Patent ID: 7934446

Claim:
A firearm ( 10 ), in particular a multi-shot repeating rifle, comprising: a stock ( 11 ), having a rear stock ( 12 ) fitted at its rear with a gun butt ( 13 ) and merging at its fore into a front stock, a barrel ( 30 ), having at its end a breech muff ( 33 ), said breech muff ( 33 ) being fitted with a central recess ( 34 ) to receive a breech cap ( 41 ) of a breech bolt ( 40 ) and said breech muff ( 33 ) of the barrel ( 30 ) is configured above a console ( 70 ) solidly joined to said muff ( 33 ), said barrel ( 30 ), said breech muff ( 33 ), said console ( 70 ) and said front stock resting in axially displaceable manner relative to the rear stock ( 12 ) on or in a linear guide ( 20 ), said linear guide ( 20 ) having a guide rod or guide fork ( 21 ) connected or connectable to the barrel ( 30 ) by plugging an end ( 22 ) of said guide rod or guide fork ( 21 ) is guided in a non-rotational sliding manner in a tube which is configured in the rear stock, such that the guide rod runs parallel to the barrel axis ( 12 ), said guide rod or guide fork ( 21 ) is guided in sliding manner in a tube ( 25 ) which is configured in the rear stock ( 12 ), said breech cap ( 41 ), during firing, seals off a cartridge chamber constituted at the end of the barrel ( 30 ), thereby embracing a cartridge to be fired, said breech cap ( 41 ) being axially affixable in the barrel end ( 32 ) when the firearm ( 10 ) is being closed; and a locking unit ( 80 ) to lock the firearm in its closed position.