Patent ID: 8602784

Claim:
An apparatus for non-permanent conversion of a semiautomatic pistol into a compressed gas powered weapon simulator for simulated shooting, comprising: the semiautomatic pistol including a combination of actual firearm components and a plurality of simulated firing components including a simulated barrel unit and a simulated magazine unit; the simulated magazine unit including a CO 2 reservoir, a magazine fluid passage interconnecting the reservoir with a magazine fluid exit, and a valve means for blocking fluid flow through the fluid exit; the simulated barrel unit including a rigid extension portion having an extension fluid passage therethrough, the extension fluid passage having a terminal end partially engaged with the fluid exit of the magazine such that an irregularly shaped connector tip of the terminal end partially engages and maintains the valve positioned with the magazine fluid exit in a metered open position; and wherein the valve means in the magazine unit is a resiliently mounted ball valve and the connector tip includes an annular terminal end engaging the ball and having a non-sealing sine wave surface pattern contacting the ball and permitting a controlled flow quantity to be metered from the reservoir to the extension fluid passage.