Firearm
AssigneeCr3 LLC
InventorCaleb Crye
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Abstract
A compact rifle-caliber firearm is provided herein comprising a receiver body, a barrel, and a grip. The barrel is coupled to the receiver body and extends in a forward direction relative to the receiver body. The barrel includes a bore and a bore axis. The grip is coupled to the receiver body and positioned rearward relative to the barrel. The grip is operable to accept a magazine sized for rifle cartridges. The grip includes a grip depth that is less than or equal to two inches. The compact rifle-caliber firearm may further include a magazine operable to be inserted into the grip and operable to receive rifle cartridges. An interior magazine depth may be less than a length of the rifle cartridges. Rifle cartridges positioned in the magazine may be angled relative to an uppermost cartridge.
Claims20
A magazine for a compact rifle-caliber firearm comprising:
- wherein the magazine is configured to be inserted within a grip of the compact rifle-caliber firearm and receive a plurality of rifle cartridges having a cartridge length;
- a forward wall having a forward wall interior surface and a rearward wall having a ridgeless rearward wall interior surface;
- feed lips positioned at an upper end of the magazine;
- a follower positioned between the forward and rearward walls and biased towards the upper end of the magazine, the follower having an upper surface including a fixed angle forward portion and a pivotal rearward portion biased to align an uppermost rifle cartridge of the plurality of rifle cartridges with the feed lips of the magazine;
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- wherein the uppermost rifle cartridge is configured to be oriented at a first cartridge angle relative to the rearward wall interior surface.
A compact rifle-caliber firearm for mechanically chambering a plurality of rifle cartridges having a cartridge length, the compact rifle-caliber firearm comprising:
- a receiver body;
- a barrel coupled to the receiver body and extending in a forward direction relative to the receiver body, the barrel including a bore with a bore axis;
- a grip coupled to the receiver body;
- a magazine configured to be inserted within the grip, the magazine including a forward wall having a forward wall interior surface and a rearward wall having a ridgeless rearward wall interior surface;
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- wherein an uppermost rifle cartridge of the plurality of rifle cartridges is configured to be oriented at a chambering angle relative to the bore axis when the magazine is inserted within the grip, the chambering angle being in a range of from zero (0) degrees to twenty (20) degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.