Patent ID: 7568302

Claim:
A locking means for a handgun which includes a housing, a magazine-receiving space provided in said housing, a slide movable along a path in said housing, and a trigger mechanism, said locking means comprising: a locking body configured to be inserted in said magazine-receiving space, said locking body at least partially being shaped like a magazine and including an interior, a forward front face, viewed in the firing direction of said handgun, a part protruding into said path of said slide when said locking body is inserted in said magazine-receiving space, and a releasable catch engaging in said magazine-receiving space when said locking body is in its inserted state, said catch being designed as a latch arranged in said forward front face of said locking body and having an upper end, a lower end and a heel, said upper end of said latch being pivotable about an axis, said lower end of said latch forming an end face downwardly supported in said housing when said locking body is inserted in said magazine-receiving space, and said heel projecting into said locking body interior and having a heel face facing said axis, said heel face cooperating with an eccentric provided in said locking body.