Patent · US Expired

Harmonic stabilizer system for rifle barrel and a rifle equipped therewith

US6889462B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 2003
Grant dateMay 10, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41C27/22
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spring, which may be either a coil spring or a leaf spring, provides an adjustable stabilization force to the barrel of a rifle to tune out harmonic vibrations resulting from firing a particular bullet from the weapon. This tuning enables the scatter pattern for any bullet fired from any rifle to be significantly tightened from the resultant improved accuracy of the weapon.

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