Patent ID: 6588312
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
An automatic firearm, comprising:a bolt assembly moving along a motion path between a closed position and an open position; a magazine which conveys by spring force cartridges in sequence into an advance position across the bolt mechanism motion path, in which each cartridge protrudes at least partially into the bolt assembly motion path; a lock releasable by the bolt assembly, which holds back the first cartridge from entering the bolt assembly motion path and is only released for advance of the first cartridge by the bolt mechanism when the latter is situated substantially in the open position, the lock being designed as a plate which extends parallel to the bolt assembly motion path, is movable in the direction of its extent between a locked position and a released position, and which in its locked position comes to lie between the bolt assembly and the first cartridge; and a spring which loads the plate from its released position into its locked position, and where the plate has a contact piece that engages in the bolt assembly motion path, and which can be carried along by the bolt assembly during its movement to its open position, the plate overlapping essentially only the cartridge casing of the first cartridge when in its locked position.