Telescoping ammunition launcher

Claim 2

A telescopic firearm including a firing tube for the discharge of a projectile, a blast deflector, a flash deflector for receiving said firing tube and blast deflector when telescoped thereinto, covers mounted by hinges on said flash deflector for closing the ends thereof, and a sight system incorporated in said covers.

Claim 3

The firearm as defined in claim 1 wherein said blast deflector is composed of a plurality of telescopic sections which are corrugated longitudinally for added strength and to relieve any excessive gas pressure produced therein.

Claim 4

The firearm as defined in claim 1 wherein said firing tube is provided with a firing mechanism including a trigger extending radially through said firing tube and said blast deflector is provided with longitudinal corrugations which when said blast deflector is partially telescoped on said firing tube straddles said trigger to prevent actuation thereof.

Claim 5

The firearm as defined in claim 1 wherein said firing tube is provided with a firing mechanism including a trigger extending radially through said firing tube and an actuating button rotatingly mounted on the outside of said trigger, said button being arcuately formed according to the radius of said firing tube so that when said button is disposed longitudinally, respective to said firing tube, said trigger is held against actuation through the contact of the ends of said button with the outside of said firing tube and when said button is rotated so as to be transversely disposed said trigger is freed for actuation, and wherein said blast deflector is provided with longitudinal corrugations disposed so as to straddle said button when longitudinally disposed and said blast deflector is partially telescoped to prevent rotation thereof from the longitudinal position and to guard said button against accidental actuation.

Claim 6

The firearm as defined in claim 1 wherein said sight system is established when said front and rear covers are swung open 180* .

Claim 7

The firearm as defined in claim 1 wherein said front and rear covers are fabricaed from transparent material and said sight system includes a circlar reicle inscribed in said rear cover and pairs of graduated lines inscribed in said front cover, said graduated lines being arranged to indicate the elevation of the firearm according to the distance of a target relative thereto.

Claim 8

The firearm as defined in claim 1 wherein said hinges are mounted on said flash deflector 90* apart and said hinges permit pivotal displacement of said front and rear covers 180* to an open position for establishing said sight system.

Claim 9

The firearm as defined in claim 7 wherein a circular reticle is inscribed on said rear cover adjacent the perimeter thereof and pairs of graduated lines are inscribed on said front cover to indicate the elevation of the firearm according to the distance of a target therefrom and wherein said reticle is located in a geometric plane passing through the longitudinal axis of said front and rear sights and said graduated lines are disposed symmetrically to such geometric plane.