Drop safety for a firing pin of a firearm

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8443537
APP PUB NO 20130074391A1
SERIAL NO

13242748

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A firearm has a firing mechanism that includes a firing pin, a drop safety, a spring mounted to the drop safety and a trigger in mechanical communication with the firing pin and the drop safety. The drop safety includes a roller portion having an outer circumferential surface and an inner opposing wall. When the trigger is actuated, the opposing wall of the drop safety abuts and engages the firing pin in the forward-most axial position thereof, thereby allowing the firing pin to strike a primer of a chambered round of ammunition. In all other configurations, the spring rotationally biases the drop safety so that the outer circumferential surface of the roller portion of the drop safety blocks the forward axial reciprocation of the firing pin, preventing the firing pin from engaging the primer of a chambered round of ammunition.

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SMITH & WESSON INC2100 ROOSEVELT AVE SPRINGFIELD MA 01104

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Curry, Brett Monson, US 71 862

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