Recoil management system for a gun
AssigneeEight Holdings LLC
InventorTeodor Puha
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for extending a recoil impulse of a gun. The system elongates the recoil impulse to spread the recoil energy over time and reduce felt (i.e., peak) recoil force. Although the system adds weight to a gun, the system reduces felt recoil beyond what is possible by simply adding weight to a gun by using an inertial weight on a spring to absorb and release energy. To prevent shaking, the inertial weight system is tuned to a gun so that the inertial weight hits a pair of stops at certain points in the gun's discharge action cycle.
Claims18
A recoil management system for a gun, said system comprising:
- an inertial weight stop configured to attach to a barrel of the gun, said barrel extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, and said inertial weight stop configured to extend radially outward from the barrel when the recoil management system is properly installed on the gun;
- a weight spring configured to attach to the inertial weight stop and extend longitudinally along the barrel of the gun from the inertial weight stop when the recoil management system is properly installed on the gun;
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- an inertial weight configured to attach to the weight spring and connect to the inertial weight stop via the weight spring when the recoil management system is properly installed on the gun such that longitudinal movement of the inertial weight relative to the barrel is controlled by the weight spring, wherein, when the recoil management system is properly installed on the gun:
- upon discharging the gun, rearward longitudinal motion of the barrel moves a barrel stop of the gun rearward and away from the inertial weight while moving the inertial weight stop closer to the inertial weight, compressing the weight spring;
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- upon discharging the gun, after a barrel assembly of the gun contacts an impact ring of the gun halting rearward longitudinal movement of the barrel assembly relative to a receiver of the gun, the inertial weight is configured to contact the barrel stop to transfer energy from the inertial weight to the barrel stop and receiver.
A gun comprising a recoil management system, said system comprising:
- an inertial weight stop configured to attach to a barrel of the gun, said barrel extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, and said inertial weight stop configured to extend radially outward from the barrel;
- a weight spring configured to attach to the inertial weight stop and extend longitudinally along the barrel of the gun from the inertial weight;
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- an inertial weight configured to attach to the weight spring and connect to the inertial weight stop via the weight spring such that longitudinal movement of the inertial weight relative to the barrel is controlled by the weight spring, wherein:
- upon discharging the gun, rearward longitudinal motion of the barrel moves a barrel stop of the gun rearward and away from the inertial weight while moving the inertial weight stop closer to the inertial weight, compressing the weight spring;
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- upon discharging the gun, after a barrel assembly of the gun contacts an impact ring of the gun halting rearward longitudinal movement of the barrel assembly relative to a receiver of the gun, the inertial weight is configured to contact the barrel stop to transfer energy from the inertial weight to the barrel stop and receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.