Patent ID: 8020331

Claim:
A gun having a breech, the gun comprising: (a) a bolt moveable along a longitudinal axis relative to the breech between a firing position and a loading position, wherein the bolt includes a locking rod, a breech portion and an arm connecting the locking rod and the breech portion, the locking rod including a seating socket; (b) a locking pin contacting the bolt, the locking pin moveable between a locking position precluding movement of the bolt along the longitudinal axis and a traveling position for movement of the bolt along the longitudinal axis; and (c) an actuator movably connected to the bolt along the longitudinal axis between a clamping position disposing the locking pin in the locking position and a release position, the actuator having a capture recess sized to dispose the locking pin in the traveling position in response to the actuator being in the release position.