Tactical firearm systems and methods of manufacturing same

• US 8,656,622 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2008
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ashbury International Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Ashbury International Group Incorporated
• Inventors: Peterson, Morris, Peterson, Matthew, Overbey, Charles Robert Jr., Vance, Gary, McCormick, William
• Primary Examiner(s): CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE
• Application Number:
  US12/251,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20120079752A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,960 Days
• Field of Search: 42/750.3, 42/710.1, 42/73, 421/24
• US Class Current: 42/75.03
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 11/02 Modular concepts, e.g. weapon-family concepts
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/04 Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts articulated or collapsible guns F41A11/04
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/14 Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/16 Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards pump-action guns F41C7/02
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/20 Butts; Butt plates; Mountings therefor F41C23/08, F41C23/10, F41C23/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"

Abstract

Tactical firearm systems and methods of manufacturing tactical firearm systems are discussed herein. In some embodiments, a tactical weapons platform can comprise a forend assembly adapted to house a portion of a barrel; a receiver assembly detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to interface with a bolt action; and a butt stock assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly. In other embodiments, a modular stock assembly for a bolt action rifle can generally comprise a forend assembly, a receiver assembly, and a butt stock assembly. The forend assembly can have a body adapted to house a barrel in a free floating configuration, wherein the body surrounds at least a portion of the length of the barrel. The receiver assembly can be detachably coupled to the forend assembly and adapted to directly interface with a bolt action without bedding. The butt stock assembly can be detachably coupled the receiver assembly by a hinge. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described herein.

Claims

1. A modular bolt action rifle chassis assembly for use with a bolt action receiver, the chassis assembly comprising:

a center chassis section, with a first end and a second end, configured to couple to a bolt action receiver;

a forend assembly adapted to house a portion of a barrel associated with the bolt action receiver in a free-float arrangement, the forend assembly detachably coupleable to the first end of the center chassis section;

a monolithic rail coupled to at least a portion of a top surface of the forend assembly, the monolithic rail being sized and shaped to extend along at least half the length of the forend assembly, and being disposed above the center chassis section and sized and shape to extend at least half the length of the center chassis section; and

a butt stock assembly hingedly coupled to the second end of the center chassis section.

2. The modular bolt action rifle chassis assembly of claim 1, the monolithic rail extending substantially the entire length of the forend assembly and the center chassis section.

3. The modular bolt action rifle chassis assembly of claim 1, wherein the interfaces between the center chassis section, the bolt action receiver, and the buttstock assembly are free of a bedding compound.

4. The modular bolt action rifle chassis assembly of claim 1, the butt stock assembly further comprising a vertically adjustable recoil pad.

5. The modular bolt action rifle chassis assembly of claim 1, further comprising a grip configured to detachably couple to the center chassis section at a plurality of different points so that the grip position relative to the center chassis section is variable, such that the angle of the grip, the distance from the grip to a trigger, or both is adjustable.

6. The modular bolt action rifle chassis assembly of claim 1, the forend assembly further comprising at least two mounting interfaces for coupling additional rails at different orientations and heights along the forend assembly, the mounting interfaces spaced apart at predetermined intervals such that at least one of the mounting interfaces is configured to enable coupling of an electro-optical device to the forend assembly at an orientation wherein a beam generated by the electro-optical device is parallel to and in the same vertical plane as the bore line of the barrel.

7. The modular bolt action rifle chassis assembly of claim 1, wherein the monolithic rail comprises a cant of between 0 and 60 MOA.