Patent ID: 6189253
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
A firearm, comprising,an elongated barrel having a rearward end,a receiver at the rearward end having a breech opening in alignment with said barrel for receiving a rifle firing element therein,a bolt having a longitudinal axis rotatably mounted on said firearm rearwardly of said breech opening,a spring loaded striker pin in said bolt,a cocking piece on said rifle in operational engagement with said striker pin,a trigger assembly on said rifle in operational engagement with said cocking piece,a handle on said bolt to partially rotate said bolt about its longitudinal axis, andcam surfaces on said bolt and said cocking piece in engagement with each other and being shaped so that rotation of said bolt from a first rotational position about its longitudinal axis to a second rotational position only through rotational force applied to said handle will cock said cocking piece to move said striker pin into a firing position.