Barrel for a firearm
AssigneeHeckler & Koch GmbH
InventorNorbert Fluhr
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Abstract
Barrels, a breech structured to interact with such barrel(s), and firearms incorporating such barrels and breech are disclosed. The barrels include a cartridge chamber having an internal surface with a curvature. They also include a guide element located adjacent to and extending away from the cartridge chamber. The guide element is located at a point where a transverse movement of a cartridge being loaded ends during a loading process. The guide element has a surface having a circular shape whose curvature corresponds to the curvature of the internal surface of the cartridge chamber.
Claims14
For use with a cartridge, a firearm having a longitudinal axis wherein, during a loading process, the cartridge experiences a transverse movement relative to the longitudinal axis and a longitudinal movement in a direction of the longitudinal axis, the firearm comprising:
- a housing;
- a breech block mounted for movement within the housing;
- and
- a barrel comprising:
- a cartridge chamber having an internal surface with a curvature;
- and
- a guide element located adjacent to and extending away from the cartridge chamber, the guide element being further located at a point where the transverse movement of the cartridge ends during the loading process, the guide element having a surface, at least a portion of the surface of the guide element having a curved shape whose curvature corresponds to the curvature of the internal surface of the cartridge chamber, wherein the breech block defines a slot to receive the guide element when the breech block is positioned adjacent the cartridge chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.