Patent ID: 6070512
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A handgun comprising: a frame: a trigger mounted on the frame for movement between a rest position and a depressed position; a firing pin assembly having a firing pin movable between a cocked condition remote from a cartridge chamber and a fire condition proximate the cartridge chamber, the firing pin having an abutment portion integral therewith for movement along a firing path during movement of the firing pin between the cocked condition and the fire condition; a first biasing member for biasing the firing pin toward the fire condition; a transmission member having an abutment surface for abutment with the abutment portion of the firing pin, the transmission member being movable between a first position in which the abutment surface is disposed in the firing path and abuts the abutment portion of the firing pin, and a second position in which the abutment surface is not disposed in the firing path and does not abut the abutment portion of the firing pin, the transmission member being responsive, in the first position thereof, to depression of the trigger to displace the firing pin against the bias of the first biasing member toward the cocked condition followed by subsequent movement of the transmission member to the second position to release the firing pin to the fire condition; a second biasing member for biasing the transmission member toward the first position thereof; and a pivot member mounted on the frame for pivotal movement between a first position and a second position, the pivot member having a first limb engageable with the abutment portion of the firing pin in the first position of the pivot member and a second limb engageable with the transmission member in the second position of the pivot member.