Patent ID: 7685757
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
1. A rifle comprising a housing, a barrel anchored on the housing and a fore-end extending under the barrel, the barrel and fore-end being anchorable to the housing by an attachment means which passes through a lateral hole in the housing, wherein the fore-end has at least one axial projection detachably slidable into a corresponding receptacle formed in the housing, wherein the lateral hole for barrel anchorage and the receptacle for receiving the fore-end projection cross one another to form a common opening in the housing, and the axial projection of the fore-end has a latching recess in which the attachment means engages, whereby when the barrel is anchored to the housing by the attachment means passing through the lateral hole, the fore-end is, at the same time, anchored to the housing by the attachment means engaging the latching recess.