G. A. HANSEN.

PISTOL.
APPLICATION FILED D110. 6, 1909.

965,386.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV ADOLPH HANSEN, OF CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY.
PISTOL.

Speci?catioh of Letters Iatent.

965,386.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Application ?led December 6, 1909. Serial No. 531,733.

most entirely avoiding screws which adds

Be it known that I, GUSTAV AnoLrH greatly to the simplicity.
An embodiment of the invention is shown
HANSEN, a subject of the King of Norway,
To all whom it may concern:

residing at Christiania, Norway, have in

vented certain new and useful Improve

in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 1s a perspective view of the 60

ments in Pistols; and I do hereby declare weapon the parts being in position for ?r~

the following, to be a full, clear, and exact ing. Fig. 2 is a side > elevation of the
description of the invention, such as will weapon ready for ?ring, the rear parts be
enable others skilled in theart to which it ing shown in longitudinal section. Fig. 3
appertains to make and use the same, refer is a longitudinal section through the frame
ence being had to the accompanying draw of the weapon. Fig. 4 is a plan view of
ings, and to letters 'or ?gures of reference the same. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a
marked thereon, which form a part of this portion of the weapon showing the ?ring

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specification.

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mechanism in uncooked position.

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Fig. 6

This invention relates to recoil-loading is a similar view, showing the parts at the
pistols and has reference particularly to the moment the hammer is bein cocked. Fig.
trigger mechanism and the parts connected 7 is across section on the 11ne VIVI of
Fig. 2. Figs. Band 9 are two detail views
therewith.
This pistol belongs to the class of recoil of the breech bolt. Fig. 10 is a plan view
loaders, in which the magazine is placed in of the weapon with the bolt carrier and
the stock or grip and the hammer pivoted barrel removed. Fig. 11 is a cross section
behind the stock and covered by the bolt through the bolt carrier and the barrel im
mediately behind the breech. Figs. 12 to
carrier.
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The invention primarily consists in so 15 are details of the parts of the trigger
constructing and arranging the trigger that mechanism.
1, designates the barrel, 2 the bolt car
the fulcrum of the hammer may be disposed
more closely under the breech bolt than rier, 3 the breech bolt and 4 the frame.

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so

heretofore, whereby the hammer spring at The barrel :has a comparatively long lug 5,

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the beginning of the return movement of

the breech bolt materially retards such move

which ?ts iira' corresponding recess 6 in the

frame. The bolt carrier ?ts over the frame,

ment, assists the action of the breech spring being provided on each side with lateral
in this respect, and a material increase in ribs 7, having projections 8 engaging in lon
the initial velocity of the missile is attained. gitudinal grooves 9 in the frame, whereby
The hammer spring will perform such func the parts are heldv togethe'. Between the

tion more readily owing to the fact that the barrel and bolt carrier lies t ,_e recoil s ring
point on the hammer on which the breech 10 shown in dotted lines Fig. 2,, whic op

bolt presses is made almost as short as the

arm on which. the hammer spring acts. To
bring into effect such a crowded arrange

erates in a well known manner.

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The for

ward portion of the breech bolt3is pro

vided with a ?ring pin 11 and extractor 12,
Fig. 8 and extends intothe rear portion of

'40 ment of the hammer, the trigger is ar

ranged in the form of a slide, which is the barrel while the rear portion of the said
guided. between the bolt carrier and the bolt is connected with the bolt carrier by

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means of interrupted screw threads 13 simi

frame of the pistol.
A further arrangement important to the lar to the screw-threaded locking mechan 100
e?ect aimed at consists in providing means, ism in guns. The carrier and bolt are also
whereby the trigger will be perfectly free connected by a small angular piece 14 ?tted
after the ?ring, 2'. e. the hammer and the into corresponding recesses 15 and 16 in .
sear exert no pressure on the trigger. This the carrier and bolt respectively and held

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rectilinear motion is of great importance in provided with two lateral lugs 21 which

feature and the fact that the trigger has a - therein by a screw 17. The hammer 20 is

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rest in slots 22 in the frame, Fig. 10; The

hammer spring 23 presses against the nose
ing certain safety devicesfwhereby the-bolt 24 of the hammer, which latter has a lug

the use of the pistol.

The invention further consists in provid

carrier as well as the trigger may be locked.

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The pistol comprises very few parts al

25 .which is engaged by the underside of

an offset 28 of the sear 27. The latter is a 110

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The locking member consists of a wing

.- U-shaped slidable member, the arms of
which embrace the hammer 20, the two fore shaped arm 40, which when in .the locking
ends of the arms being fork-shaped, so that position covers the trigger-guard of the pis
the slots 29 between the tines will inclose tol. This arm 40'is connected by a hinge

joint 41 to the trigger guard, a spring 42 in 70

right hand side of the frame 4 is asmall a well known manner securing the arm in
lug 30 (Figs. 4 and 10) which enters a its opened and in its closed position. The

5 the lugs or pins 21 of the hammer. > On the

somewhat wider slot 31 in the sear,.t-hereby

arm carries a ?nger 43, which in the closed

position enters a recess 44 in the trigger, so

limiting the rocking movement of the lat

A small spring 32 presses the sear that thelatter cannot be moved, until the
forward against the pins 21. The trigger arm has reached its opened position. The

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top of'the arm 40 isprovided with a projec

35 is attached to a slide 36, which as shown

in Fig. 12, is-a rectangular frame resting

tion or ?nger 45, which enters a recess 46 in

on the upper ed e of the frame 4 of the

the bolt carrier 2 when the latter is in its

15 weapon, and em racing at the back the

foremost position, thus locking the bolt car

rier and trigger simultaneously. The vbolt

hammer andthe sear.

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The frame- 36 isprovided on one side carrier is, also provided with a recess or
notch 47, which may be engaged by the pro
transverse portion of an'angular recess 33 jection 45, if it is desired to hold back the
20 in the side of the sear and serves to lock bolt carrier for the purpose of taking the
the sear and slide together, , as shown in weapon apart.
Fig. 5. If the hammer is cooked, as shown
As will be understood, on account of the
in Fig. 1, and the slide is moved rearward greater length of the ?nger 43, the vbolt
by a pull on the trigger 35 the sear will be carrier may be released by a small rotary
zbpmoved backward by the lug 37 engaging movement of the arm 40 without releasing

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I with a lug 37 which normally rests- in the

the wall of the recess and the offset 28 of the trigger.

V the sear is moved o? the lug 25 on the hammer and the latter is thrown forward by ~

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I claim :

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1. In a pistol of the class described,'the

. the sprin 23 pressing on the nose-24.
> . combination with the frame, the reciprocat
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When t e shot is ?red and the breech bolt ing carrier .and breech bolt, of a hammer
thrown backward by the recoil the edge 18 aand a trigger, said trigger, comprising a
. of the bolt will ?rst engage an inclined sur sliding member disposed on to of the'frame
face 34 on the sear forcing the sear down,

ward, as shown in Fig. 6,and moving the

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and provided with a slot in which. the

hammer plays.

85. vertical edge of said transverse recess 33

2. In a pistol of. the class described, a 100
below the lug 37 sot-Hat the sear owing to trigger mechanism comprising a trigger
the longitudinal portion of the 'recess 33 slide disposed between the frame and bolt
can be moved forward by the spring 32, it carrier, a trigger arm projecting from said
being assumed, that the user of the weapon slide, a sear disposed in a slot in the slide,
40 oontmues, to press on the trigger'thereby and capable of a limited longitudinal as well 105
holding the triggersslide in its rear posi as of an oscillatory motion, anda spring to
tion. The continued backward movement press the sear forward.

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of the breech bolt causes the hammer to be
3. In a pistol of'the class described, a

engaged by the edge 19 of the breech-bolt

safety device comprising a locking member, 1 .

45 and pressed down whereupon the offset 28 hinged to the lower part, of the trigger
on the sear engages the lug 25 bn the ham
mer and holds the latter at full cock. An

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guard and havinga ?nger, which in the

closed position of the member locks. the

other shot cannot be ?red until the trigger trigger and another ?nger corresponding

. has been released by the ?n er of the oper with-notches in the bolt carrier so as to lock
50 ator when it will be move forward by a the latter in either of its extreme positions. 115

spring 35at which presses against the back

4..A pistol of the class described, com- '

of the trigger. As soon' as the forward prising a reciprocable breech bolt,_a trigger
movement has taken place the lug 37 will sildable on the frame of the pistol, a

again engage the transverse portion of the hammer plvoted beneath and movable in the

55 recess 33 so that the ?ring may be repeated.

It will be seen that these operations take

path of the bolt,'a slidable sear adapted to

engage the hammer and means operable by

place without the trigger being acted upon the trlgger .to slide the sear outof engage

by the moving'parts which is of great im

portance for enabling the user to hold the

60-, pistol steady.

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Another object of. the invention is to pro

:ment'with the hammer.

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_5._A pistol of the class ,described com

pr1s1ng~a reclprocable breech-bolt, a trigger; 125
slldable on the frame of the pistol, a

vide a safety device for recoil-loading pis~ hammer pivoted in the frame beneath the .

tols, in which one and the same locking

member locks the bolt carrier aswellv as the
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trigger.

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bolt, a sear slldable relatively to the hammer '

havinga slot engaged by a lug on the trigger ~

slide, and a spring topress the sear forward.

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6. A pistol of the class described com

and movable through a slide into the path _

prising a reciprocable breech~bolt, a trigger of the bolt, a sear oscillative and longitudi
having a slide mounted on the frame be nally movable on the hammer pivot, a spring
neath the bolt, a hammer pivoted on the to press the sear against the pivot, a lug on
frame beneath the slide, an oscillatory and the slide, said sear having anangular recess
longitudinally movable sear, a spring to cooperating with said lug.
press the sear forward, and a lug on the
In testimony that I claim the foregoing
slide to engage the seal" to overcome the as my invention, I have signed my name in
action of the spring.

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10 . 7. A pistol of the class described com

prising a reciprocable breech-bolt, a trigger

having a slide mounted on the frame beneath
the bolt, a hammer pivoted on the frame

presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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GUSTAV ADOLPI-I HANSEN.

Witnesses:

HENRY BORDEWIQH,

JOHN VAALER.

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