Abstract: A butt plate for a gun stock includes a holding part and a damping part which is attached to the holding part. An easy method of mounting and dismounting the butt plate can be implemented in that disposed on a front surface of the holding part, which front surface is facing the gun stock, are two forwardly projecting and spaced-apart arch-like retention members for snap-lock retention on two oppositely lying side walls of the gun stock.

Abstract: Accessory rails for use with firearms are disclosed. An example rail includes a front sight arrangement that has a width less than the width of the rail, wherein the front sight arrangement is retractable and wherein the front sight arrangement is laterally adjustable. The example rail also includes a rear sight arrangement that has a width less than the width of the rail, wherein the rear sight arrangement is retractable and wherein the rear sight arrangement is laterally adjustable.

Abstract: Accessory rails for use with firearms are disclosed. An example rail includes a front sight arrangement that has a width less than the width of the rail, wherein the front sight arrangement is retractable and wherein the front sight arrangement is laterally adjustable. The example rail also includes a rear sight arrangement that has a width less than the width of the rail, wherein the rear sight arrangement is retractable and wherein the rear sight arrangement is laterally adjustable.

Abstract: A cap for a receiving rail of a firearm and methods of operating the same are disclosed. An illustrated cap includes a resiliently deformable plate. The example cap also includes engaging members on the opposite sides of the center of the plate where the plate is curved such that the engaging members approach each other when the cap is unloaded.

Abstract: The invention relates to a firing pin and hammer assembly for a fire arm, especially a self-loading fire arm with a closed breech of a submachine gun, the assembly comprising a firing pin capable of being moved from a rest position at which its end is positioned in the travel path of a hammer, to a priming position; a firing pin spring for moving the firing pin into its rest position; a catch (14) capable of being moved by a catch spring engaging the firing pin while the firing pin is in its rest position, and holding the same; and a release assembly cooperating with the hammer and releasing the catch from engagement with the firing pin when the hammer approaches the end of its travel path. The object is to prevent any movement of the firing pin unless the hammer is released. According to the invention, the release assembly is permanently coupled to the hammer for preventing an untimely and excessively forceful operation of the release assembly.

Abstract: An ammunition transport for use in a repeating weapon includes a transition component that presents a pair of converging sloped surfaces so that cartridges provided in a side-by-side fashion from a cartridge magazine may be transferred to a cartridge chamber of the weapon.