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1. An automatic weapon for automatically firing live cartridges comprising:
- a. a receiver housing;
b. a bolt assembly slidably mounted for fore and aft movement within the housing;
c. trigger means for releasing the bolt assembly;
d. a barrel assembly including chamber means mounted in the housing;
e. a feed system;
f. the bolt assembly being adapted to advance the feed system while ejecting spent cartridges during its aft movement and to chamber live cartridges and reset the feed system, the bolt assembly comprising;
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Abstract
An automatic weapon incorporating a retarded blow back, a cartridge and bolt centering assembly, light weight and minimum component construction, simplicity in disassembly, easily detachable barrel, unique belted ammunition feed system, disposable ammunition box, a guide buffering assembly, muzzle brake, remote firing capability, front sight charging system and a bulkhead recoil absorbing arrangement.
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1. An automatic weapon for automatically firing live cartridges comprising:
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a. a receiver housing; b. a bolt assembly slidably mounted for fore and aft movement within the housing; c. trigger means for releasing the bolt assembly; d. a barrel assembly including chamber means mounted in the housing; e. a feed system; f. the bolt assembly being adapted to advance the feed system while ejecting spent cartridges during its aft movement and to chamber live cartridges and reset the feed system, the bolt assembly comprising; - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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2. a body having top and bottom surfaces;
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2. a buffer assembly biasably movably mounted on the bolt assembly adapted to seat on top of the barrel of the barrel assembly when the bolt assembly is moving forward to chamber a cartridge, the buffer assembly also acting to absorb excess energy to reduce peak recoil forces. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6)
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