Rifle Chamber Charging Assembly

Abstract

A rifle chamber charging assembly incorporating a pawl having a longitudinal length, a front end, a rear end, and a lateral slide surface extending rearwardly from the front end; a pull handle; a pin and socket joint mount interconnecting the pull handle and the pawl and laterally cantilevering the pull handle from the pawl; a pivot lug fixedly attached to and extending rearwardly from the pawl's rear end; a receiver and magazine combination whose receiver has an ejection port having a longitudinal length, and whose magazine has a longitudinal length; wherein the pawl has a fitted longitudinal length which is less than the ejection port's longitudinal length and which is greater than the magazine's longitudinal length.

The invention hereby claimed is: 
     
         1 . A rifle chamber charging assembly comprising:
 (a) a pawl having a front end, a rear end, and a lateral slide surface, the lateral slide surface extending rearwardly from the pawl's front end;   (b) a handle;   (c) mounting means interconnecting the handle and the pawl, the mounting means laterally cantilevering the handle from the pawl; and   (d) a pivot lug fixedly attached to and extending rearwardly from the pawl's rear end; wherein the pawl has a longitudinal length, and further comprising a receiver and magazine combination wherein the receiver has an ejection port having a longitudinal length, wherein the magazine has a longitudinal length, and wherein the pawls' longitudinal length is respectively less than and greater than those of the ejection port and the magazine.   
     
     
         2 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 1  further comprising a bolt mounted slidably within the receiver, the bolt forming a cartridge rim receiving socket, said socket being fitted for receiving the pivot lug. 
     
     
         3 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 2  wherein the cartridge rim receiving socket comprises an oppositely lateral wall and wherein the pivot lug comprises an oppositely lateral edge adapted for, upon said socket's receipt of the pivot lug and upon a rearward pull against the handle, oppositely laterally biasing against the oppositely lateral wall. 
     
     
         4 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 3  further comprising a barrel and chamber combination fixedly attached to the receiver, the pawl's front end being fitted for forward extension into the chamber. 
     
     
         5 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 4  wherein the ejection port comprises a pawl tripping edge which, in combination with the pawl, is adapted for alternatively retaining the pawl within the receiver and releasing the pawl from the receiver, the pawl retention occurring while the pawl's front end is positioned forwardly from the ejection port, and the pawl release occurring upon rearward movement of the pawl's lateral slide surface over said edge. 
     
     
         6 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 5  further comprising a chamber insertion stop connected operatively to the pawl, the chamber insertion stop being adapted for, upon the forward extension of the pawl's front end into the chamber, positioning the handle rearwardly from the pawl tripping edge. 
     
     
         7 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 6  wherein the barrel and chamber combination's chamber has an annular cartridge insertion stopping land, and wherein the pawl's chamber insertion stop comprises a shoulder fitted for contact with said land. 
     
     
         8 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 7  wherein the handle mounting means comprises a pin and socket joint. 
     
     
         9 . The rifle chamber charging assembly of  claim 7  wherein the pawl comprises aluminum and the handle comprises steel.