US Patent 11761720 Carbine having a charging handle

A rifle having a central weapon plane, comprising a barrel that has a barrel bore axis, a gas drive, a bolt carrier, a recoil spring unit and a charging handle unit arranged in front of the bolt carrier, wherein the charging handle unit comprises at least one handle, which is mounted on a slider element for rotation about pivot pins and is forcibly displaced about a pivot pin into its rest position by at least one handle spring, and the slider element is mounted in a carriage which is arranged axially in front of the bolt carrier and is movable in the axial direction. The rifle is characterized in that the at least one handle comprises an elongate hole for receiving the pivot pins and for the support by said pins.