as the trigger moves between a pressure-point position and the second position. The sensor detects a force or deflection imparted on the spring element by the trigger arm when the trigger is in the second position.
Firing assemblies for use with firearms are described. A firing assembly for use with a firearm includes a hammer pivotably coupled to a hammer shaft. The hammer includes a hammer stop notch that at least partially engages a portion of a lever of a trigger assembly when the hammer is in a cocked position and a control curve section that engages a surface of the lever to retain the lever in an unlocked position as the hammer moves between the cocked position and a firing position. Additionally, the firing assembly includes a control element pivotably coupled to the hammer shaft and adjacent the hammer, wherein the control element includes a first control curve portion that at least partially adjoins the control curve section and wherein the hammer interacts with the control element to change a control curve region as the hammer moves between cocked position and the firing position.
Accessory rails for use with firearms are disclosed. An example rail includes a front sight arrangement that has a width less than the width of the rail, wherein the front sight arrangement is retractable and wherein the front sight arrangement is laterally adjustable. The example rail also includes a rear sight arrangement that has a width less than the width of the rail, wherein the rear sight arrangement is retractable and wherein the rear sight arrangement is laterally adjustable.
A connecting piece couplable to a rail of a weapon is described. An example connecting pieces includes a first retaining element including a first receiving region configured to engage a corresponding first counterface of the rail. The example connecting piece also includes a second retaining element including a second receiving region configured to engage a corresponding second counterface of the rail. In addition, the example connecting piece includes a guide slot running diagonally to a longitudinal direction of the rail via which the first retaining element and the second retaining elements are coupled. When one of the two retaining elements is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the rail, at least one of the first retaining element or the second retaining element moves obliquely relative to the other of the first retaining element or the second retaining element following the orientation of the guide slot to move the connecting piece between a working position in which the first receiving region is engaged with the corresponding first counterface and the second receiving region is engaged with the second counterface to a release position in which both the first receiving region and the second receiving region are no engaged with the corresponding first counterface and the second counterface, respectively.
Described herein are examples of firearms and firearm assemblies. In one example, a firearm assembly for use in a firearm including a breech block, includes safety equipment; a slide stop, wherein the slide stop is adjustable between an arresting position that locks the breech block and a position that does not lock the breech block; and a safety element adjustable relative to the slide stop between a neutral position and secured position, wherein in the secured position if the breech block exerts an operating force on the safety element and the safety element engages the safety equipment, the safety element fixes the slide stop in its arresting position.
Weapons safety systems and methods of operating the system are described. An example weapons safety system in which the enabling of a weapon to shoot is controlled by means of an exchange of identification between the weapon and an enabling apparatus. An example weapon includes a weapon identification code and a safety device. An example enabling apparatus that is designed to capture the weapon identification code and to transmit an enabling signal to the safety device in the weapon includes a control unit. The control unit controls the enabling device and includes an identification memory that includes at least one registered weapon identification. Upon receiving a control signal from the enabling apparatus, the weapon transmits an identification signal that contains the weapon identification code. In addition, the enabling apparatus sends a weapon-enabling signal if the weapon identification code matches at least one of the registered weapon identification. Furthermore, the enabling apparatus may change the identification code.
Portable firearms having identification marks and methods of making the same are disclosed. An example firearm includes a first identification number visibly located on the firearm; and a second, hidden or disguised identification number associated with the first identification number to facilitate identifying the firearm if the first identification number is destroyed, changed, or damaged.
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