Abrégé

A Self-Loading Firearm A self-loading firearm including a breech; and a bolt arranged to close one end of the breech; wherein the firearm includes a bolt channel within which the bolt is slidably located; the bolt channel includes a lateral pocket which defines a stop surface at a rear portion thereof; a bolt locking element is pivotally coupled at a forward end thereof to a rear portion of the bolt, the bolt locking element defining an engagement surface at a rear end thereof; wherein, when the bolt locking element is aligned with the lateral pocket, the bolt locking element has a first configuration in which it is aligned with the bolt channel and the bolt is slidable within the channel, and a second configuration in which at least a portion of the bolt locking element is located within the lateral pocket, the engagement surface of the bolt locking element is engaged with the stop surface, and the bolt is prevented from rearward displacement relative to the bolt channel.

Classes IPC  ?

• F41A 3/40 - Mécanismes à verrous semi-libres, c.-à-d. à verrous montés mobiles sur le bloc de culasse, ou sur le tube de l'arme ou la boîte de culasse munis d'éléments de verrouillage basculants, p. ex. de leviers ou de volets pivotants portés par le bloc de culasse
• F41A 5/18 - Mécanismes ou systèmes automatiques de déverrouillage de la culasse à l'aide d'une force créée par une charge propulsive par emprunt des gaz
• F41A 5/26 - Dispositions ou systèmes pour évacuer les gaz du tube de l'arme