Safety turnbuckle
A safety turnbuckle (also safety hand cock, hand cock) describes a safety device for rifles , which is used to cock the firing pin spring of the bolt before a shot .
Construction and use
A handgun with this system on the breech can be carried safely and loaded at the same time. There are cartridges in the magazine and in the chamber , but the lock is not cocked. The mainspring is only tensioned immediately before the shot by pressing a tension button, turning a lever or moving a button on the shaft. If there is no firing, the gun can be released by pressing it again (ballpoint pen principle), flipping or moving the cocking button. One of the first safety turnbuckles of this type for bolt action rifles was developed in 1991 by Voere in cooperation with Seehuber Jagd Zubehör GmbH ( Oberhinkofen ). With modern straight pull rifles , the manual cocking is also operated via the bolt handle. With classic triplets , this device is called a ball clamp. In the case of combined weapons , this safety device is available in a similar form as a cocking slide.
Gun Law
Safety hand clamps are among the freely available weapon parts. Despite this safety device with manual voltage is in accordance with the accident prevention regulations for hunting and the laws on gun laws be charged a hunting rifle only for immediate hunting.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Voere safety tension lock, detailed description for Mauser System 98 and Remington 700 PDF file
- ↑ Horst W. Nopens: Reviergang through the gun law. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3731-9 , p. 72. ( limited preview in Google book search)
literature
- John Walter, Rifles of the World , Krause Publications, 2006, page 178, ISBN 978-0-89689-241-5