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US 6,971,202 B2Granted
Gas operated action for auto-loading firearms
OwnerTerrence Benderinventor
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Abstract
A gas operated action for auto-loading guns may comprise a receiver, a biasing spring, a bolt-carrier reciprocable within the receiver, a bolt having a cam pin, and an action rod fixedly attached to the receiver. The cam pin may engage the action rod during recoil travel of the bolt and bolt-carrier, thereby preventing rotation of the bolt when the cam pin is engaged with the action rod.
Claims24
A gun action assembly comprising:
- a receiver;
- a bolt-carrier having a cam slot, the bolt-carrier reciprocable in the receiver between battery and recoil positions;
- a spring for biasing the bolt-carrier toward the battery position;
- a bolt having a longitudinal axis and a cam pin, the cam pin located in the cam slot of the bolt-carrier;
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- an action rod fixedly attached to said receiver, the action rod having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the action rod being offset from the longitudinal axis of the bolt;
- wherein the cam pin engages the action rod during a portion of the bolt-carrier travel, the action rod preventing rotation of the bolt when the cam pin is engaged with the action rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.