Patent ID: 8667722

Claim:
A firearm having a recoil-reducing assembly incorporated therein, the firearm comprising: a barrel; a handgrip; one or more housing or receiver elements having integrated thereon a guide or path to direct the movement of a slider and a bolt; a bolt, having a side projection to fit inside the guide or path; a slider, capable of being linked to the bolt through the side projection of the bolt by a slot or receiving region in the slider, the slider further comprising a lug or side projection to fit inside the guide or path; and further comprising a fire control assembly connected to the slider, wherein a hammer is pivotally linked to the slider and contacts a firing in internal to the bolt during the movement of the slider, wherein the movement of the bolt is confined by a first region of the guide or path from a forward position to a rearward position of the bolt movement, and wherein the first region of the guide or path directs the bolt outside of the linear axis formed by the barrel at the rearward position, and wherein the movement of the slider is confined by a second region of the guide or path, the second region controlling the upward and downward movement of the slider in response to an impulse from the bolt after firing, and wherein the linear axis of the barrel of the firearm intersects the handgrip at from about 96% to about 5% of the height of the handgrip.