Convertible shotgun
AssigneeO. F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
InventorsThomas F. Swearengen, Walter J. Makauskas
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Abstract
A sporting shotgun from which the stock and forearm have been removed is partially encapsulated within a clamshell housing assembly which includes a stock and pistol grip and which substantially alters the appearance of the shotgun. Projections within the housing assembly block a safety member on the gun in an inoperative position. A recoil beam attached to the receiver of the shotgun and contained with the butt end of the stock functions as a recoil absorber and also cooperates with a cup-shaped butt plate to retain the butt end portion of the housing in assembly. The trigger of the shotgun is encapsulated within the stock and connected by a trigger connecting assembly to an auxiliary trigger associated with the pistol grip.
Claims17
A convertible firearm comprising a basic firearm and a retrofit assembly, the basic firearm having a receiver, a barrel projecting forwardly from the receiver, firing means contained within the receiver and including a firearm trigger extending from the receiver and safety means for disabling the firing means and including a first safety member supported on the receiver and normally movable relative to the receiver between a safe position wherein the firing means is disabled and an off position wherein the firing means is operable to discharge the firearm, said retrofit assembly including a housing assembly having a plurality of housing sections cooperating in assembly with each other and with the basic firearm and enveloping at least a portion of the basic firearm, means for releasably securing said housing sections in assembly, and disabling means associated with the housing assembly for retaining the safety member in its off position.
A retrofit assembly for a basic firearm having a receiver, a barrel projecting from the receiver, firing means contained within the receiver and including a firearm trigger extending from the receiver for operating the firing means to discharge the basic firearm, and a safety means for disabling the firing means and including a safety member supported on the receiver for movement between a safe position wherein the firing means is disabled and an off position wherein the firing means is operable to discharge the firearm, said retrofit assembly including a housing means having a plurality of housing sections for cooperating in assembly with each other and with the basic firearm to receive and envelop at least a portion of the basic firearm, means for releasably securing said housing sections in assembly, means for preventing assembly of said housing sections with the basic firearm when the safety member is in its safe position, and means for retaining the safety member in its off position when the housing sections are assembled with each other and with the basic firearm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.