Firearms including a secured firing pin retaining pin, the firearms having a barrel, a sliding block, a bolt head, a firing pin with a flange-like collar, a firing pin retaining pin with a safety device, and a weapon median plane. For facilitating handling, it is provided that the firing pin retaining pin is slidably mounted normally to the weapon median plane in a retaining bore, that it is designed as one piece and to be rotationally symmetrical with a head and a pin end and has two annular grooves. A locking pin mounted in a spring-loaded manner in the sliding block is designed such that, depending on the position of the firing pin retaining pin in the retaining bore, it can optionally engage in one of the annular grooves, which correspond to a holding position and a release position for the firing pin, respectively.

Firearms including a secured firing pin retaining pin, the firearms having a barrel, a sliding block, a bolt head, a firing pin with a flange-like collar, a firing pin retaining pin with a safety device, and a weapon median plane. For facilitating handling, it is provided that the firing pin retaining pin is slidably mounted normally to the weapon median plane in a retaining bore, that it is designed as one piece and to be rotationally symmetrical with a head and a pin end and has two annular grooves. A locking pin mounted in a spring-loaded manner in the sliding block is designed such that, depending on the position of the firing pin retaining pin in the retaining bore, it can optionally engage in one of the annular grooves, which correspond to a holding position and a release position for the firing pin, respectively.

A gun has parts that slide past one another during operation. A coating is formed on at least a surface of a first part that contacts a second part. At least an upper layer of the coating is porous and comprises a thermoset polymer and a filler. One or both parts may be part of a gas-operated reloading mechanism. The coating prevents jamming by excluding particles, yielding to particles that still manage to intrude, and by providing a reservoir for lubricant. The coating reduces clearances, improves accuracy, and reduces operating temperatures. The coating excludes particles from the lubricant, effectively allowing a large volume of lubricant to be used without the drawback of trapping dirt and other contaminants in the lubricant.

A bolt action rifle having a receiver; a bolt in slidable communication within said receiver, having an elongated body and a bolt head at a first end, and an exposed bolt face with a primer recess cavity having a base with a forward-facing surface, the base having an aperture therein, where the aperture is circumscribed by the forward-facing surface for receiving a propellant charge having an extended primer cap, and a firing pin within the bolt and movable between a disengaged position wherein a firing pin head is receded within the aperture and an engaged position wherein the firing pin head extends beyond the forward-facing surface into the primer recess cavity.

A pistol having a frame and a slide assembly slideably coupled to the frame is disclosed. The slide assembly includes a plate including a housing and a button slideably coupled to the slide assembly near a rear of the pistol. The plate further includes a bearing surface for contacting the frame to limit the forward travel of the slide relative to the frame.

Improved firearms including one or more of a removable and/or interchangeable top cover, an improved extractor mechanism, a striker safety mechanism with a direct trigger interface, a sear with direct striker interface, and/or a striker with integral striker spring retention features.

The device of the present disclosure is a weapon. The weapon having a CO.sub.2 powered projectile which is fired from the weapon, used principally for self-defense. The projectile is generally rocket shaped wherein the front end of the rocket can be formed by a rounded shape of a front of a CO.sub.2 cylinder. The impact of the rocket projectile on a human could cause some pain, depending upon exactly what part of the body it hits. The impact could also cause some loss of balance to a human, due to the impact.

The device of the present disclosure is a weapon. The weapon having a CO.sub.2 powered projectile which is fired from the weapon, used principally for self-defense. The projectile is generally rocket shaped wherein the front end of the rocket can be formed by a rounded shape of a front of a CO.sub.2 cylinder. The impact of the rocket projectile on a human could cause some pain, depending upon exactly what part of the body it hits. The impact could also cause some loss of balance to a human, due to the impact.

A pistol may include a firing device arranged in a slide. The firing device includes a strikerhaving a striker head, characterized in that the device has at least two parallel striker springs arranged laterally on the side of the striker axis and bearing on at least two bearing surfaces arranged perpendicularly to the axis of the striker.

A compact firearm has a first frame portion including a barrel defining a barrel axis, a second frame portion including a firing mechanism configured to discharge a cartridge residing in a chamber of the barrel, the second frame portion pivotally connected to the first frame portion to pivot about a pivot axis offset from and parallel to the barrel axis, the first frame portion defining a first mating feature formed as a first surface of revolution about the pivot axis, the second frame portion defining a second mating feature formed as a second surface of revolution about the pivot axis, and the first and second mating features mating closely with each other to prevent relative movement between the first and second frame portions except in relative rotation about the pivot axis. The first and second mating features may be dovetail elements.