Rimfire rifle
AssigneeCalifornia Business Environments, Inc.
InventorRyan Paul Fellows
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Abstract
Semi-automatic rimfire rifles have a frame, a bolt operable to reciprocate within the frame, the bolt defining a bolt axis, the bolt defining a firing pin passage, a first firing pin portion received within at least a first portion of the firing pin passage, a second firing pin portion separate from the first firing pin portion received within at least a second portion of the firing pin passage, and the first firing pin portion being operable to contact the second firing pin portion such that the second firing pin portion discharges a cartridge in response to the first firing pin portion being struck by a hammer. The first firing pin portion may define a first firing pin axis aligned with the bolt axis. The second firing pin portion may have a nose portion that is offset from the bolt axis extending away from the first firing pin portion.
Claims17
A firearm comprising:
- a frame having an attached barrel defining a bore axis;
- a bolt operable to reciprocate within the frame;
- the bolt defining a firing pin passage;
- an elongated first firing pin portion defining a first firing pin axis aligned with the bolt axis and received within at least a first portion of the firing pin passage;
- a second firing pin portion separate from the first firing pin portion received within at least a second portion of the firing pin passage;
- the first firing pin portion being operable to contact the second firing pin portion such that the second firing pin portion discharges a cartridge in response to the first firing pin portion being struck by a hammer;
- and
- the second firing pin portion having a nose portion operable to strike a cartridge and extending away from the first firing pin portion, the nose portion being offset from the bolt axis.
A firearm firing mechanism comprising:
- a bolt
- defining a firing pin passage;
- an elongated first firing pin portion defining a firing pin axis and received within at least a first portion of the firing pin passage;
- a second firing pin portion separate from the first firing pin portion received within at least a second portion of the firing pin passage;
- the first firing pin portion being operable to contact the second firing pin portion such that the second firing pin portion discharges a cartridge in response to the first firing pin portion being struck by a hammer;
- and
- the second firing pin portion having a nose portion operable to strike a cartridge and extending away from the first firing pin portion, the nose portion being offset from the bolt axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.