Patent ID: 6393751
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A breach face module adapted to be received and secured in a firearm, in mechanical cooperation with and between a firing mechanism and a firearm barrel along a firing axis, said breach face module comprising:a module body having a module axis coincident with the firing axis, said module body defined primarily between a forwardly facing breach face oriented perpendicularly to the module axis and a rearwardly facing bearing surface spaced apart and parallel to the breach face; an extractor arm pivotally mounted to the module body and movable in a plane parallel to the module axis about a pivot axis offset from, and perpendicular to, said module axis; an extractor spring biasing the second end in a direction that forces the first end generally toward the module axis; a firing pin bore defined by and extending through the module body between the breach face and the bearing surface; and means for securing said breach face module to said firearm.