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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7076902 | Firing system for a firearm An improved action for a muzzleloading firearm which allows loading an ignition system from above, and completely releasing the action from below. The system covers the ignition system during firing to shield the user and the line of sight. The action may be removed... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6883261 | Ammunition magazines with integral handles Integral extensions to aid in the extraction of ammunition magazines from ammunition pouches are provided in three embodiments. In this embodiment, the sides of an ammunition magazine are extended, either by molding or affixing a handle directly to the sides of the ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6732465 | Firearm mechanism having slide with interchangeable breech face A firearm, such as a handgun, rifle, machine gun, etc. has a frame assembly having a barrel defining a cartridge chamber and includes a magazine for serially positioning cartridges at a pickup location relative to said frame assembly and barrel. A reciprocating memb... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6615527 | Trigger mechanism In a firearm having a trigger assembly with a trigger nose, a hammer with a sear hook and a trigger notch, a disconnector and an automatic sear, an improvement including a notched bifurcating the sear hook of the hammer for receiving the disconnector in a... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6212991 | Rapid fire mechanism for firearms The invention provides an apparatus for reducing recoil on a firearm or gun and to increase rate of firing. The invention uses a dual mass system to dynamically balance the gun wherein some of the energy of firing is absorbed within springs and thereby re... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205694 | Externally adjustable coil hammer mainspring assemblies for pistols An externally adjustable coil hammer mainspring assembly for pistols having several different mechanisms for clearing obstructing internal and external pistol design features. These mechanisms make it possible to incorporate external coil hammer mainsprin... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6164000 | Repeating rifle with magazine adapter A repeating rifle having a chamber to which a magazine guide is secured by means of threaded bolts, into which magazine guide a bar magazine can be inserted, can selectively receive a longer magazine. In order to make this possible with a minimum of parts... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6044748 | Breech bolt assembly for a firearm Reliability of a multi-lug breech bolt is improved by modifying the bearing relationship between the bolt lugs and the matching lugs within a gun receiver. This procedure is applied to a gun that has a receiver housing a breech bolt and an extractor. The ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5765302 | Ammunition transport in a repeating weapon An ammunition transport for use in a repeating weapon includes a transition component that presents a pair of converging sloped surfaces so that cartridges provided in a side-by-side fashion from a cartridge magazine may be transferred to a cartridge cham... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5741996 | Firearm frame including a firearm barrel and trigger mount control mechanism A firearm frame constructed of plastic material having slide rail guidance members in the forward, central and rear portions of the frame. The frame is useful with a barrel unit which is cammed back and down by slide reciprocation and by a cam block which... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5685101 | Firearm fitted with a pivoting magazine The present invention relates to an improvement to individual firearms; the technical field of the invention is that of manufacturing firearms. A firearm includes a pin extending crosswise into the magazine well, mounted at at least one of its two ends in... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5664355 | Detachable ammunition magazine A detachable multiple round ammunition magazine with improved "X" shaped magazine spring and improved latching mechanism.... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5638626 | Ammunition magazine A removable ammunition magazine has a body with a side wall. The body defines a passage sized to hold ammunition and an opening intersecting the passage. The opening is sized to pass ammunition therethrough and includes a notch in the side wall. A followe... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5581926 | Manually actuated rifle A manually actuated rifle which maintains the aesthetics of a semi-automatic rifle, but which is incapable of semi-automatic or automatic fire. A piston guide member is provided which has at least one aperture therein for preventing actuation of the actio... | 12/10/1996 |
| 4651455 | Bolt action rifle A bolt action rifle of simplified, economical and durable construction resembling an assault rifle is disclosed. An elongated action tube connected between a barrel and stock houses and guides the bolt in all positions of the latter. A unified housing mem... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4579034 | Bolt assembly and cartridge feed mechanism for automatic firearm A repeating firearm includes a bolt carrier and bolt assembly which are movable relative to each other to provide for locking and unlocking the bolt with respect to the barrel breech. An elongated bearing plate is supported by the bolt and movable with th... | 04/01/1986 |
