Patent ID: 6260297
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A weapon comprising(a) a barrel having a barrel axis and a breech-side end having an end face;(b) a breech ring affixed to said breech-side end; said end face being oriented toward said breech ring;(c) a catching and ejecting device movable parallel to said barrel axis for immobilizing a rimless cartridge case in and extracting the cartridge case from said barrel; said catching and ejecting device including(1) a pivotally supported ejector having first and second ends;(2) an extractor claw mounted on said first end of said ejector and arranged for engaging into an ejector groove of the cartridge case;(3) a spring biasing said ejector for urging said extractor claw generally radially inwardly; and(4) a guide member mounted on said second end of said ejector for contacting the cartridge case during cartridge feed into said barrel whereby said ejector and said extractor claw are pivoted against a force of said spring for maintaining said extractor claw out of contact with said cartridge case and said extractor claw is moved by the force of said spring into the ejector groove of the cartridge case as the guide member runs off and remains behind the cartridge case during cartridge feed; and(d) a locking pocket provided in said end face of said barrel end; said locking pocket receiving a portion of said extractor claw upon completion of the cartridge feed and while the extractor claw engages into the ejector groove of the cartridge case.