Patent ID: 7497042

Claim:
A modified action for a lever action rifle comprising; a replacement toggle link movable by a lever of said rifle to reciprocate a breech block relative to a chamber end of a barrel of said rifle, said toggle link comprising: a forward link; and a rearward link, said forward link and said rearward link pivotally coupled to one another about a first pivot axis, said rearward link having a second pivot axis; and a modified slide channel defined by a rearward link, said slide channel extending through a line extending between said first axis and said second axis; and wherein an upper surface of said rearward link defines a hump having a rounded outer surface shape configured to accommodate a heightened terminal end of said slide channel and substantially corresponding to a shape of said slide channel and wherein an upper surface of said forward link defines a recess having a rounded outer surface shape which is configured to receive said hump when said toggle link is in a collapsed position.