Firearm slide with sloped bottom surface
AssigneeSpringfield, Inc.
InventorCharles David Williams
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Abstract
Improvements to firearms that load cartridges from a magazine and/or a clip are disclosed. Specifically, improvements to slide assemblies and bolt assemblies to depress a cartridge in a magazine and/or a clip are provided. Such improvements include a sloped bottom-facing surface of the slide assembly and/or bolt assembly. The sloped bottom-facing surface is sloped along the length of the portion that contacts a cartridge in the magazine and/or clip when the slide assembly and/or bolt assembly reciprocates.
Claims20
An improvement for a slide for a hammer-fired firearm, the slide having a forward-facing breech face, a rearward-facing hammer face, and a downward-facing surface that contacts a cartridge in a magazine received within the firearm when the slide forms part of the firearm, the downward-facing surface having a length extending from the forward-facing breech face to the rearward-facing hammer face and having a portion along which the cartridge in the magazine slides during operation of the firearm, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the downward-facing surface is sloped along the entire length of the downward-facing surface, from a lower end adjacent the breech face to an upper end positioned rearward of the breech face;
- wherein the downward-facing surface is free of an inside corner along the length;
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- wherein the rearward-facing hammer face and the forward-facing breach face define ends of a firing pin bore of the slide.
An improvement for a slide for a hammer-fired firearm, the slide having a forward-facing breech face and a downward-facing surface that contacts a cartridge in a magazine received within the firearm when the slide forms part of the firearm, the downward-facing surface having a length along which the cartridge in the magazine slides during operation of the firearm, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the downward-facing surface is sloped along the length the cartridge in the magazine slides, from a lower end adjacent the breech face to an upper end positioned rearward of the breech face;
- wherein the downward-facing surface is bounded on a first lateral side by a first groove and on an opposing, second lateral side by a second groove;
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- wherein an opening for an extractor pin extends through the second groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.