Patent ID: 8950100
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: F41A,F41C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A firearm with slide takedown mechanism comprising: a frame; a barrel supported by the frame and defining a longitudinal axis of the firearm; a trigger movably supported by the frame; a reciprocating slide slidably engaged with the firearm, the slide moveable between a forward position and a rearward removal position; and a takedown lever pivotably mounted to the firearm and engageable with the slide, the lever being pivotable in a lateral direction about the longitudinal axis between a blocking position in which the slide is not movable from the forward position to the rearward removal position and an unblocking position in which the slide is movable to the rearward removal position; wherein when the slide is in the rearward removal position, the slide is configured to be disengageable from the frame for removal; wherein the takedown lever is mounted about a pivot axis oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the frame.