Front grip for a firearm
AssigneeCalico Light Weapon Systems
InventorJames C. Davis
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Abstract
An optional removable front grip usable with any firearm having a barrel shroud formed with a row of regularly spaced openings on its underside. Such openings are routinely provided to ventilate the barrel. The invention front grip is hollow and is provided with a set of lugs which engage any three adjacent barrel shroud ventilation openings to thereby accommodate shooters having different arm lengths. One of the lugs is a locking lug which is operated easily by a screwdriver inserted through the hollow grip.
Claims6
A removable optional front grip for a gun, said gun having a barrel and a barrel shroud, said barrel shroud being formed with a row of regularly spaced openings along it's bottom extending longitudinally of said gun, the improvement of said grip comprising a top wall, a plurality lug means on said top wall, one of said lug means having a manually operable locking portion, the spacing of said plurality of lug means matching the regular spacing of said row of openings in said barrel shroud, whereby said front grip may be removably and optionally mounted on said barrel shroud with the use of a plurality of said barrel shroud openings equal in number to said plurality of lug means, and said plurality of lug means being less than the number of said openings in said row of barrel shroud openings, whereby said grip may be mounted at any one of several different positions on said barrel shroud to accommodate different arm lengths of users of said gun.
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