Patent ID: 8220192

Claim:
A control element for use with a hammer of a firearm, wherein the hammer includes a hammer stop notch that at least partially engages a corresponding surface of a release element to lock the hammer in a cocked position and a control curve section that engages a surface of the release element to hold the release element in an unlocked position as the hammer moves between the cocked position and a firing position; wherein the control element comprises: a first control curve portion of the control element that adjoins and is pivotably adjustable in a pivoting direction of the hammer relative to the control curve section, wherein the control element extends an arc length of the control curve section in the pivoting direction of the hammer depending on a pivoting position of the hammer, wherein the first control curve portion engages the surface of the release element to reduce the required pivoting space of the control curve section and the first control curve portion as the hammer moves between the cocked position and the firing position.