Kimber's SIS series.(SPECIAL HANDGUNS FOR A VERY SPECIAL UNIT)

American Handgunner;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......The grasping areas (fore and aft on the 5 guns, rear only on the smaller sizes) have serrations forming...in the time-proven three-dot format. But the rear sight rises in a sheer massif above the slide, with...totally operable one-handed. The style of the rear sight allows the slide to be ...

CZ-100

Law & Order;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......9mm, and had an adjustable rear sight. It also had several unusual...baseplate and adjustable rear sight. At its widest point the...instructions for removing the firing pin for cleaning the part and the channel. A dirty firing pin can cause weak impacts in...slide to ...

Dick Heinie.(WINNING EDGE: SOLID ADVICE TO KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE...

American Handgunner;  January 1, 2008 ;     607 words ......thumb safety, Wilson extractor, firing pin and firing pin stop, Chip McCormick trigger and lock-work, Heinie rear sight and Hogue diamond-pattern stocks...a 0.125 of an inch notch in the rear sight gives a sight picture I like. At...

Arizona Inventor Develops Pistol with Firing Pin Locking Mechanism

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 19, 2007 ;     356 words ......includes a mechanism that locks firing pin of the pistol. According to the...Patent & Trademark Office: "The firing pin locking mechanism may include a...engaged with a forwardly-movable firing pin. A biasing member such as a spring...

Match rifle sights: they help you hit where you're looking--again and...

Guns Magazine;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......most already share, what makes a good rear sight is how well it can be trusted. The sign...cost a lot of money. The Test Testing a rear sight is easy enough provided you have a dial...in mind the real test: Once you have a rear sight in the area it needs to be to compensate...

Kentucky Inventor Develops Firing Pin Assembly

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 9, 2006 ;     241 words ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Jeffrey W. Stone of Elizabethtown, Ky., has developed a firing pin assembly that includes a firing pin and a firing pin shaft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The firing pin is received...

The New Big Bang Theory.(new firing system on target and hunting rifles)

Popular Mechanics;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......hardware required to energize and release the firing pin of its standard Model 700 and replace...between the instant the trigger releases the firing pin and the point of sufficient impact of the firing pin to detonate the primer. In a percussion...

Florida, New York Inventors Develop Double Action Firing Pin System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 28, 2008 ;     232 words ......Hartsdale, N.Y., have developed a double action firing pin system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firing pin system for a firearm, including a breech block, a firing pin slidably disposed in the breech block and a single...

Illinois Inventor Develops Compound Bow Rifle Sight System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 4, 2007 ;     320 words ......sight, such as a pin sight and a V shaped rear sight. Sighting through the V shaped rear sight groove will allow the archer to see the forward...Unlike prior art peep sights, the V groove rear sight allows the archer to have an almost unlimited...

firing pin

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      31 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 firing pin that part in the bolt or breech of a firearm which strikes the primer and explodes the charge Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

peep sight

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      22 words ...peep sight • n. a rear sight for rifles with a circular hole through which the front sight is brought into line with the object aimed at.

UC-Davis researchers study gun identification

University Wire;  May 9, 2007 ;     690 words ......microscopic characters on the face of a firing pin ... and do a field test on it and...actually holds up," he said. A firing pin, which is spring based, can be...spring is released and pushes the firing pin forward, which either strikes the...

hindsight

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      33 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 hind|sight (hind'sit) n. 1. the rear sight of a firearm 2. ability to see, after the event, what should have been done Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Arizona Inventor Develops Autoloading Pistols with Magazine Disconnect...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 23, 2008 ;     352 words ......is removed by action upon the pistol's firing pin. The pistol may generally include a removable...a chamber to hold a cartridge, and a firing pin movable towards the chamber. The magazine...movable into and out of engagement with the firing pin." An abstract of the invention, ...

Connecticut Inventor Develops Powder Actuated Setting Tool Reset Mechanism

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 5, 2007 ;     276 words ......Gaudron of Stamford, Conn., has developed a firing pin actuation and reset mechanism for a powder...by torsionally urging a portion of a firing pin into axial alignment with a finger of...the finger urging the portion of the firing pin to a ready position in response to the...