Aug 5, 2025

US12379174 - Firearm

A compact rifle-caliber firearm is provided herein comprising a receiver body, a barrel, and a grip. The barrel is coupled to the receiver body and extends in a forward direction relative to the receiver body. The barrel includes a bore and a bore axis. The grip is coupled to the receiver body and positioned rearward relative to the barrel. The grip is operable to accept a magazine sized for rifle cartridges. The grip includes a grip depth that is less than or equal to two inches. The compact rifle-caliber firearm may further include a magazine operable to be inserted into the grip and operable to receive rifle cartridges. An interior magazine depth may be less than a length of the rifle cartridges. Rifle cartridges positioned in the magazine may be angled relative to an uppermost cartridge.

Assignee: CR3 LLC
Inventors: Caleb Crye
Filing date: 2024-05-21

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The patent describes a compact rifle-caliber firearm featuring a receiver body, barrel, and grip designed to accommodate a magazine for rifle cartridges. The magazine includes unique structural elements such as a biased follower and angled cartridge orientation to enhance loading and feeding efficiency.

Claim 1

A magazine for a compact rifle-caliber firearm comprising: wherein the magazine is configured to be inserted within a grip of the compact rifle-caliber firearm and receive a plurality of rifle cartridges having a cartridge length; a forward wall having a forward wall interior surface and a rearward wall having a ridgeless rearward wall interior surface; feed lips positioned at an upper end of the magazine; a follower positioned between the forward and rearward walls and biased towards the upper end of the magazine, the follower having an upper surface including a fixed angle forward portion and a pivotal rearward portion biased to align an uppermost rifle cartridge of the plurality of rifle cartridges with the feed lips of the magazine; and wherein the uppermost rifle cartridge is configured to be oriented at a first cartridge angle relative to the rearward wall interior surface and at least a portion of the uppermost rifle cartridge extends past the forward wall. wherein the magazine is configured to be inserted within a grip of the compact rifle-caliber firearm and receive a plurality of rifle cartridges having a cartridge length; a forward wall having a forward wall interior surface and a rearward wall having a ridgeless rearward wall interior surface; feed lips positioned at an upper end of the magazine; a follower positioned between the forward and rearward walls and biased towards the upper end of the magazine, the follower having an upper surface including a fixed angle forward portion and a pivotal rearward portion biased to align an uppermost rifle cartridge of the plurality of rifle cartridges with the feed lips of the magazine; and wherein the uppermost rifle cartridge is configured to be oriented at a first cartridge angle relative to the rearward wall interior surface and at least a portion of the uppermost rifle cartridge extends past the forward wall.

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