Patent ID: 7493718

Claim:
A rifle comprising: a shoulder support; two barrels connected to the shoulder support arranged over and under and defining a top barrel and a bottom barrel; a trigger; a chamber arranged behind the trigger when looking in a direction from a front end of the barrels toward the shoulder support; a movable breechblock having a closed position in which the chamber is closed off; at least one firing pin for firing a cartridge inserted into the chamber when the trigger is triggered; a coupling mechanism connecting at least one of the shoulder support and a swivel arm to the breechblock, wherein the breechblock is movable by a pivot movement of at least one the shoulder support and the swivel arm transmitted by the coupling mechanism onto the breechblock; and wherein an axis of rotation of at least one of the shoulder support and the swivel arm is arranged within a space delimited by the breechblock and the trigger when viewed across a length of the rifle; wherein the breechblock comprises a movable block for blocking a transmission of a movement of a trigger bolt of the trigger, caused by triggering the trigger, onto the at least one firing pin.