Abstract:
A high velocity gun and ammunition wherein the projectile is encased in a formable material which is squeezed in the tapered bore of the gun to more efficiently utilize expansion gases for accelerating the projectile.
Abstract:
This invention has to do with a gun and, more particularly, to a firearm having a rifled barrel which can be used effectively with shotgun shells.
Abstract:
A portable, foldable rifle or gun support having a rear riflesupporting yoke formed by the upper outturned ends of a pair of intermediate, ground-engaging legs; a forward rifle-supporting yoke similarly formed on a pair of forward legs pivotally supported on the intermediate legs adjacent the ground; and a rearwardly extending leg pivotally connected to the intermediate legs to vary the angle of the rifle supported by the yokes, the elevation of the yokes being slightly variable by the angle between the intermediate and front legs.
Abstract:
In order to use different caliber shells or cartridges in a gun, especially a rifle, the barrel is exchangeable against another barrel of different caliber by means of an intermediate coupling member in the form of a hollow cylinder, one end of which is provided with means for locking the barrel end to the coupling member and the other end of which is provided with means for removably securing the coupling member in the housing of the breech mechanism.
Abstract:
A firearm includes a slit receiver socket for detachably receiving a barrel, and a spacer element disposed between the rear of the barrel and the end of the socket to define the rearmost position of the barrel. The spacer element may include a plurality of discs which are adhered together. Discs may be added to or removed from the spacer element to adjust the size thereof.
Abstract:
An automatic shotgun choke characterized in the provision of a choke member adapted to be secured to the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel; a recoil and spring actuated choke operating sleeve around said choke member; and a gas pressure actuated latch on said choke sleeve engaged in a first recess in the choke member which retains said sleeve and choke member with the latter in open bore condition until after the initial shot is fired, at which time, the latch is actuated by the gas pressure of the initial shot to automatically release the sleeve and choke member for relative spring and recoil actuation to full choke position. In the full choke position, the latch engages a second recess in the choke member so that the second and succeeding shots will be fired under full choke conditions. Whenever desired, the latch may be disengaged from the second (full choke) recess and the choke sleeve moved against spring pressure to open bore position at which it is latched and exposed to gas pressure when the next shot is fired. The automatic shotgun choke herein is further characterized in that the choke sleeve may, upon disengagement of the latch from the first (open bore) recess, be rotated to open bore position and whereat the latch engages a third recess in the choke member but is not exposed to gas pressure and hence the choke assembly will remain in open bore position for any number of shots until such time that the choke sleeve is manually shifted to automatic choke position with the latch engaged in the first (open choke) recess.
Abstract:
A firearm, including a barrel having a plurality of spherical bearings contacting a projectile discharged therethrough, is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sets of centrally apertured discs retains a plurality of rotatable spherical bearings. A part of each bearing within a set of discs extends into the centrally disposed aperture. The sets of discs are mounted adjacent one another within a sleeve to form a barrel for a firearm. The bore of the firearm is defined by the innermost extensions of the spherical bearings within a set of discs. A key way within each of the discs with a helically formed key extending adjacent the inner surface of the sleeve to angularly position each of the discs about its longitudinal axis. The spherical bearings of the positioned discs thereby define a number of helixes within the bore of the barrel, where the number of helixes corresponds to the number of spheres retained by a set of discs.
Abstract:
A gun barrel which comprises a relatively large-diametered portion formed integrally with a barrel body in the forward end thereof and adapted to incorporate an exchangeable choke inside the muzzle of said relatively large-diametered portion, said relatively large-diametered portion being formed coaxially with the gun barrel body ; a means for securely holding said choke therein; and/or gas vents formed in the substantially upper part of said relatively large-diametered portion to release gas jets therefrom, thereby preventing an undesirable bounce of the gun barrel at firing. In the gun barrel of the present invention, the total length of the barrel can always be constant and the replacement of chokes is easily made without causing a change in the balance of said barrel. Moreover, an undesirable bounce of the gun barrel is effectively prevented by forming the gas vents in only the upper part of the barrel.
Abstract:
An assembly for converting a handgun to a rifle wherein an elongated rifle barrel having locking means thereon which is identical to the locking means on the handgun barrel is substituted within the handgun in place of the conventional short handgun barrel. The handgrip cover plates are removed from the handgun and the handgun with the rifle barrel inserted therein is placed between a pair of handgrip engaging plates which form a portion of a rifle stock. The handgrip cover plates are placed on the outer faces of the handgrip engaging plates and a pair of securing members are inserted through aligned apertures in the handgrip cover plates, the handgrip engaging plates and the handgrip to secure the handgun within the rifle stock. A handrest stock member extends forwardly of the handgrip engaging plates and is secured to one of the plates by means of a connecting member having a cutout portion which permits access to the trigger when in the assembled condition. A rod-like member extends rearwardly of and is secured to a U-shaped connecting member which is formed integrally with the handgrip engaging plates. A shoulder plate is secured to the terminal end of the rod-like member.
Abstract:
A rifled barrel intended for use with small arms, particularly in combination with steel-jacketed soft-core ammunition having no special rotating bands provided on the exterior thereof, which barrel has a cross-sectional configuration such that the interior surface of the barrel defines a regular polygon with rounded sides and corners, which corners form the rifling in the barrel wall and represent arc segments spaced uniformly about the interior surface and having a common radius of curvature, the rounded sides of the polygon extending between the rounded corners and representing arc segments having a common radius of curvature of lesser magnitude than the first-mentioned radius of curvature, the transitional regions between adjacent arc segments having different radii of curvature being continuous.