Patent ID: 6760991
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
A single-shot rifle having a lever-actuated, falling block action, the rifle comprising:a barrel having opposing ends; a receiver mounted on one end of the barrel, the receiver having a top surface and a bottom surface, a forward face which joins the barrel and a rearward face, the receiver having a radiused breechblock mortise formed in the rearward face to extend from the top surface to the bottom surface thereof, the receiver also having a horizontally extending cartridge chamber formed therein, the cartridge chamber terminating inwardly in a ring shaped opening sized to receive a cartridge; a single piece stock having a suitably shaped opening for receiving the receiver and barrel; a lever-actuated, falling block action, the action including a radiused breechblock movable within the radiused breechblock mortise formed within the receiver, a firing pin alignable with a cartridge located in the cartridge chamber and a hammer for striking the firing pin to fire the cartridge, the breechblock being movable upwardly to cover the cartridge chamber during firing and being movable downwardly to expose the chamber for loading and unloading.