Firearms – Safety mechanism – Firearm lock
Patent
1992-08-17
1993-09-07
Johnson, Stephen M.
Firearms
Safety mechanism
Firearm lock
42 7004, 42 7008, F41A 1756
Patent
active
052417697
ABSTRACT:
A key operated safety locking device of a tubular magazine firearm has comprising a body insertable through a loading port thereof so as to be contained substantially completely within the tubular magazine forming a snug fit with a rim of the loading port and containing a key operated latching member engaging behind the rim of the loading port; an action bar engaging projection extending rearwardly from the body into engagement with an action bar lock of the firearm to pivot the action bar, raising a connector out of alignment with a sear into an inoperative position so that squeezing the trigger cannot effect release of the hammer and the firearm will not fire. In an alternative, a hammer blocking member is carried by the body and maintains the hammer spaced apart from the firing pin.
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Johnson Stephen M.
Usher Robert W. J.
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