Firearms – Breech loading – Grip magazine pistols
Patent
1989-06-02
1990-02-13
Jordan, Charles T.
Firearms
Breech loading
Grip magazine pistols
F41C 2506
Patent
active
048994766
ABSTRACT:
A reversible magazine catch mechanism for handguns includes a knurled actuator button removably screw-fitted onto a shaft which is disposed for slidable axial movement in a bore which extends laterally through the frame of the gun. An enlarged head portion is disposed on the end of said shaft opposite the actuator button and an arm extends radially from the head for interlocking engagement with cutouts provided in opposite sides of the magazine. A spring-biased detent engages a recess in the undersurface of the actuator button to prevent unscrewing of the button from the shaft and to bias the latch arm of the laterally movable shaft into engagement with one of the magazine cutouts. Detent receiving sockets are disposed parallel to and adjacent the bore and open in opposite directions for reversal of the detent when the catch mechanism is reversed by unscrewing the actuator button from the shaft to reverse the same in the bore from one side of the gun frame to the other side for accommodating both right and left-handed shooters.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4236337 (1980-12-01), Beretta
patent: 4449311 (1984-05-01), Giragosian
patent: 4539770 (1985-09-01), Bornancini
patent: 4599818 (1986-07-01), Fedora et al.
patent: 4768301 (1988-09-01), Thomas
Jordan Charles T.
Smith & Wesson Corp.
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