The disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for providing a reduced weight firearm. More specifically, this disclosure provides devices, systems, and methods for reducing weight and increasing the operational efficiency of AR-15 style firearms.
Many firearm users prefer a .308 caliber rifle, as opposed to a .223 caliber rifle. However, the weight of a .308 caliber rifle is typically significantly greater than that of a .223 caliber rifle, which can offset some of the advantages of a .308 caliber rifle.
An AR-15 style rifle may comprise an upper receiver assembly configured to fire a .308 caliber cartridge; and a lower receiver assembly, wherein the AR-15 style rifle has mil-spec controls.
In various embodiments, the rifle may comprise a .223 sized barrel extension. The rifle may have a weight of less than 6.8 pounds. The rifle may have a weight of less than 6.3 pounds.
A rotating bolt firearm may comprise an upper receiver; a lower receiver coupled to the upper receiver; a barrel coupled to the upper receiver; and a barrel extension coupled to the barrel, wherein the barrel extension comprises a first lug, a second lug, a third lug, a fourth lug, a fifth lug, a sixth lug, a seventh lug, and an extractor gap located between the first lug and the second lug.
In various embodiments, the first lug and the second lug may be separated by 90 degrees. The barrel extension may consist of seven lugs in total. The firearm may comprise an extractor configured to be located within the extractor gap. The extractor may comprise an extractor lug extending from a first side of the extractor, and wherein the extractor lug does not extend to a second side of the extractor. The barrel extension may be sized for a .223 caliber barrel. The rotating bolt firearm may be configured to fire a .308 cartridge. The firearm may comprise a magazine well, wherein the magazine well has an opening of at least 2.80 inches. The magazine well may be configured to receive a .308 cartridge. The barrel may comprise a length of 10.5 inches. A weight of the rotating bolt firearm may be less than 6.3 pounds. The magazine well may comprise a finger placement notch. The firearm may comprise grooves in a neck portion of a chamber of the barrel. The grooves may be configured to facilitate extraction of a cartridge.
The subject matter of the present disclosure is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. A more complete understanding of the present disclosure, however, may be obtained by referring to the detailed description and claims when considered in connection with the drawing figures, wherein like numerals denote like elements.
The detailed description of exemplary embodiments herein makes reference to the accompanying drawings, which show exemplary embodiments by way of illustration and their best mode. While these exemplary embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the inventions, it should be understood that other embodiments may be realized and that logical, chemical and mechanical changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventions. Thus, the detailed description herein is presented for purposes of illustration only and not of limitation.
For example, the steps recited in any of the method or process descriptions may be executed in any order and are not necessarily limited to the order presented. Furthermore, any reference to singular includes plural embodiments, and any reference to more than one component or step may include a singular embodiment or step. Also, any reference to attached, fixed, connected or the like may include permanent, removable, temporary, partial, full and/or any other possible attachment option. Additionally, any reference to without contact (or similar phrases) may also include reduced contact or minimal contact.
In the context of the present disclosure, devices, systems, and methods may find particular use in connection with rotating bolt firearms. However, various aspects of the disclosed embodiments may extend to all types of applications and to all types of firearms including, without limitation, automatic firearms, semi-automatic firearms, bolt action firearms, and/or the like. Similarly, the present disclosure may extend to firearms using any suitable action including, for example, rotating bolt firearms, and to any suitable actuation system including, for example, gas piston systems, gas impingement systems, manual actuation systems, and/or the like.
In various embodiments, and with reference to
In various embodiments, rifle 100 may be configured to fire a .308 Winchester caliber bullet or cartridge (“.308 cartridge”). A .308 cartridge may comprise a total length of 2.80 inches. Moreover lower receiver 110 of rifle 100 may be configured with a magazine well 112 that is appropriately sized to receive a .308 caliber magazine configured to deploy .308 caliber cartridges to upper receiver 120. Thus, the magazine well 112 may comprise a length of greater than 2.80 inches. In various embodiments, the magazine well 112 may comprise a finger placement notch 113. The finger placement notch 113 may be recessed into a side of the magazine well forward of the trigger guard, and may provide a functional location for a user to position a finger when not on the trigger.
In various embodiments, rifle 100 may weigh less than seven pounds fully assembled. For example, rifle 100 may be complete and operational and may include, for example, upper receiver 120, lower receiver 110, buttstock 160, handle 165, rail 150, barrel 141, and/or all other components including, for example a charging handle, a bolt assembly, a drop in trigger, and/or the like. In this regard the weight of a complete and operational rifle 100 in an unloaded configuration may be less than seven pounds. Moreover, the weight of a fully operational fully assembled rifle 100 may be less than six and half pounds period. In various embodiments, the barrel 141 may be 16 inches, and the weight of the rifle 100 may be less than 6.8 pounds. In various embodiments, the barrel 141 may be 10.5 inches, and the weight of the rifle 100 may be less than 6.3 pounds.
In various embodiments, a barrel extension 142 may be coupled to a barrel 141. Barrel extension 142 may be configured to receive a cartridge within upper receiver 120. In various embodiments, barrel extension 142 may be a .223 sized barrel extension and may be configured to receive a .308 cartridge as further explained below. A portion of barrel extension 142 may be located within the upper receiver 120. Moreover, barrel extension 142 may be configured to interface with a bolt face 132 of bolt 130 to provide for battery and out of battery configurations. Barrel extension 142 may comprise a plurality of lugs including, for example lug 144-1, lug 144-2, lug 144-3, lug 144-4, lug 144-5, lug 144-6, 144-7 as shown in
Unlike mill spec or standard barrel extensions, barrel extension 142 may comprise an extractor gap 147. The extractor gap 147 may be a 90 degree portion of the barrel extension 142 without a lug. As illustrated the extractor gap 147 is located between adjacent lugs 144-1 and 144-2, which are separated by 90 degrees (minus the width of a lug). The extractor gap 147 may be formed by removing a lug from barrel extension 142, or by forming the barrel extension 142 without a lug in one of the eight locations typically including a lug in a mil spec barrel extension. Moreover extractor gap 147 may be sized substantially wide to accommodate an extractor capable of or configured to extract the case of a .308 caliber bullet from barrel extension 142. Barrel extension 142 may be configured with a feed ramp 146. The feed ramp 146 may be configured to contact a bullet tip as the bullet is being loaded into the chamber, and guide the bullet into the chamber.
In various embodiments and with reference to
In various embodiments, lower receiver 210 may be configured differently from a mil spec lower receiver. In this regard trigger assembly 215 may be disposed aft of elongated magazine well 212 to facilitate actuation of bolt 230 in the battery position and receipt of a magazine and associated .308 cartridge.
Referring to
Benefits, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described herein with regard to specific embodiments. Furthermore, the connecting lines shown in the various figures contained herein are intended to represent exemplary functional relationships and/or physical couplings between the various elements. It should be noted that many alternative or additional functional relationships or physical connections may be present in a practical system. However, the benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any elements that may cause any benefit, advantage, or solution to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as critical, required, or essential features or elements of the disclosure. The scope of the disclosure is accordingly to be limited by nothing other than the appended claims, in which reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless explicitly so stated, but rather “one or more.” Moreover, where a phrase similar to “at least one of A, B, or C” is used in the claims, it is intended that the phrase be interpreted to mean that A alone may be present in an embodiment, B alone may be present in an embodiment, C alone may be present in an embodiment, or that any combination of the elements A, B and C may be present in a single embodiment; for example, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C. Different cross-hatching is used throughout the figures to denote different parts but not necessarily to denote the same or different materials.
Methods and systems are provided herein. In the detailed description herein, references to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “various embodiments”, etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described. After reading the description, it will be apparent to one skilled in the relevant art(s) how to implement the disclosure in alternative embodiments.
Furthermore, no element, component, or method step in the present disclosure is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether the element, component, or method step is explicitly recited in the claims. No claim element herein is to be construed under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 112(f) unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for.” As used herein, the terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Ser. No. 15/410,534 filed Jan. 19, 2017 and entitled “REDUCED WEIGHT FIREARM.” The '534 application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/280,690 filed on Jan. 19, 2016 and entitled “FIREARM,” which both are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
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Number | Date | Country | |
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20190041152 A1 | Feb 2019 | US |
Number | Date | Country | |
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62280690 | Jan 2016 | US |
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 15410534 | Jan 2017 | US |
Child | 16160497 | US |