Patent attributes
A bolt action firearm has a frame defining a bolt passage, an elongated bolt assembly configured to reciprocate within the bolt passage, the elongated bolt assembly defining a firing pin passage, a firing pin assembly received in the firing pin passage, a bolt handle having an inner end configured to removably engage the firing pin assembly and an opposed free end, the bolt handle inner end having opposed spaced-apart prongs defining a bolt handle channel, the bolt handle defining a pocket associated with the bolt handle channel, the firing pin assembly having a handle engagement portion having a first section configured to be received in the bolt handle channel, and the firing pin assembly having a second section adjacent to the first section such that when the second section is biased into the pocket, the firing pin assembly is secured against passage through the bolt handle channel.
