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Recoil snubber for guns

  • US 3,300,889 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1965
  • Issued: 01/31/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. MEANS FOR SNUBBING WEAPONRY RECOIL IN SHOULDERFIRED ARMAMENT, AND COMPRISING:

  • A SHOULDER-FIRED WEAPON HAVING A STOCK AND A BARREL FRAME ATTACHED THERETO, A BORE HOLE PROVIDED IN SAID STOCK AND AXIALLY ALIGNED TOWARDS THE END OF SAID BARREL FRAME ENGAGED TO SAID STOCK, A TUBULAR MEMBER CLOSED AT OPPOSITE ENDS AND HAVING AN INERTIAL RESPONSIVE MASS PROVIDED CENTRALLY THEREWITHIN, SAID MASS BEING CLOSE FITTED IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND HAVING AN AIR BLEED ORIFICE PROVIDED THERETHROUGH, SPRING MEANS IN COMPRESSION BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND THE ENDS OF SAID MASS FOR HOLDING AND RETURNING SAID MASS TO A BALANCED POSITION CENTRALLY WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID TUBULAR MEMBER SECURELY IN SAID BORE HOLE FOR DISPOSING SAID MASS IN INERTIAL RESPONSIVE RESISTANCE TO THE RECOIL EFFORT IN THE FIRING OF SAID WEAPON.

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