Over barrel gas tube optical sight mount
OwnerLyle J. Keeney, Randall S. Keeneyinventors
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Abstract
An optic mount is described for an AK47-type rifle having a barrel, a rear gas tube receiver block and a forward barrel mounted gas chamber block. The optic mount includes a rigid body with an optic mount surface. The mount provides a gas tube passageway between the rear gas tube receiver block and forward barrel mounted gas chamber block of the rifle. A barrel mounting member is configured to secure the rigid body to the barrel.
Claims20
An optic mount for an AK47-type rifle having a barrel, a rear gas tube receiver block and a forward barrel mounted gas chamber block, the optic mount comprising:
- a rigid body including an optic mount surface thereon;
- a gas tube on the rigid body and including opposed open ends configured to be mounted to the rifle between the rear gas tube receiver block and forward barrel mounted gas chamber block;
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- a barrel mounting member releasably attached to the rigid body and configured to secure the rigid body to the barrel.
In an AK47-type rifle having a barrel, a rear gas tube receiver block and a forward barrel mounted gas chamber block, an optic mount, comprising:
- a rigid body including an optic mount surface thereon and a gas tube;
- wherein the gas tube is mounted to the rifle between the rear gas tube receiver block and the forward barrel mounted gas chamber block;
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- a barrel mounting member connecting the rigid body and the barrel.
An optic mount for an AK47-type rifle barrel, comprising:
- a rigid body including an optic mount surface and a barrel mounting surface thereon;
- a gas tube spacer on the rigid body spacing the optic mount surface from the barrel mounting surface and defining a gas tube passageway with the rigid body between the barrel mounting surface and the optic mount surface;
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- a barrel mounting member on the rigid body and depending from the barrel mounting surface to form a barrel receiving throat.
In an AK47-type rifle having a barrel, a rear iron sight and a front iron sight defining a line of sight with the rear iron sight, a rear gas tube receiver block, and a forward barrel mounted gas chamber block;
- an optic mount, comprising:
- a rigid body including an optic mount surface thereon;
- wherein the rigid body is mountable to the rifle between the rear gas tube receiver block and the forward barrel mounted gas chamber block with the optic mount surface situated between the barrel and the line of sight;
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- a barrel mounting member on the rigid body and engageable with the barrel to secure the rigid body to the barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.