Modular receiver system
AssigneeLeitner-Wise Rifle Co., Inc.
InventorPaul Leitner-Wise
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Abstract
A modular receiver system for firearms comprising a barrel and receiver assembly providing a quick changeover coupling means for connecting the barrel to the receiver, wherein the coupling means comprises a barrel retaining bushing and a pair of opposed cam surfaces on the receiver for hinged engagement of the cam surfaces against the barrel, and wherein the modular receiver system further comprises a rail system for mounting ancillary firearms equipments.
Claims15
A modular receiver system for firearms comprising a receiver assembly, having a front and rear end, wherein the rear end of the receiver is adapted to mate with the rear end of a barrel assembly, and the barrel assembly comprises a barrel and a flanged barrel extension, and a primary retaining means comprising a pair of opposed cam surfaces hingedly mounted and wholly contained in the receiver assembly, and adapted to engage the barrel assembly in a rigid position, wherein said rigidity is attained by lateral force exerted on the flange of the barrel assembly and circumferential force exerted by the opposed cam surfaces on the barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.