Patent ID: 6065460
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
In a gas-powered gun for firing balls dispensed serially from a magazine into the gun, the gun having a barrel with a chamber at the rear thereof, a breech behind the chamber for receiving one ball at a time through a ball feed port from the magazine, and a bolt slidable within the breech and the chamber to advance a ball from the breech into the chamber and close off the feed port so that gas pressure behind the ball forces the ball out of the front of the barrel, the improvement comprising a bolt cover forming at least an upper part of the rear portion of said breech and removably secured to the rear of the gun behind said ball feed port, said bolt cover, when removed, exposing said bolt and allowing said bolt to be disengaged and removed from the gun, thereby facilitating cleaning of said bolt, said breech, said chamber and said barrel.