Stock for a firearm and method of manufacturing a stock for a firearm
AssigneeDikar, S.Coop.
InventorsIon Racionero Zabalo, Santiago Jorge Neira Hernández
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Abstract
A stock for a firearm. The stock includes a foam core, a carbon fiber skin and a carbon fiber insert having a housing for housing the action mechanisms of the firearm. The carbon fiber insert includes a sheet molding compound (SMC) or a bulk molding compound (BMC) that includes a resin matrix and randomly arranged chopped carbon fibers in the resin matrix. The foam core has a cavity in which the carbon fiber insert is housed. The carbon fiber skin covers the foam core and at least part of the carbon fiber insert housed in its cavity, the carbon fiber insert being mechanically bonded to the carbon fiber skin.
Claims9
A stock for a firearm having action mechanisms for loading and firing projectiles, the stock comprising:
- a carbon fiber insert including a housing for housing at least a portion of the action mechanisms, the carbon fiber insert comprising a sheet molding compound or a bulk molding compound comprising a resin matrix and randomly arranged chopped carbon fibers in the resin matrix;
- a foam core that includes a cavity in which at least a portion of the carbon fiber insert is housed;
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- a carbon fiber skin at least partially covering the foam core and at least partially covering the carbon fiber insert, at least a portion of the carbon fiber insert being mechanically bonded to the carbon fiber skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.