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| 20120085010 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN APPARATUS AND METHOD - A handgun is provided with a frame including a magazine receiver and trigger guard. A breech-slide is slidably coupled with the frame. A magazine safety assembly includes a safety tab that engages a trigger assembly, when a cartridge magazine is not seated within the magazine receiver, and prevents actuation of the trigger assembly. The safety tab engages the cartridge magazine when it is seated within the magazine receiver, which displaces the safety tab from within the trigger assembly and allows the trigger assembly to actuate. Embodiments of the handgun are provided in a compact size. A finger recess in the trigger guard increases available surface area along a grip portion despite the overall compact size. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20110308126 | SHOTGUN HAVING AN IMPROVED SHOTSHELL FEEDING MECHANISM - A shotgun includes an action that is capable of rapidly chambering a shotshell after the shotgun has run out of shotshells and is capable of allowing shotshells to be removed from the magazine without cycling the shotshells through the action. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20100275486 | SHOTGUN HAVING AN IMPROVED SHOTSHELL FEEDING MECHANISM - A shotgun includes an action that is capable of rapidly chambering a shotshell after the shotgun has run out of shotshells and is capable of allowing shotshells to be removed from the magazine without cycling the shotshells through the action. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100269388 | FIREARM MAGAZINE - A magazine for a firearm may include a cavity that is shaped to prevent the tip of the bullets in the cartridges from contacting the magazine when the firearm recoils. The magazine may also be configured so that the cartridges in the magazine exit the cavity at least approximately in the center of the magazine. The magazine may be configured to include a biasing mechanism that pushes the cartridges upward in the cavity. The biasing mechanism may be configured to allow the magazine to be compact, simple, and reliable. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100071541 | FIREARM HAVING AN IMPROVED GAS-OPERATED ACTION - A shotgun includes a gas-operated action. The gas operated action includes a cylinder having at least one wall, a piston, and a resilient member. The resilient member is positioned between the piston and the wall of the cylinder to prevent high pressure gas from escaping between the piston and the wall of the cylinder. The resilient member and any surface that the resilient member is in contact with do not move relative to each other when the piston moves. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100071245 | FIREARM HAVING AN IMPROVED FOREARM FASTENING MECHANISM - A shotgun includes a forearm and a fastening mechanism that is used to couple the forearm to the remainder of the shotgun. The fastening mechanism moves between a first position where the forearm is coupled to the remainder of the shotgun and a second position where the forearm is uncoupled from the remainder of the shotgun. In one embodiment, the fastening mechanism is a lever-type fastening mechanism. In another embodiment, the fastening mechanism includes an anchor that is shaped to be received in a hole in a magazine of the shotgun. The anchor rotates between a first position where the anchor is unable to exit the hole so that the forearm is coupled to the magazine and a second position where the anchor is able to exit the hole so that the forearm is uncoupled from the magazine. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100071243 | FIREARM HAVING AN IMPROVED FIRING PIN LOCKING MECHANISM - A shotgun includes an action that locks the firing pin in a retracted position when the action is not closed. In one embodiment, the firing pin is held in a retracted position without the use of a spring, which may fail over time. In another embodiment, the action includes a bolt slide that is configured to hold the firing pin in the retracted position when the action is open. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100071242 | MAGAZINE PLUG - A magazine plug is configured to be positioned in a magazine of a shotgun to reduce the shotshell capacity of the shotgun. In one embodiment, the magazine plug has an elongated cross-sectional shape. The magazine plug is configured to rotate between a first orientation where the magazine plug can move longitudinally into and out of the magazine and a second orientation where the magazine plug is prevented from moving longitudinally out of the magazine. | 03-25-2010 |
