Abstract: A hand firearm has a firing pin which is pivotable between safety and firing positions and a hammer which has a striking surface engaging the firing pin when the firing pin is in its firing position and a recess which receives the firing pin when in its safety position. A first cocking lever is engageable with the hammer to maintain the hammer in its cocked position and there is a release lever pivotable between a first position and a second position in which the release lever engages a firing pin to move the firing pin to its firing position. The first cocking lever is disengaged from the hammer to release the hammer from a cocked position without pivoting of the release lever such that the firing pin remains in its safety position.

Abstract: A hand firearm having a firing pin which is pivotable between lower and upper positions has a slide with a notch in a side thereof within which is received the firing pin. A hammer is engageable with the firing pin when in the upper position and means including a trigger are provided for pivoting the hammer into its cocked position. A release lever is pivoted with the hammer and is engageable with the lower end of the slide to move the slide upwardly and thereby to also move the firing pin into its upper position in which position it is engageable by the hammer. The upward movement of the slide is against the force of the spring which urges the slide and firing pin downwardly into the lower position after firing of the firearm.