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Bedding block for a rifle

  • US 10,539,387 B1
  • Filed: 03/12/2019
  • Issued: 01/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A bedding block for mounting a barreled action for a rifle to a stock, comprising:

  • an elongated body having a channel configured to receive the barreled action therein, the channel including opposing left and right sidewalls, wherein;

    the channel has a radius, the barreled action has another radius, andthe radius of the channel is less than the radius of the barreled action;

    a surface of each of the left and right sidewalls contacts the barreled action and extends upwardly above a central axis of the barreled action to grip the barreled action when the barreled action is received in the channel; and

    a clamp assembly configured to selectively apply a compressive retaining force to a recoil lug of the barreled action when the barreled action is received in the channel of the elongated body, wherein the claim assembly comprises;

    a threaded fastener having a head portion and an elongated portion,a wedge member having top surface, a bottom surface, a generally vertical rear surface, a forward surface spaced from the rear surface, the forward surface having an upward slope, and a threaded aperture in which the elongated portion of the threaded fastener is matingly receivable extending parallel to the slope of the forward surface upward from the bottom surface to the top surface,a slot in which the recoil lug of the barreled action is receivable defined in a forward portion of the elongated body,a recess in which the wedge member is receivable defined in the forward portion of the elongated body forward of and adjacent to the slot, the recess having an upwardly sloped forward wall, anda through hole extending from a bottom surface of the elongated body to a floor of the recess, the through hole sharing an axis with the threaded aperture when the wedge member is received in the recess; and

    wherein selectively tightening the threaded fastener when the recoil lug is received in the slot and the threaded fastener extends through the through hole and into the threaded aperture of the wedge member translates the wedge member down the sloped forward wall of the recess to apply a compressive retaining force to the recoil lug.

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