Patent ID: 6349495
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A small arm having a trigger operatively engaging a releasable hammer, the small arm comprising:a housing including a fixed part; a slide disposed in the housing and having a rear end, the slide being moveable between an open position and a closed position; a firing pin mounted to the slide and being moveable relative to the slide along a linear path between a partially retracted position in which a rear end of the firing pin is disposed to prevent contact with the hammer and a fully retracted position in which the rear end of the firing pin is disposed to permit contact with the hammer, the firing pin further being adapted to move to a firing position in response to impact of the hammer against the rear end of the firing pin; and a firing pin control assembly, the firing pin control assembly including a spring biased sleeve slidably receiving the firing pin, the sleeve being moveable between a forward position in which the sleeve moves the firing pin to the partially retracted position and a rearward position in which the sleeve moves the firing pin to the fully retracted position, the sleeve being moveable to the rearward position in response to forward movement of the slide to thereby maintain the firing pin in the partially retracted position until the slide is disposed in the closed position.