# US 2009/0260269 A1 · Training bolt for rifle

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- Number: US 2009/0260269 A1
- Document ID: US20090260269A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/231,247
- Filed: 2008-08-28
- Published: 2009-10-22
- Earliest claimed: 2008-04-22
- Inventors: Shayle VanVlymen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260269A1

## CPC

- F41A 3/12: Bolt action, i.e. the main breech opening movement being parallel to the barrel axis
- F41A 17/44: Safety plugs, e.g. for plugging-up cartridge chambers {, barrels, magazine spaces}
- F41A 33/00: Adaptations for training (adaptations of barrels for recoil reinforcement F41A21/26); Gun simulators (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26 {; shooting games A63F9/02; military simulation G09B9/003})
- F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE

## Abstract

A training bolt for use in an automatic or semi-automatic firearm includes a training bolt installable in a bolt receiver of a firearm, wherein the training bolt is constructed and arranged with cutouts and protrusions which cooperate with the internal structure of the firearm bolt receiver and which allow function of the hammer/trigger/safety mechanism of the firearm, wherein the training bolt is configured to prevent, absolutely, chambering or firing a live round.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A training bolt for use in an automatic or semi-automatic firearm comprising:
a training bolt installable in a bolt receiver of a firearm, wherein the training bolt is constructed and arranged with cutouts and protrusions which cooperate with the internal structure of the firearm bolt receiver and which allow function of the hammer/trigger/safety mechanism of the firearm, wherein the training bolt is configured to prevent, absolutely, chambering or firing a live round.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The training bolt of claim 1 which is part of a training bolt carrier group, wherein the training bolt carrier group includes an elastic instrumentality to provide simulated operation of the training bolt.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The training bolt carrier group of claim 2 which includes appropriate indicia to alert a user that the firearm is equipped with a non-operable, training bolt.

### Claim 4

A training bolt carrier group for use in an automatic or semi-automatic firearm comprising:
a training bolt installable in a bolt receiver of a firearm, wherein the training bolt is constructed and arranged with cutouts and protrusions which cooperate with the internal structure of the firearm bolt receiver and which allow function of the hammer/trigger/safety mechanism of the firearm, wherein the training bolt is configured to prevent, absolutely, chambering or firing a live round; and
an elastic instrumentality to provide simulated operation of the training bolt.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The training bolt carrier group of claim 4 which includes appropriate indicia to alert a user that the firearm is equipped with a non-operable, training bolt.