Patent ID: 6839997

Claim:
Device for removal of cartridges and/or cartridge casings in a drop-barrel weapon, with at least one cartridge ejector axially displaceable in a barrel part for removal of unfired cartridges and an ejector mechanism acting on the cartridge ejector for ejection of spent cartridge casings, comprising the ejector mechanism has a locking pin, displaceable in the cartridge ejector, for releasable locking of the cartridge ejector in the barrel part, and a guide pin arranged in the cartridge ejector that engages on the cartridge ejector via a compression spring arranged in the interior of the cartridge ejector and can be displaced by a tension slide arranged on the barrel part, the locking pin being displaceable via an ejector firing pin operated by a striking pin piece into an advanced position, in which the cartridge ejector is locked relative to the barrel part via a locking mechanism, and the locking pin having a front end pin, via which, during full pivoting of the barrel part, the locking pin is pushed back by the guide pin into its rear position, in which locking of the cartridge ejector is released relative to the barrel part by the locking mechanism.