Patent ID: 6889463

Claim:
A rifle comprising: a stock; a forearm; a barrel releasably connectable to the stock by bringing the forearm into locking engagement with said stock; a locking device for attaching and detaching said forearm to and from said stock, the locking device having: a spring-loaded rod; a spring biasing said rod into a position effecting locking said forearm to said stock; an actuation member for unlocking said forearm from said stock by advancing said rod to compress said spring and move from the position effecting locking said forearm to said stock to a position effecting unlocking of said forearm from said stock by actuation of said actuation member; locking members seated on a circumference of the rod, said locking members being capable of being brought into a locking position through the rod; and the rod having a leading bevel edge for the purpose of radially displacing the locking members to said locking position.