Firearm barrel change apparatus
First Claim
1. Firearm barrel change apparatus for a firearm having a receiver and a barrel having a barrel portion configured to slide into the receiver and having a barrel retaining portion comprising:
- insertable barrel retention means for retaining the barrel portion configured to slide into the receiver in said receiver, a barrel receiving member having connecting means for connecting said barrel receiving member to said receiver, said barrel receiving member having an aperture for receiving the barrel portion configured to slide into the receiver and the barrel retaining portion and having means for slidably receiving at least a portion of said insertable barrel retention means, said insertable barrel retention means having a portion thereof sized and shaped to cooperate with said barrel receiving member and the barrel retaining portion to lock said barrel to said receiver, and a handguard assembly secured to said barrel receiving member having a portion thereof with a passage from the exterior thereof configured to permit passage of the portion of said insertable barrel retention means sized and shaped to cooperate with said barrel receiving member and the barrel retaining portion to lock said barrel to said receiver into and out of the means for slidably receiving at least a portion of said insertable barrel retention means of said barrel receiving member without removing said handguard assembly.
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Abstract
Firearm barrel change apparatus for a firearm having a receiver and a barrel with a portion configured to slide into the receiver. The firearm barrel change apparatus also includes a barrel receiving nut having provisions for slidably receiving the inner portion of a firearm barrel and a barrel retention member. The barrel retention member has a portion thereof sized and shaped to cooperate with the barrel receiving nut to lock the firearm barrel to the receiver. A special handguard assembly is also provided that allows the barrel retention member to be used with the barrel receiving nut without removing the handguard assembly.
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15 Claims
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1. Firearm barrel change apparatus for a firearm having a receiver and a barrel having a barrel portion configured to slide into the receiver and having a barrel retaining portion comprising:
- insertable barrel retention means for retaining the barrel portion configured to slide into the receiver in said receiver, a barrel receiving member having connecting means for connecting said barrel receiving member to said receiver, said barrel receiving member having an aperture for receiving the barrel portion configured to slide into the receiver and the barrel retaining portion and having means for slidably receiving at least a portion of said insertable barrel retention means, said insertable barrel retention means having a portion thereof sized and shaped to cooperate with said barrel receiving member and the barrel retaining portion to lock said barrel to said receiver, and a handguard assembly secured to said barrel receiving member having a portion thereof with a passage from the exterior thereof configured to permit passage of the portion of said insertable barrel retention means sized and shaped to cooperate with said barrel receiving member and the barrel retaining portion to lock said barrel to said receiver into and out of the means for slidably receiving at least a portion of said insertable barrel retention means of said barrel receiving member without removing said handguard assembly.
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