Patent ID: 6263606
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A pistol, comprising a housing containing a trigger device, a slide which slides on the housing and contains a barrel and a breech, wherein the breech is provided with a firing bolt which is driven by a mainspring, and a trigger which acts via a trigger rod on the trigger device, the trigger device having a trigger stop having a tab which selectively engages the firing bolt in the movement path of the firing bolt, the improvement comprises:(a) actuation means for guiding the trigger stop in the housing such that the trigger stop can move longitudinally with respect to the movement path direction and can pivot downward, and is biased upward by a first spring (30);(b) a threshold is provided, which is fixed to the housing and interacts with a ramp on the trigger stop so that, during operation of the trigger, the trigger stop is first moved longitudinally and, after passing over the threshold, it pivots downward;(c) a drag lever provided in front of the trigger stop and is pivoted about a pivot axis on a shaft that is fixed to the housing, the drag lever is loaded, toward the trigger stop by a second spring and has an apex edge at a distance from the pivot axis and, in its furthest-forward position, is supported on a wall of the housing; and(d) the trigger stop has a small tab on its front which rests on the apex edge of the drag lever when the trigger stop and the drag lever are located in a rear position.