Patent ID: 7500326
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A firearm including: a frame having an attached depending hand grip at a rear end thereof; a barrel defining a bore and chamber at a rear end of said barrel configured to receive a cartridge; said barrel normally aligned with said frame with said chamber positioned against a breech surface but pivotally mounted to said frame so as to enable said barrel to be swung out away from said breech surface to one side of said frame, so as to expose said chamber by positioning said chamber away from said breech surface and to one side of said frame; a cartridge magazine attached to said frame having a cavity in which a stack of cartridges may be held; an opening slot at the top of said magazine exposing an uppermost cartridge so as to enable manual pushing of said uppermost cartridge out of said magazine cavity; and guide surfaces guiding said pushed cartridge upwardly and to said one side of said frame so as to be directed into said exposed chamber with said barrel swung out away to said one side of said frame when said pushed cartridge is continued to be advanced to thereby be seated in said chamber.