Patent ID: 6889459
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: F41A,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for disabling a firearm, the firearm including a hammer having a hammer strut extending therefrom, the hammer movable between a cocked position and an uncocked position, a trigger assembly for releasing the hammer from the cocked position upon actuation of the trigger assembly, and a spring positioned within a well of a spring housing, the spring being tensioned upon cocking of the hammer to provide energy to the hammer, the apparatus comprising: a spring cap having a head portion positioned on the spring, the hammer strut having an end abutting said head portion of said spring cap; a body received within a bore in the spring housing, and if the hammer is in the uncocked position said body is movable from a first position to a second position wherein said body blocks movement of said head portion of said spring cap.