Firearm with enhanced recoil and control characteristics
OwnerRenaud KERBRAT, Timothy Lindsayinventors
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Abstract
The invention comprises improved designs in a recoil control device comprising a bolt and slider for use in a variety of firearms. In one embodiment, the bolt and slider are articulated so that the displacement of the bolt results in a force component accompanying the slider as it moves along a slider path that traverses a line formed by a linear firing axis of the barrel of the firearm. The slider can have additional structural and functional features, including stabilizing features, vibrational damping elements, elements of the fire control mechanism, and devices to manage the peak impulse of the slider movement as it contacts a base or terminus point.
Claims17
A bolt and slider assembly for use as a mobile breach in a firearm, said assembly comprising:
- a bolt configured to alternate between a forward position and a rearward position in response to the firing of one or more cartridges, and where the bolt leaves the axis of the barrel of the firearm at the rearward position, and the bolt having a tenon or projection to link to the slider;
- a slider comprising at least one surface to contact the bolt or tenon of the bolt and optionally having a lug on one or more side surfaces;
- at least one guide or path, where one or more of the tenon of the bolt and optional lug on the slider move during the movement of the bolt from forward position to rearward position;
- wherein the slider contains multiple slots or regions to link to the tenon or projection of the bolt and thereby reduce the vibration of the slider during its movement from an initial position corresponding to the forward position of the bolt and a terminal position corresponding to the rearward position of the bolt.
A firearm having a recoil-reducing assembly incorporated therein, the firearm comprising:
- a barrel;
- a handgrip;
- one or more housing or receiver elements having integrated thereon a guide or path to direct the movement of a slider and a bolt;
- a bolt, having multiple side projections to fit inside the guide or path;
- a slider, capable of being linked to the bolt through the side projections of the bolt by multiple slots or receiving regions in the slider, the slider further comprising multiple lugs or side projections to fit inside the guide or path;
- wherein the movement of the bolt is confined by a first region of the guide or path from a forward position to a rearward position of the bolt movement, and wherein the first region of the guide or path directs the bolt outside of the linear axis formed by the barrel at the rearward position, and wherein the movement of the slider is confined by a second region of the guide or path, the second region controlling the upward and downward movement of the slider in response to an impulse from the bolt after firing, and wherein the linear axis of the barrel of the firearm intersects the handgrip at from about 96% to about 5% of the height of the handgrip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.