Patent ID: 8312656

Claim:
A shotgun comprising: a chamber; a magazine; and an action that moves between a closed position and an open position, the action including: a carrier including a first component that facilitates holding the action in the open position and a second component that covers a loading port of the shotgun; a carrier latch that pivots between a first position and a second position; a cartridge stop that pivots between a first position where the cartridge stop prevents shotshells from moving out of the magazine and a second position where the cartridge stop allows the shotshells to move out of the magazine; wherein the second component of the carrier is pivotably coupled to the first component of the carrier to allow a shotshell to be inserted into the magazine when the action is in the open position; and wherein the cartridge stop pivots from the first position to the second position without moving the carrier latch, and the cartridge stop and carrier latch pivot about parallel axes from their respective first positions to their respective second positions.