Patent ID: 6256918
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A semi-automatic handgun, comprising:a frame having a sear pin, a hammer pin, a safety pin, and a trigger;a slide slidably mounted on the frame, the slide moveable between a forward and a rear position;a firing pin slidably disposed in the slide;a firing pin plunger moveable between a locked position where the firing pin plunger is engaged with the firing pin and an unlocked position where the firing pin plunger is disengaged from the firing pin;a plunger spring mounted in the slide, the plunger spring biasing the firing pin plunger into the locked position; anda trigger assembly mounted in the frame and operable to move the firing pin plunger to the unlocked position and to hold the firing pin plunger in the unlocked position in response to movement of the trigger, said trigger assembly further operable to release the firing pin plunger to allow the plunger spring to urge the firing pin plunger into the locked position after each round is fired regardless of the position of the trigger.