Abstract: A self-loading pistol designed as a grip-cocking type pistol, the grip of which is provided with a cocking lever arranged at the gripfront facing the muzzle of the barrel. Said cocking lever loads an energy accumulator which is released by a trigger and which pushes a striker.In the cocked position only a minor force is acting on the cocking lever; the energy accumulator is unloaded when the cocking lever reaches its rest position. Not beeing kept by the marksman the pistol always is uncocked. It needs no safety.
Abstract: A guide to facilitate quick insertion of a magazine into a firearm which houses the magazine in a handle. The guide can be fabricated separately or it can be incorporated into the grips used on the handle. Luminescent indicators can be provided on the guide and on the magazine to help speed insertion when visibility is restricted.