Mount for co-witnessing sighting devices for firearms having sheet metal receiver covers
OwnerMark C. Larueinventor
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Abstract
A sight mount for firearms having short sight mount blocks and having sheet metal receiver covers. A mount base is pivotally connected with the sight mount block and has a sight support platform that is positioned above the receiver cover and provides support for an optical sighting device. A lock member has releasable locking engagement with the lock retainer members and having a portion thereof engaging the rear sight block and securing said mount base against movement from said sighting position. A rear sight member is defined by an upturned portion of the lock member and has a sighting notch that is visible in co-witnessing relation when viewing through the optical sighting device.
Claims17
A sight mount for a firearm having a rear sight block defining opposed pivot openings and having a stamped metal receiver cover extending rearwardly of the rear sight block, said sight mount comprising:
- a mount base having opposed pivot pins received by opposed pivot openings of a rear sight block of a firearm and being pivotally moveable from a sighting position to an out of the way position clear of the stamped metal receiver cover, said mount base defining lock retainer members;
- a sight support platform projecting rearwardly from said mount base and providing support for an optical sighting device mounted thereto;
- a lock member having releasable locking engagement with said lock retainer members and having a portion there engaging the rear sight block and preventing pivotal movement of said mount base from said sighting position;
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- a rear sight member having a sighting notch and being visible in co-witnessing relation with the optical sighting device.
A sight mount for a firearm having a rear sight block defining opposed pivot openings and having a stamped metal receiver cover extending rearwardly of the rear sight block, said sight mount comprising:
- a mount base being secured to the rear sight block and having a sight support platform projecting rearwardly therefrom and providing support for an optical sighting device mounted thereto;
- lock retainer members projecting upwardly from said mount base;
- a lock member having releasable locking engagement with said lock retainer members and having a portion thereof engaging the rear sight block and securing said mount base against movement from said sighting position;
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- a rear sight member having a sighting notch and being visible in co-witnessing relation with the optical sighting device.
A sight mount for a firearm having a rear sight block defining opposed pivot openings and having a stamped metal receiver cover extending rearwardly of the rear sight block, said sight mount comprising:
- a mount base defining an upper surface and having opposed pivot pins received by opposed pivot openings of a rear sight block of a firearm and being pivotally moveable from a sighting position to an out of the way position clear of the stamped metal receiver cover, said mount base defining lock retainer members;
- a sight support platform projecting rearwardly from said mount base and providing support for an optical sighting device mounted thereto;
- a lock member having releasable locking engagement with said lock retainer members and having a portion there engaging the rear sight block and preventing pivotal movement of said mount base from said sighting position;
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- a rear sight member having a sighting notch and being visible in co-witnessing relation with the optical sighting device;
- said sight support platform having an upper surface being lower than said upper surface and positioning an optical sighting device sufficiently low that said rear sight member is visible in co-witnessing relation through the optical sighting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.