TACTICAL FIREARM SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME

• US 20090288324A1
• Filed: 08/14/2009
• Published: 11/26/2009
• 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, VANCE, GARY, OVERBEY, CHARLES REOBERT JR., McCORMICK, WILLIAM
• Granted Patent: US 7,802,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/75.30
• 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 bolt action rifle stock assembly comprising:

a receiver assembly adapted to directly couple to a bolt action;

a forend assembly adapted to house a portion of a barrel associated with the bolt action in a free-float arrangement, the forend assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly;

a first picatinny rail coupled to the forend assembly, the first picatinny rail extending along at least half the length of the forend assembly and above the receiver assembly at least half the length of the receiver assembly; and

a butt stock assembly hingedly coupled to the receiver assembly.

2. The bolt action rifle stock assembly of claim 1, the first picatinny rail extending substantially the entire length of the forend assembly and the receiver assembly.

3. The bolt action rifle stock assembly of claim 1, wherein the interface between the receiver and the bolt action is bedding-less.

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

5. The bolt action rifle stock assembly of claim 1, further comprising a grip adapted to detachably couple to the receiver assembly at a plurality of different points so that the grip position relative to the receiver assembly is variable, wherein the angle of the grip is adjustable.

6. The bolt action rifle stock assembly of claim 1, wherein the forend assembly is directly coupled to the receiver assembly.

7. The bolt action rifle stock assembly of claim 1, the forend assembly further comprising at least two mounting interfaces for coupling additional picatinny 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 allows coupling 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.

8. A bolt action rifle comprising:

a receiver assembly;

a barreled bolt action having a barrel portion and an action portion, the action portion housed with the receiver assembly without a bedding;

a forend assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly, a part of the barrel portion disposed within the forend assembly;

a unitary picatinny rail extending from the action portion to the forend assembly and coupled to the action portion and the forend assembly; and

a butt stock assembly detachably and hingedly connected to the receiver assembly.

9. The bolt action rifle of claim 8, the unitary picatinny rail extending substantially the entire length of the forend assembly and substantially the entire length of the action portion.

10. The bolt action rifle of claim 8, the forend assembly forming a sleeve substantially surrounding at least a part of the barrel portion, wherein the forend assembly is not in physical contact with the barrel, the sleeve defining a chamber containing heat generated from the barrel portion, the forend assembly and receiver assembly dissipating the heat.

11. The bolt action rifle of claim 10, wherein the receiver assembly is configured as a heat sink in thermal communication with the forend assembly and is situated to absorb and wick heat away from the barrel portion.

12. The bolt action rifle of claim 8, the butt stock assembly enabling adjustment of the length of pull.

13. The bolt action rifle of claim 8, the butt stock assembly having an adjustable cheek piece disposed on the top portion of the butt stock assembly, enabling adjustment of the length of pull, and having an interface disposed on the bottom portion of the butt stock assembly for interchangeably coupling an adjustable monopod and a butt-hook to the butt stock assembly.

14. The bolt action rifle of claim 13, wherein the cheek piece and length of pull are configured to be adjusted manually without the use of a tool.

15. The bolt action rifle of claim 8, the butt stock assembly having an interface for interchangeably coupling an adjustable monopod and a butt-hook to the butt stock assembly.

16. The bolt action rifle of claim 8, the forend assembly comprises two opposing sidewalls that each comprises a series of mounting apertures, wherein the series of apertures enable mounting different devices to the forend assembly and orienting the devices such that the devices are aligned in a common vertical plane as the bore line of the barrel.

17. A modular bolt action rifle stock assembly system comprising:

a receiver assembly adapted to couple to at least two different barreled bolt actions, the receiver coupling to the barreled bolt actions without a bedding material;

a forend assembly adapted to house a portion of a barrel, the forend assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly;

a monolithic picatinny rail coupled to the top of the forend assembly; and

a folding butt stock assembly coupled to the receiver assembly.

18. The modular rifle stock system of claim 17, wherein the monolithic picatinny rail is coupled to the forend assembly indirectly with an interface mount disposed between the monolithic picatinny rail and the forend assembly.

19. The modular rifle stock assembly system of claim 17, the forend assembly detachably coupled to the receiver assembly by a coupler, wherein the forend assembly is not in physical contact with the receiver assembly.

20. The modular rifle stock assembly system of claim 17, the forend assembly having a bottom rail mounting interface for attaching a picatinny rail to the bottom of the forend assembly and a first side rail mounting interface for attaching a picatinny rail to a side of the forend assembly and a second side rail mounting interface for attaching a picatinny rail to a side of the forend assembly, wherein the first and second rail mounting interfaces are not in the same plane.