Sight mount for antique rifles

• US 8,397,423 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2011
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Douglas Robinson
• Original Assignee: Douglas Robinson
• Inventors: Robinson, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Eldred, J. Woodrow
• Application Number:
  US13/159,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20120317861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• Field of Search: 421/24, 421/25, 421/26, 332/97
• US Class Current: 42/124
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/001 Means for mounting tubular or beam shaped sighting or aiming devices on firearms
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"

Abstract

A sight mount for mounting an optical sight to the tang of an antique rifle or replica without undesirable modification to the rifle is provided. The sight mount includes a tang mount porting having first and second tang mounting openings positioned to cooperate with spaced fasteners extending through a top side of the tang of the rifle, a scope mount portion configured to detachably receive in a mounting relation thereto a sight and position the sight at a spaced location above and generally parallel to the barrel of the rifle when the tang mount portion is mounted to the tang of the rifle, and a vertical plate portion joining together said tang mount portion and said scope mount portion.

Claims

1. A sight mount for mounting an optical sight to a rifle having a stock that is attached to a tang extending from the receiver of the rifle, the sight mount comprising:

a tang mount portion including first and second tang mounting openings positioned to cooperate with spaced fasteners extending a top side of the tang of the rifle;

a scope mount portion configured to detachably receive in a mounting relation thereto an optical sight and position the optical sight at a spaced location above and generally parallel to a barrel of the rifle when said tang mount portion is secured to the tang of the rifle; and

a vertical plate portion joining together said tang mount portion and said scope mount portion.

2. The sight mount of claim 1, wherein said tang mount portion and said scope mount portion are joined together in a fixed relation by said vertical plate portion.

3. The sight mount of claim 2, wherein said tang mount portion is comprised of first and second tang mount tabs in a generally spaced parallel relation, each of said first and second tang mount tabs including one of said tang mounting openings;

and wherein said scope mount portion is comprised of first and second scope mount tabs in a generally spaced parallel relation.

4. The sight mount of claim 3, wherein each of said first and second scope mount tabs included a mounting rail.

5. The sight mount of claim 1, wherein said scope mount portion includes one or more mounting rails.

6. The sight mount of claim 1, wherein said tang mount portion and said scope mount portion form an acute angle therebetween.

7. A rifle and sight assembly, comprising:

a rifle having a stock attached to a tang of the rifle;

a sight mount including a tang mount portion having first and second tang mounting openings positioned to cooperate with spaced fasteners through a top side of said tang, said tang mount portion attached to said tang by said threaded fasteners extending through said tang mount openings, a scope mount portion configured to detachably receive in a mounting relation thereto an optical sight and position the optical sight at a spaced location above and generally parallel to said barrel of said rifle, and a vertical plate portion joining together said tang mount portion and said scope mount portion; and

an optical sight attached to said scope mount portion.

8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said tang mount portion and said scope mount portion are joined together in a fixed relation by said vertical plate portion.

9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein said tang mount portion is comprised of first and second tang rail tabs in a generally spaced parallel relation, each of said first and second tang rail tabs including one of said tang mounting openings;

and wherein said scope mount portion is comprised of first and second scope mount tabs in a generally spaced parallel relation.

10. The assembly of claim 9, wherein each of said first and second scope mount tabs included a mounting rail and said optical sight is attached to each mounting rail.

11. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said scope mount portion includes one or more mounting rails and said optical sight is attached to said one or more mounting rails.

12. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said tang mount portion and said scope mount portion form an acute angle therebetween.