Fn Herstal S.a.

Fn Herstal, Societe Anonyme

Pascal Franssen

Xavier Robert Paul Gavage

Michael Dubois

A safety device for a firearm that makes it possible to prevent a shot from being fired, without blocking the rearming function, the said safety device comprising a retainer that can be moved between a stopping position that blocks the moving parts of the weapon in a rear position, and a released position that allows the said moving parts to move in both directions, the said safety device comprising a safety element that can move between a position that blocks the retainer in the stopping position and a position that releases the retainer, the said safety element bearing against an immobile part of the safety device and the said safety element being able to be moved towards the position that releases the retainer through a rearward movement of the moving parts.

Safety device for a firearm

The present invention relates to a firearm shooting with an open breech and comprising a detent mechanism with a hammer block () that can block the forward movement of movable parts (), a trigger () that can lift the hammer block () when the movable parts () move backwards, an action bar () that actuates the hammer block () and the trigger () when shooting is triggered and stopped, and a finger piece () linked to the action bar () by a disconnector () that can shift from a position in which the finger piece () is mechanically coupled to the action bar () to a position in which the finger piece () is mechanically uncoupled from the action bar (), the action bar () shifting from a shooting position to a rest position when the disconnector () shifts from its coupling position to its uncoupling position so as to prevent the following shot from being fired if the finger piece () is maintained in the shooting position.

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Saint-Remy, Belgium

Pascal Franssen