Patent ID: 8578836

Claim:
A dual slide firearm comprising: a rear slide comprising rear guide rails; a front slide comprising front guide rails; a slide link comprising an axis and a slide arm, the slide arm having a lower slide arm portion in communication with the rear slide, and an upper slide arm portion in communication with the front slide; a frame with frame rails configured to mate with the rear guide rails and front guide rails, the frame comprising a magazine well with a magazine follower and a magazine release; a slide stop configured to lock the rear slide and front slide in an open position when the slide stop contacts the magazine follower; wherein the firing of a projectile from the dual slide firearm results in the movement of the rear slide in a direction opposite the fired projectile, the rear slide pulling the lower slide arm portion to cause the slide arm to rotate along the axis and the upper slide arm portion to move forward, pushing the front slide in the direction of the fired projectile.