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US 8,312,656 B2Granted
Shotgun having an improved shotshell feeding mechanism
AssigneeBrowning
InventorMarc Lesenfants
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Abstract
A shotgun includes an action that is capable of rapidly chambering a shotshell after the shotgun has run out of shotshells and is capable of allowing shotshells to be removed from the magazine without cycling the shotshells through the action.
Claims16
A shotgun comprising:
- a chamber;
- a magazine;
- and
- an action that moves between a closed position and an open position, the action including:
- a carrier including a first component that facilitates holding the action in the open position and a second component that covers a loading port of the shotgun;
- a carrier latch that pivots between a first position and a second position;
- a cartridge stop that pivots between a first position where the cartridge stop prevents shotshells from moving out of the magazine and a second position where the cartridge stop allows the shotshells to move out of the magazine;
- wherein the second component of the carrier is pivotably coupled to the first component of the carrier to allow a shotshell to be inserted into the magazine when the action is in the open position;
- and
- wherein the cartridge stop pivots from the first position to the second position without moving the carrier latch, and the cartridge stop and carrier latch pivot about parallel axes from their respective first positions to their respective second positions.
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A shotgun comprising:
- a chamber;
- a magazine;
- and
- an action that moves shotshells from the magazine to the chamber, the action including
- a bolt assembly a carrier and a carrier latch, wherein the carrier latch cooperates with the carrier to hold the action in the open position when the magazine is empty, and wherein the carrier latch pivots between a first position and a second position;
- and
- a cartridge stop which pivots between a first position where the cartridge stop prevents the shotshells from moving out of the magazine and a second position where the cartridge stop allows the shotshells to move out of the magazine;
- wherein the cartridge stop is pivotably coupled to the carrier latch, and the cartridge stop and carrier latch pivot about parallel axes from their respective first positions to their respective second positions;
- wherein the cartridge stop pivots from the first position to the second position without moving the bolt assembly;
- and
- wherein the cartridge stop is positioned adjacent to the magazine in the second position when the action is held in an open position and the magazine is empty.
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A shotgun comprising:
- a chamber;
- a magazine;
- and
- an action that moves between a closed position and an open position, the action including
- a bolt assembly;
- and
- a carrier that covers a loading port of the shotgun, the carrier being configured to allow a shotshell to be inserted into the magazine when the action is held in the open position;
- and a carrier latch that pivots between a first position and a second position where the carrier latch cooperates with the carrier to hold the action in the open position and a second position where the action is free to move from the open position to the closed position;
- wherein the action immediately moves a shotshell from the magazine to the chamber when the action is held in the open position and a shotshell is inserted into the magazine and released;
- and
- wherein the action includes a cartridge stop that allows shotshells to move out of the magazine without moving the bolt assembly;
- and wherein the cartridge stop is pivotably coupled to the carrier latch, wherein the cartridge stop pivots between a first position where the cartridge stop prevents shotshells from moving out of the magazine and a second position where the cartridge stop allows the shotshells to move out of the magazine, and the cartridge stop and carrier latch pivot about parallel axes from their respective first positions to their respective second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.