Firearm, in particular a self-loading small-caliber rifle

Abstract

A firearm, in particular a self-loading small-caliber rifle, having a barrel, a breech housing having a breech held in it, with the breech and/or the breech housing being designed such that the firearm can be changed from a first assembled arrangement, which is suitable for right-handed gunners, to a second assembled arrangement which is suitable for left-handed gunners, with the firearm preferably being in the form of a rifle of the Bullpup type.

1 . A firearm comprising: 
 a barrel;    a breech housing having a breech held in the housing;    wherein the breech or breech housing enables the firearm to be changed from a first assembled arrangement, which is suitable for right-handed gunners, to a second assembled arrangement which is suitable for left-handed gunners.    
   
   
       2 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein parts used for the first assembled arrangement are identical to parts used for the second assembled arrangement.  
   
   
       3 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the breech or the breech housing is essentially left/right symmetrical in an installed position.  
   
   
       4 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the breech housing has cutouts both on a left-hand side in an installed position and on a right-hand side in the installed position, whose size and position correspond to one another on the left-hand side and on the right-hand side.  
   
   
       5 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein panels and an injection window are incorporated in the cutouts.  
   
   
       6 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein a slide retraction lever projects through one of the cutouts both on the right-hand side and on the left-hand side of the breech housing, depending on the assembled arrangement.  
   
   
       7 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the breech has a longitudinal slot or a circular opening on the left-hand side and the right-hand side in an installed position.  
   
   
       8 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein a size and position of the longitudinal slot which is arranged on the left-hand side correspond to a size and position of the longitudinal slot which is arranged on the right-hand side, or wherein a size and position of the circular opening which is arranged on the left-hand side correspond to a size and position of the circular opening which is arranged on the right-hand side.  
   
   
       9 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an extractor or a slide retraction lever is fitted both on the left-hand side of the breech and on the right-hand side of the breech.  
   
   
       10 . A firearm comprising a barrel and a breech, wherein the breech is at least partially in the form of a metal injection molding part, composed substantially of steel.  
   
   
       11 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the breech housing is at least partially manufactured from a zinc dye-casting.  
   
   
       12 . A firearm comprising a barrel and a system housing, wherein the system housing is at least partially manufactured from a zinc dye-casting.  
   
   
       13 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a stock, wherein the stock is at least partially manufactured from plastic.  
   
   
       14 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a sear, wherein the sear is at least partially in the form of a metal injection molded part, which is composed substantially of steel.  
   
   
       15 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the barrel is connected to the breech housing via an eccentric screw connection.  
   
   
       16 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the firearm further comprises a stock upper part, which is connected to the breech housing via a latching connection.  
   
   
       17 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the firearm further comprises a rear stock which covers the latching connection between the stock upper part and the breech housing when the firearm is in an assembled state.  
   
   
       18 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a trigger and a push rod, which are connected to one another via suitable connecting means, wherein the firearm has a magazine safety device which can block the push rod.  
   
   
       19 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the push rod is connected to the trigger via a spring element, in particular via an angled spring steel rod.  
   
   
       20 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one breech spring, wherein the firearm has two breech springs which are parallel to one another.  
   
   
       21 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 20 , further comprising a stop damper, wherein the stop damper is manufactured from plastic.  
   
   
       22 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 21 , further comprising at least one spring guide rod for the at least one breech spring, wherein the stop damper has at least one holder for guiding the spring guide rod.  
   
   
       23 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising two magazine holders.  
   
   
       24 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a grip and a recess which is arranged in a stock, the recess is used as a thumb hole and is behind the grip, and wherein an unlocking element for removal of a magazine is arranged in a rear face of the recess.  
   
   
       25 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a sight and a stock, wherein the stock has a mounting rail, and a sight part of the sight is integrated in the mounting rail.  
   
   
       26 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein the sight part can be moved from a stow position to an in-use position, by moving the sight part upwards to the in-use position of the firearm.  
   
   
       27 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein the sight has a disk which can rotate and has grooves which are used for aiming, in which case different grooves are used to select different elevation positions for aiming.  
   
   
       28 . A firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a safety unit, wherein the safety unit has at least one operating slide with a safety vane which is arranged on it at an end and has a colored marking, with a safety vane which has a colored marking being visible during an aiming process, from above, when the firearm is in the armed state.  
   
   
       29 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the firearm has a childproof safety device which acts on the safety unit.  
   
   
       30 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the firearm has a cocking indication.  
   
   
       31 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 30 , wherein the cocking indication is in the form of a colored marking on a rear face of one or more of panels, which are inserted into one or more of cutouts in the breech housing.  
   
   
       32 . The firearm as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a rear stock and a system housing, wherein the system housing is connected to the rear stock by means of at least one screw which is held on the rear stock by means of a flexible plastic part.