Patent ID: 7047684

Claim:
A short repeater rifle comprising: a barrel including first and second ends having a center of length interposed between the first and second ends, the first end including a cartridge receiver and a locking system; a trigger assembly including a trigger and a trigger guard attachable to the short repeater rifle and interposed between the first end and the center of length of the barrel, wherein the trigger is configured as a catch-less toggle lever trigger and the trigger assembly has a trigger lug, which is spatially separated from the toggle lever trigger, which is arranged behind this trigger in the shooting direction, and which is connected to the toggle lever trigger over a connecting rod; a firing mechanism operably connected to the trigger assembly and interposed between the trigger assembly and the first end of the barrel; a magazine engagable with the short repeater rifle between the first end of the barrel and the firing mechanism; a weapon base detachably connected to the barrel between the trigger guard and the second end of the barrel; and a targeting device detachably connected to the barrel proximal to the weapon base, wherein the weapon base and targeting device are detachably connected to the barrel such that a center of gravity of the short repeater rifle lies in front of the trigger guard in a shooting direction.