Abstract

Mechanical cocking and firing device for an individual weapon having a single trigger (1) and two barrels, which may be smooth or rifled, side-by-side or stacked, and weapons using such a device. The device presented is intended for defensive weapons using two centerfire or rimfire barrels or launching tubes using mechanical energy to initiate a pyrotechnic primer. It uses the action of the trigger (1) on a single ratchet (2) that moves as one with a gearwheel (4a) and with a part (3a) acting on the hammer (6a); this action is made into an alternating action by having a copy of this integral assembly consisting of the gearwheel (4a, 4b) and active part (3a, 3b), one being rotated by the other so as to act alternately on one or the other of the barrels. It also discloses a weapon which is provided with such a device and which can be equipped with an associated additional device that serves to indicate which is the active barrel and the change in which barrel will fire the next shot.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 19/21 - Mechanical firing mechanisms for multibarrel guns with single-trigger firing possibility having only one trigger
• F41A 19/35 - Double-action mechanisms, i.e. the cocking being effected during the first part of the trigger pull movement