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Double action firing pin system

US7353742B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 2005
Grant dateApr 8, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A19/35
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A firing pin system for a firearm, including a breech block, a firing pin slidably disposed in the breech block and a single firing pin coil spring adapted to both urge the firing pin toward a cartridge in a barrel of the firearm when the firearm is fired and, subsequent to firing, to urge the firing pin back away from the cartridge such that the firing pin does not protrude through a breach face of a breach block of the firearm subsequent to firing.

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