Patent ID: 7574951

Claim:
A single-shot rifle, comprising: a receiver; a longitudinally extending barrel and having a front end and a back end, the barrel being attached to the receiver; a bolt housing a firing pin, the bolt being located in correspondence with the back end of the barrel; wherein the bolt and the back end of the barrel are configured such that the bolt can be coupled to the back end of the barrel by a sliding movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinally extending barrel, such that the bolt can travel, by said sliding movement, between a loading position in which said bolt leaves the back end of the barrel clear such that a user can insert a cartridge in a chamber of the barrel through said back end of the barrel, and a firing position in which said chamber is locked by said bolt, the barrel and the bolt being directly coupled by at least one rib entering in at least one channel, such that said sliding movement is enabled and such that the bolt is prevented from traveling backwards with regard to the back end of the barrel and wherein said at least one rib extends around at least part of the circumference of the barrel, in correspondence with the back end of the barrel.