Forend structure for pistol conversion assembly

For use with a pistol receiver having an upwardly facing recess with two side walls containing aligned openings, and a slide stop member having a pin which is adapted to extend through said openings and across said recess and which is pivotable about an axis extending longitudinally of the pin;

• conversion apparatus including:
• a barrel adapted to be received at the upper side of the receiver;
• an element to be located above said receiver and beneath said barrel and which contains an upwardly facing recess within which a lower portion of said barrel is receivable;
• said element having a connector portion receivable at least partially within said recess in the receiver and between said side walls thereof and containing an opening through which said pin can extend to connect said element to the receiver;
• and
• a connection for attaching a rear portion of said barrel rigidly to the receiver at a location rearwardly of said pin and said connector portion of said element through which the pin extends.

The combination comprising:

• a pistol receiver having opposite side walls containing aligned openings;
• a connector pin extending through said openings;
• a barrel located at the upper side of said receiver;
• an element located above said receiver and beneath the barrel and containing an upwardly facing recess within which a lower portion of said barrel is receivable;
• said element having a connector portion received between said opposite side walls of the receiver and containing an opening through which said pin extends to connect said element to the receiver;
• and
• a connection attaching a rear portion of said barrel rigidly to the receiver at a location rearwardly of said pin and said connector portion of said element through which the pin extends.

A converted gun comprising:

• a pistol receiver having an upwardly facing essentially semi-cylindrical recess with two side walls containing aligned openings;
• a slide stop member having a pin which extends through said openings and across said recess and which is pivotable about an axis extending longitudinally of the pin;
• a barrel formed separately from said receiver and received at the upper side thereof;
• an element having a first portion located above said receiver and beneath said barrel and containing an upwardly facing recess within which a lower portion of said barrel is received;
• said first portion of said element having an undersurface curved essentially semi-cylindrically and fitting closely within said essentially semi-cylindrical recess in the receiver;
• said element having an elongated connector portion attached at a forward end to said first portion of said element and projecting rearwardly therefrom within said recess in the receiver and between said side walls thereof and containing an opening through which said pin extends to attach said element to the receiver;
• and
• a connection attaching a rear portion of said barrel rigidly to the receiver at a location rearwardly of said pin.