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Firearm having an articulated bolt train with transversally displacing firing mechanism, delay blowback breech opening, and recoil damper

  • US 9,217,614 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2012
  • Issued: 12/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A firearm comprising a barrel end, a back end opposite said barrel end, a trigger mechanism, at least one internal channel guide having a front end and a back end such that said front end is closer to said barrel end than said channel guide back end and including a front horizontal zone and a back zone including an angled or curved portion leading to a horizontal portion adjacent said front horizontal zone, and a pivotally articulated bolt train subassembly having at least one head bolt component and at least one active firing mechanism carriage component housing at least one sear lever, wherein said at least one head bolt component is situated within said at least one internal channel guide in front of said at least one active firing mechanism carriage component such that said head bolt and said active firing mechanism carriage component are consecutively and pivotally connected and disposed within said internal channel guide, wherein said head bolt component is situated within and is movable solely in a straight plane within said front horizontal zone of said internal channel guide, wherein said active firing mechanism carriage component is situated within and is movable in the plane of said front horizontal zone of said internal channel guide and in the plane of said angled or curved portion of said back zone, and wherein said firearm is selected from the group consisting of automatic and semiautomatic firearms.

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