Patent ID: 8006609
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A firearm with slide catch-ejector assembly comprising: a housing; a slide movably mounted on a pair of opposing rails on the housing for rearward and forward axial movement; and an assembly having a slide catch portion configured for engaging the slide and an ejector portion configured for ejecting cartridge casings from the firearm, wherein the assembly is selectively slidable vertically in the housing between a deactivated position in which the slide catch portion is not engageable with the slide and an activated position in which the slide catch portion is engageable with an elongated downwardly open cutout formed in a lower side of the slide; wherein the slide catch portion engages a front facing surface in the elongated cutout when the assembly is in the activated position for holding a breech area of the firearm open.