Patent ID: 6604312
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
For use with a firearm having a removable magazine and a magazine shaft, a safety unit comprising:a hammer defining a recess and mounted for movement between a cocked position and a fired position; a lever defining first and second ends, the lever being mounted for movement between a safety position and a firing position, when the lever is in the safety position, the hammer strikes the first end of the lever if it moves from the cocked position toward the fired position and, thus, cannot reach the fired position from the cocked position, and when the lever is in the firing position, the first end enters the recess when the hammer moves from the cocked position toward the firing position; and a spring biasing the lever toward the safety position, wherein the second end is at least partially disposed in the magazine shaft when the magazine is removed from the firearm.