Marksmanship training device and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for converting a firearm having a barrel and a removable cartridge chamber to a marksmanship training device, comprising:
- a lens tube structured and sized for secure insertion into a barrel of a firearm;
a cylinder structured and sized for a general replacement fit for a cartridge chamber of the firearm;
said lens tube having a lens, a registry means at its breach end, and a biased chamfered member at its muzzle end, said chamfered member including beam travel adjustment means for independently adjusting the vertical and horizontal positioning of said chamfered member with respect to the muzzle end of said barrel;
an indexing and locking means on said cylinder complementary with the registry means of the lens tube;
a radiant energy source for projecting radiant energy into and through the lens tube; and
, a switch means for activating the energy source in response to the firing mechanism of the firearm.
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Abstract
A conventional firearm having a barrel and a removable marksmanship training device which permits target practice without requiring live ammunition. In a preferred embodiment, the device includes a radiant energy emitting (e.g. strobe light) replacement unit for a cartridge cylinder of a revolver and an elongated lens tube adapted to be received within the barrel. The lens tube is structured for locking registry with the cylinder such that the radiant energy output from the cylinder replacement unit is transmittable through the lens tube as a narrow beam. The lens tube is also equipped with dual set screws which permit selective vertical and horizontal adjustment of the beam.
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1. An apparatus for converting a firearm having a barrel and a removable cartridge chamber to a marksmanship training device, comprising:
- a lens tube structured and sized for secure insertion into a barrel of a firearm;
a cylinder structured and sized for a general replacement fit for a cartridge chamber of the firearm;
said lens tube having a lens, a registry means at its breach end, and a biased chamfered member at its muzzle end, said chamfered member including beam travel adjustment means for independently adjusting the vertical and horizontal positioning of said chamfered member with respect to the muzzle end of said barrel;
an indexing and locking means on said cylinder complementary with the registry means of the lens tube;
a radiant energy source for projecting radiant energy into and through the lens tube; and
, a switch means for activating the energy source in response to the firing mechanism of the firearm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a lens tube structured and sized for secure insertion into a barrel of a firearm;
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16. A method for converting a firearm having a barrel and revolvable cartridge chamber to a marksmanship training device, comprising:
- removing the revolvable cartridge chamber from the frame of a firearm;
replacing the cartridge chamber with a non-revolvable cylinder member having a radiant energy source;
inserting an elongated lens tube member provided with vertical and horizontal beam travel adjustment means into the muzzle end of the firearm until the breach end of said tube contacts the cylinder member at a location from which the radiant energy source is emitted; and
, blindly indexing and locking the breach end of the lens tube member into said cylinder member. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
- removing the revolvable cartridge chamber from the frame of a firearm;
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