Patent ID: 7950178
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A striking mechanism for the semi-automatic operation of a cartridge firing firearm comprising: a receiver; a barrel attached to said receiver and providing a breach; a bolt adapted for reciprocating movement within said receiver and engageable with said breach of said barrel and the face of a cartridge chambered therein, the bolt carrying a primary firing pin; bolt lock means pivotally connected to said bolt for selectively locking said bolt within said receiver; an op rod assembly; a bolt link assembly pivotally connected to said bolt lock means and to said op rod assembly, said bolt link assembly providing a bolt link transfer pin; an op rod transfer pin carried by said op rod assembly and engageable with said bolt link transfer pin; a linear hammer engageable with said op rod transfer pin such that, when a cartridge is chambered and said primary firing pin, said bolt link transfer pin and said op rod transfer pin are in alignment, a force of said linear hammer engaging said op rod transfer pin is transferred through said op rod transfer pin, said bolt link transfer pin and said primary firing pin to strike a primer of a cartridge chambered within the barrel and thereby fire the cartridge.