Patent ID: 8656620

Claim:
A breech for a repeating firearm comprising: a bolt assembly that is guided within a housing such that the bolt assembly is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the bolt assembly and is axially displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the firearm; a striking pin that is axially movable in the bolt assembly; and a breech block that is arranged on a rear side of the bolt assembly and in which a cocking mechanism is accommodated that is actuatable with an actuating element and serves for tensioning and relaxing a striking pin spring acting upon the striking pin, wherein the actuating element includes a cocking slide that is slidingly displaceable along an inclined rear wall of the breech block between a lower relaxed position and upper tensioned position on a rear side of the breech block and wherein the lower relaxed position is located a first vertical distance from the longitudinal axis of the bolt assembly and the upper tensioned position is located a second vertical distance from the longitudinal axis of the bolt assembly, with the first vertical distance being different than the second vertical distance.