Method and apparatus to mount recoil dampening apparatus on rifle

• US 20070214697A1
• Filed: 03/16/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adam A. Ochoa
• Original Assignee: Adam A. Ochoa
• Inventors: Ochoa, Adam A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,992,337 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/73
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/14 Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided to mounted recoil dampening apparatus on a rifle at a selected slope, cant, length, and stowed position.

Claims

1. A method of mounting recoil dampening apparatus on a rifle including a stock comprising the steps of

(a) providing an adaptor to be mounted on the rifle after the stock is removed;

(b) providing a recoil dampening unit including a shoulder butt, a cheek weld, and an end to be mounted on said adaptor, said unit including

(i) apparatus to adjust the length of said unit, and

(ii) apparatus to permit said end and the rifle to recoil and move toward said butt when the rifle is discharged,

said end and said adaptor shaped and dimensioned to

(iii) permit the cant of said unit to be rotationally adjusted, and

(iv) mount said unit on the rifle at a selected slope with respect to the rifle to facilitate positioning of the shoulder butt against a user'"'"'s shoulder;

(c) removing the stock from the rifle;

(d) mounting said adaptor on the rifle,

(e) inserting said end in said adaptor to mount said unit at said selected slope;

(f) rotationally adjusting the cant of said unit;

(g) adjusting the length of said unit; and

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(h) fixedly securing said end in said adaptor.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said adaptor includes interconnecting apparatus to permit said unit to move pivotally between at least two operative positions,

(a) a first deployed operative position with said unit in alignment with the rifle, and

(b) a second stowed operative position with said unit laterally displaced from said first operative position and adjacent the rifle,

said interconnecting apparatus including

(c) a displaceable release pin, and

(d) an arcuate opening engageable and disengageable by said release pin;

2. A method of mounting recoil dampening apparatus on a rifle including a stock comprising the steps of

(a) providing an adaptor to be mounted on the rifle after the stock is removed;

(b) providing a recoil dampening unit including a shoulder butt, a cheek weld, and an end, said unit including apparatus to permit said end and the rifle to recoil and move toward said butt when the rifle is discharged,

(c) connecting said adaptor and dampening unit with interconnecting apparatus to permit said unit to move pivotally between at least two operative positions,

(i) a first deployed operative position with said unit in alignment with the rifle, and

(ii) a second stowed operative position with said unit laterally displaced from said first operative position and adjacent the rifle,

said interconnecting apparatus including

(iii) a displaceable release pin, and

(iv) an arcuate opening engageable and disengageable by said release pin;

(c) removing the stock from the rifle;

(d) mounting said adaptor on the rifle.