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US 2015/0176938 A1Published application
Rifle/shotgun combination and conversion method
OwnerRussell Micklethwaiteinventor
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Abstract
A rifle/shotgun combination firearm includes a shotgun receiver portion and a lower receiver portion extending rearwardly from the shotgun receiver portion. A rifle trigger assembly is carried in the lower receiver portion and actuated by a rifle trigger coupled thereto. A shotgun trigger assembly is carried by the shotgun receiver portion and actuated by a shotgun trigger pivotally carried on a transversely oriented pivot pin in the lower receiver portion. A shotgun trigger transfer bar couples the shotgun trigger assembly to the shotgun trigger.
Claims16
A rifle/shotgun combination firearm comprising:
- a receiver having a forward end and a rearward end, the receiver including:
- a shotgun receiver portion adjacent the forward end;
- and
- a lower receiver portion adjacent the rearward end;
- a shotgun barrel and a shotgun magazine tube coupled to the shotgun receiver portion and extending forwardly from the forward end thereof;
- an upper receiver coupled to the lower receiver portion;
- a rifle barrel coupled to and extending forwardly from the upper receiver;
- and
- a trigger mechanism carried by the receiver, the trigger mechanism including:
- a rifle trigger assembly carried in the lower receiver portion and actuated by a rifle trigger coupled thereto, the rifle trigger having a finger grip extending below the lower receiver portion;
- and
- a shotgun trigger assembly carried by the shotgun receiver portion and actuated by a shotgun trigger pivotally carried on a transversely oriented pivot pin in the lower receiver portion, the shotgun trigger having a finger grip extending below the lower receiver portion adjacent the rifle trigger, and a shotgun trigger transfer bar coupling the shotgun trigger assembly to the shotgun trigger.
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A rifle/shotgun combination firearm comprising:
- a receiver having a forward end and a rearward end, the receiver including:
- a shotgun receiver portion adjacent the forward end;
- and
- a lower receiver portion extending rearwardly from the shotgun receiver and adjacent the rearward end;
- a shotgun barrel coupled to the shotgun receiver portion and extending forwardly from the forward end thereof;
- an upper receiver coupled to the lower receiver portion;
- a rifle barrel coupled to and extending forwardly from the upper receiver;
- and
- a trigger mechanism carried by the receiver, the trigger mechanism including:
- a rifle trigger box defined by the lower receiver portion;
- a shotgun trigger box defined by the shotgun receiver portion;
- a rifle trigger assembly carried in the rifle trigger box and actuated by a rifle trigger coupled thereto, the rifle trigger having a finger grip extending below the lower receiver portion;
- and
- a shotgun trigger assembly carried by the shotgun receiver portion and actuated by a shotgun trigger pivotally carried on a transversely oriented pivot pin in the rifle trigger box, the shotgun trigger having a finger grip extending below the lower receiver portion adjacent the rifle trigger, and a shotgun trigger transfer bar coupling the shotgun trigger assembly in the shotgun trigger box to the shotgun trigger in the rifle trigger box;
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- a rifle hammer mounted on the pivot pin in the rifle trigger box for rotation between a forward position and a rearward position.
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A rifle/shotgun combination firearm comprising:
- a shotgun receiver portion;
- a lower receiver portion extending rearwardly from the shotgun receiver;
- a rifle trigger assembly carried in the lower receiver portion and actuated by a rifle trigger coupled thereto, the rifle trigger having a finger grip extending below the lower receiver portion;
- a shotgun trigger assembly carried by the shotgun receiver portion and actuated by a shotgun trigger pivotally carried on a transversely oriented pivot pin in the lower receiver portion, the shotgun trigger having a finger grip extending below the lower receiver portion forward of and adjacent to the rifle trigger;
- and
- a shotgun trigger transfer bar coupling the shotgun trigger assembly to the shotgun trigger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.