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US 10,077,959 B2Granted
Direct acting barrel recoil spring
AssigneeAmerican Classic Arms, LLC
InventorsDavid Theodore Fumia, Ronald Herman Kohlstaedt
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Abstract
The present disclosure presents a barrel assembly for a firearm. The barrel assembly includes a barrel having an internal bore and an external surface, and a recoil spring lug affixed to an outside surface of the barrel. The barrel assembly also includes a slide moveably mounted relative to the barrel, and a recoil spring biased on the recoil spring lug and the slide.
Claims14
A barrel assembly for a firearm, the barrel assembly comprising:
- (a) a barrel having an internal bore and an external surface;
- (b) a recoil spring lug affixed to an outside surface of the barrel, the recoil spring lug including a hollow portion;
- (c) a slide moveably mounted relative to the barrel;
- (d) a recoil spring biased on the recoil spring lug and the slide;
- (e) a barrel link affixed to the outside surface of the barrel;
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- (f) a plunger movably attached to the recoil spring lug and positioned within the hollow portion of the recoil spring lug, the plunger including a plunger spring, the plunger spring being biased against the recoil spring lug, the plunger being biased against the barrel link.
4 more elements
A firearm comprising:
- (a) a frame;
- (b) a barrel connected to the frame, the barrel having a longitudinal axis and a radially projecting spring lug and barrel link, the spring lug including a hollow portion;
- (c) a slide slideably mounted relative to the frame and the barrel along the longitudinal axis;
- (d) a recoil spring extending between the spring lug and the slide;
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- (e) a plunger movably attached to the spring lug and positioned within the hollow portion of the spring lug, the plunger including a plunger spring, the plunger spring being biased against the spring lug, the plunger being biased against the barrel link.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- (a) forming a barrel having an internal bore and an external surface;
- (b) forming a recoil spring lug affixed to an outside surface of the barrel, the recoil spring lug including a hollow portion;
- (c) forming a slide moveably mounted relative to the barrel;
- (d) locating a recoil spring biased on the recoil spring lug and the slide;
- (e) forming a barrel link affixed to the outside surface of the barrel;
- (f) providing a plunger movably attached to the recoil spring lug, the plunger including a plunger spring;
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- (g) positioning the plunger within the hollow portion of the recoil spring lug, the plunger spring being biased against the recoil spring lug, the plunger being biased against the barrel link.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.