Non-firing training rifle
US7753679B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A33/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A non-firing rifle that emulates a semi-automatic or automatic rifle for training in procedures for safe handling, cleaning, and field stripping of such weapons. The non-firing rifle retains the upper receiver assembly, barrel assembly, and ammunition magazine of the emulated rifle, as well as some of the components of the lower receiver assembly of the emulated rifle, but substitutes a modified forging for the lower receiver forging of the emulated rifle. Unlike the lower receiver forging of the emulated rifle, the modified forging has no cutouts to allow a trigger or hammer to be installed. A cutout is provided in a bottom wall of the forging, however, to allow installation of a pseudo-trigger. Accordingly, it is incapable of firing a live ammunition round.
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