Modified firearms for firing simulated ammunition
OwnerRobert C. E. Schuetz, Brian D. Schuetzinventors
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a firearms safety system for adapting conventional handheld firearms to fire non-deadly simulated training ammunition, which system provides a series of gas relief ports and passages to prevent the successful firing of live ammunition in the firearm. The system can be advantageously utilized in modified M16 type military type rifles which have been previously adapted to fire pistol cartridges such as the 9 mm and .40 S&W calibers. The system is also particularly advantageous for use in handheld firearms such as pistols and revolvers, as well as in conventional long guns such as bolt action rifles, and all shotguns.
Claims16
In a firearm for firing simulated ammunition, the improvement comprising a barrel having at least one cartridge chamber associated therewith at one end thereof, and a pressure safety system adapted for preventing the successful completion of a firing cycle of live ammunition, said safety system comprising a pressure relief port formed in the wall of said chamber and arranged to align with the wall of a live cartridge located in the chamber of said firearm, said port being of sufficient size to allow a portion of the wall of a cartridge fired in said chamber to be blown out and expelled through said port, and said port being located on said chamber such that gases expelled therethrough are not directed at personnel operating the firearm nor at persons standing to the side of such operating personnel.
A handgun for use as a training weapon for firing simulated ammunition
- having non-fatal bullets, said handgun having a frame upon which is mounted
- a barrel and a slide mechanism, said barrel having a cartridge chamber therein
- adapted to receive a simulated training cartridge, and said barrel further having a bore therethrough passing from said cartridge chamber to the muzzle end thereof, and said chamber having a relief port formed in the wall thereof adapted to communicate with the side of a cartridge in said chamber and further being of a sufficient size to cause the rupture a standard cartridge sidewall of a standard live round being fired in said weapon, said relief port arranged on said chamber to direct gases and cartridge particles in a direction away from the shooter of said weapon and any personnel who could be standing near said weapon when it is fired.
In a revolver handgun having a cylinder rotatably mounted in a revolver frame, said cylinder having at least one cartridge chamber formed therein adapted to align with a bore in a barrel mounted in said frame, the improvement comprising:
- said handgun adapted to be used as a training weapon for firing simulated, non-lethal rounds therethrough, and having a pressure relief opening formed in said chamber and adapted to allow the wall of a standard cartridge to be ruptured and blown out therethrough when a non-training round is fired in said revolver, said opening communicating with a passage arranged to direct gases and particles away from a shooter of said weapon and away from any possible bystanders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.