Patent ID: 6154996
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A locking device to be locked in the bolt cavity of a firearm (18,22) in order to make the firearm nonfunctional, comprising a housing (1) which contains a lock cylinder (3) which is operable by means of a key which is introducible through an opening in the housing (1), said lock cylinder (3) having an outer end for introducing said key and an inner end which is provided with a follower (7), said housing (1) further containing two blocking members (14) each in the form of at least one steel ball, movable in a guide (12) in the housing extending transversally of the longitudinal direction of the firearm (18,22), to be moved between a position in which they are withdrawn into the housing (1) and a position in which they extend partly from either side of the housing, said housing (1) also having a wedge member (15) in the form of at least one steel ball, which by means of said follower (7) in the locking direction pushes said blocking members (14) to the extending position.