Abstract: A self-loading firearm or pistol has an operating lever which can be actuated by the thumb of the shooting hand in order to release the hammer from its cocked position as well as to release the breech mechanism retaining the block in an open position. The operating lever comprises two operating lever members, each of which is disposed on one side of the firearm and both lever members are rigidly and firmly interconnected such that one of the operating lever members can be actuated by the thumb of the shooter's hand whether it is the right hand or the left hand.

Abstract: A shoulder firearm, such as a sport rifle and the like, has a cheek-piece which is adjustable vertically and laterally with respect to the gunstock. Two spacer members are loosely positioned in correspondingly aligned bores or recesses in the cheek-piece and gunstock. Each spacer member has a plurality of pairs of opposed parallel surfaces and the distances between each pair of parallel surfaces are different. The spacer members may be in the form of blocks or cylindrical elements. By varying the placing of the spacer members in the recesses or bores of the cheek-piece and gunstock, the cheek-piece can be set at different heights.