Patent ID: 6141895
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A pistol comprising(a) a pistol grip;(b) an elongated well provided in said pistol grip for receiving a magazine insertable into said well from below; said well having a length;(c) a trigger guard carried by said pistol grip and having a region forming a transition to said pistol grip; and(d) a manually engageable magazine release catch disposed in said region and extending into said well; said magazine release catch having a first position for locking the magazine when disposed in said well and a second, manually depressed, longitudinally shifted position for releasing the magazine when disposed in said well; said magazine release catch having a manual engagement face exposed in said region; said magazine release catch having, in a side view of the pistol, a triangular shape having three rounded corners; one of said corners being oriented in a forward direction of the pistol and a side of said triangular shape facing said one corner extending approximately parallel to the length of said well.