Patent ID: 8132352
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: F41A,F41C,F41G

Abstract:
1. An improved handgun of the type having a barrel, a frame and a slide, wherein the improvement comprises: a sighting system having a front sight and a rear sight wherein the front sight includes a plurality of measured gradations viewable from the rear sight and wherein each of said plurality of gradations corresponds to a predetermined range; a plurality of lubrication notches incised into opposing moving components of the handgun, wherein the plurality of lubrication notches is arranged to place at least one of the plurality of lubrication notches opposite a planar surface of an opposing component over a relative motion of travel; an ambidextrous safety mechanism including an elongated sear chip shaft that extends outside of the frame, and a right side safety lever wherein the right side safety lever engages the extended sear chip shaft to safe the handgun; a balance system having a nose piece and a nose piece bushing wherein the nose piece bushing is coupled to the slide and interposed between the slide and the nose piece and wherein the nose piece includes a circular cavity having an interior diameter larger than an exterior diameter of the barrel and is sized to extend beyond the barrel when the slide recoils, and is sized to channel and redirect exhaust gas forward reducing muzzle flash; and a hammer configured to occupy a void in the slide, the void associated with a first edge of the slide and associated with a second edge of the slide, and wherein the hammer has an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a width less than that of the void forming a gap between each of the first edge of the slide and the hammer and the second edge of the slide and the hammer.