Patent ID: 9651326
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A firearm comprising: a frame, a magazine that can be inserted into a magazine well of the frame, cartridges in the magazine being biased by a follower toward an open magazine end, a slide moveable relative to the frame to move cartridges from the open end of the magazine into a breech in the frame or to move cartridge casings from the breech to an ejection window, a slide catch lever pivotal or slidable on the frame and that holds the slide in a rear retracted position when engaged by the follower when the magazine is empty, a release element that automatically releases the slide into a closed front end position when a new loaded magazine is inserted, the release element having an actuating formation projecting into the magazine well and into a path of motion of a control surface of the magazine and being engageable in the magazine well by the control surface when the magazine is inserted, and a catch face on the release element kinematically coupled to the slide at least for a segment of motion of the slide from the front end position into a rear end position, the slide at the end of the coupled segment of motion being shifted rearward relative to its rear retracted position by a further segment along its path of motion such that the slide catch lever is freed and furthermore the catch face of the release element in the rear end position thereof is again disengaged from the slide.