Patent ID: 7878102
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: F41A,F41C,F41G

Abstract:
1. A firearm for firing high velocity ammunition, the firearm comprising: a frame; a barrel connected to the frame; a cylinder pivotally attached to the frame and positioned within an opening in the frame and having at least one chamber operatively aligned with the barrel for housing a round of ammunition; and a firing pin bushing connected to the frame, wherein the firing pin bushing has a front face facing the at least one chamber, said firing pin bushing including a generally cylindrical primary member defining the front face and having a firing pin aperture extending there through from the front face to a rearward face of the primary member, and a generally cylindrical seating member extending from the rearward face of the primary member and having a seating member aperture extending there through, said seating member aperture being concentrically positioned with respect to the firing pin aperture and having a diameter greater than a diameter of the firing pin aperture; wherein the firing pin bushing is mounted in a recess in the frame complementary in shape to the firing pin bushing; and wherein the recess includes a first vertical surface, a first land, a second vertical surface and a second land, and a chamfered rim defining an edge between the first land and the second vertical surface.