Patent ID: 7395626

Claim:
Firearm with selection device for right or left-hand cartridge case ejection comprising: a barrel ( 12 ); a breech bolt holder slide ( 21 ) which acts on an end section ( 43 ) in which is inserted an ejection control component ( 23 ); a breech bolt ( 18 ) fitted with firing pin ( 19 ); a frame ( 14 ) fitted with openings on both sides ( 15 ) for ejecting the cartridge case ( 16 ); wherein said selection device comprises two sliding extractors ( 33 , 33 ′), housed in housings ( 32 ) on opposite sides of the breech bolts ( 18 ); said ejection control component ( 23 ), in which said extractors ( 33 , 33 ′) comprise an engagement terminal ( 34 ), suitable for acting on said cartridge case ( 16 ); and a shaft ( 36 ) protruding out from the back of said breech bolt ( 18 ) and extending into said control component ( 23 ), said shaft ( 36 ) bearing a helical spring ( 37 ), wherein said control component ( 23 ) is placed in a mobile position on said frame ( 14 ) behind said slide ( 21 ) and comprises, on the side turned towards said slide ( 21 ); a hole ( 45 ); and a stopping surface ( 46 ) which can be alternatively positioned facing said extractors ( 33 , 33 ′), said extractor ( 33 ′) facing said stopping surface ( 46 ) being suitable for ejecting said cartridge case ( 16 ).