Patent ID: 6354033
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
An electric gun for firing a cartridge including a casing, a charge of electrically ignited gas generating material in said casing and a projectile mounted at said casing and operable to be propelled by said charge upon ignition thereof, said gun comprising:a barrel including a breech for receiving said cartridge therein; a movable action for engaging and holding said cartridge in said breech, said action including a conductor engageable with an electrode on said cartridge; a trigger adapted to be actuated to effect firing of said cartridge; a control circuit including a switch and a source of electric energy operably connectable to said conductor and responsive to actuation of said trigger to effect firing said cartridge; a handgrip portion of said gun; and a first pair of spaced apart sensors mounted on said handgrip portion in positions, respectively, such that one hand of a person holding said gun in a conventional firing position with said one hand will be detected by said first pair of sensors.