Patent ID: 8683726

Claim:
A novel rifle comprising: a rifle body; a magazine configured to introduce cartridges vertically into the rifle body from below the rifle body; a barrel supported by the rifle body and having a breech end and a sear stop bore located adjacent the breech end; a bolt comprising: a bolt body having a longitudinal bore and a lateral aperture; a firing pin slideably disposed within the longitudinal bore and having a transverse sear bore; a sear configured to be received in the sear bore and extend from the sear bore through the lateral aperture such that the lateral aperture may control relative rotation and longitudinal movement of the firing pin in the bolt; a sear stop pin slideably received in the sear stop bore and extending into the barrel such as to block forward movement of the sear in a locked condition wherein also the bolt is secured to the breech end of the barrel and the sear is received within the barrel at the breech end; and a trigger mechanism including a finger trigger located forward of the magazine, the trigger mechanism configured to control the movement of the sear stop pin such as to allow the sear to move forward from the locked condition when the finger trigger is operated.