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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2008
Joseph J. Zajk, Newport, NH (US);
Joseph J. Zajk, Newport, NH (US);
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., Southport, CT (US);
Abstract
A revolver with latching mechanism for swing-out type cylinder. The revolver includes a frame, a rotatable cylinder movable from a ready-to-fire position in the frame to a loading position laterally displaced outwards from the frame, and a latching member retained in the frame by a barrel insert that defines a bullet bore. In one embodiment, the latching member may be a spring-loaded plunger movable from a locked position in which the cylinder is locked in the ready-to-fire position to an unlocked position in which the cylinder is movable to the loading position. A cylinder crane pivotally mounts the cylinder in the frame and moving the plunger to the unlocked position allows the cylinder crane to be swung out laterally from the frame by a user. In one embodiment, the plunger is held in the frame by a retaining plug engaged by the barrel insert.