Firearms and Ammunition Patent Grants

US12312128 - Shock tube coil system

A shock tube coil system includes a housing, a plurality of channels for retaining a shock tube, and, optionally, a detonator. In some examples, the shock tube coil system includes hook and loop, a bag, or other means for removably attaching the coil system to a user, robot, or other object. A user is able to store the shock tube in the housing and withdraw as much shock tube is needed for a given application. The housing may be used repeatedly, with additional shock tube being inserted into the channels once emptied.

US12312924 - Shaped charge load tube with integrated detonation cord retention mechanism

A loading tube is configured to receive one or more shaped charges to form a perforating gun. The loading tube includes a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis; a cord passage formed into the tubular body; a retention cutoff formed into the tubular body and configured to receive a detonator cord; and a holding element extending into the retention cutoff and being integrally made with a wall of the tubular body, wherein the holding element is configured to hold the detonator cord into the retention cutoff. The cord passage is configured to receive the detonator cord from a bore of the tubular body and to direct the detonator cord outside the bore of the tubular body.

US12312956 - Robust plasma blast probe tip

A system and apparatus for plasma blasting comprises a borehole, with a novel blast probe, the probe comprising a high voltage electrode and a ground casing tube with a ground and/or electrode deflector. The ground and/or electrode deflector focuses a plasma blast through openings in the probe, directing the blast force away from the ends of the probe, wherein at least a portion of the high voltage electrode and the ground electrode are submerged in the blast media. The blasting media comprises water alone or in combination with other materials. The robust blast probe permits the aiming of the blast outside of the probe.

US12313357 - Flexible hinge based trigger for a firearm

A mechanism using flexure hinges as part of the trigger and/or safety mechanism of a firearm. Flexure hinges provide relative motion between two stiff members by the elastic deformation of an arbitrarily shaped flexible connector often implemented in metallic and composite materials. The flexure hinges are formed by flexure links connecting two stiff members. The flexure links connect various parts of the trigger assembly, such as a trigger component, including a shoe, plate, or safety, to a housing of the firearm. A method of creating the mechanism provides a trigger component, a housing, and connects the two parts by a flexure link with a flexure hinge.

US12313358 - Sub-mass projectile for a firearm

A sub-mass projectile for a standard, unmodified firearm, comprising a core formed from a malleable core material with at least a portion of the core material being a non-metal material. The core has a lower mass than a standard projectile for the standard, unmodified firearm. The core material has a mass and malleability that generates forces between the sub-mass projectile and the firearm that approximate operational forces of a standard mass projectile on the standard, unmodified firearm during operation.

US12313359 - Expansion-compression baffle

A suppressor baffle and a suppressor for a firearm. The suppressor includes a firearm attachment portion, a sleeve portion, and a baffle assembly with a plurality of baffles. At least one of the baffles includes a tubular body with a proximal exterior surface. The proximal exterior surface has a plurality of spaced-apart annular ridges. A first annular ridge includes a first annular compression surface and a first annular expansion surface, and a second annular ridge includes a second annular compression surface. The ridges are shaped and arranged to define a convex first expansion corner between the first annular compression surface and the first annular expansion surface, and a concave first compression corner between the first annular expansion surface and the second annular compression surface. Gas flowing along the proximal exterior surface expands at the first expansion corner and compresses at the first compression corner to dissipate energy in the gas.

US12313360 - Suppressor for a firearm

A firearm suppressor with a simple, light, easy-to-manufacture and easy-to clean is provided. In the device and solution provided, the propellant gas is not stopped inside the suppressor but directed to flow in a controlled manner through the suppressor and out of the suppressor. This significantly reduces the heating of the suppressor, the fouling of the firearm by propellant gases and gunpowder firing residues. Moreover, the solution reduces contact of the propellant gases with the shooter's face.

US12313361 - Muzzle mount assembly

A mount assembly for attaching a firearm accessory to a muzzle of a firearm that promotes a more secure connection. The mounting assembly includes a front collar and a rear collar that are operable to clamp the mount assembly onto the muzzle. A detent ring mounted on the front collar yieldably biased by a spring against the rear collar to resist relative rotation of the front and rear collars. The mounting assembly is constructed so that the spring force applied by the spring does not continually increase as the front and rear collars move to clamp onto the muzzle. Detent springs used to yieldably hold the front and rear collars against relative rotation can be weaker than the main spring, which further reduces unwanted forces working against clamping of the mount assembly onto the muzzle. The mount assembly is also constructed to inhibit carbon lock.

US12313362 - Low recoil firearm

A low recoil firearm 1 provided with counterweights 22 , the number of counterweights 22 a, 22 b is two or more, and a kinetic energy of the bullet received by a barrel 11 is transferred and distributed to the counterweights 22 a, 22 b . A stop mechanism separately stops the counterweights 22 a, 22 b from each other. Although the kinetic energy transmitted to one counterweight is eliminated in the conventional technology, the kinetic energy distributed to two counterweights 22 a, 22 b is eliminated in the present invention.

US12313363 - Firearm mounting device

A firearm mounting device securable to a surface and having a magnetic material within a base to attract and secure a firearm to the device in a readily retrievable position. The device includes a channel to receive the slide of a semi-automatic pistol and at least one slide stop disposed within the channel to engage and prevent movement of the slide as a user grips the grip of the pistol and displaces the grip towards the at least one slide stop to chamber a cartridge in the chamber of the pistol. The at least one slide stop engages and prevents movement of the slide while allowing the barrel of the pistol to protrude from under the slide.

US12313364 - Safety mechanism for blowback firearm

A breechblock assembly for a firearm includes a breechblock extending along a central axis and configured to reciprocate along a receiver of the firearm between a recoil position and a battery position. A lever on the breechblock is movable from a blocking position to a non-blocking position in response to the breechblock moving from the recoil position to the battery position. A spring biases the lever to the blocking position. When the lever is in the blocking position the lever prevents the firearm from firing.

US12313365 - Skeletonized bolt carrier for an AK rifle

A skeletonized bolt carrier for an AK rifle is provided. The bolt carrier features a skeletonized operating rod to reduce overall weight while maintaining structural integrity. The bolt carrier also features side indents cut out of both sides of the base block which further reduce weight. The reduced weight of the bolt carrier enables lower gas consumption when firing, resulting in less recoil and less associated muzzle rise, leading to improved accuracy especially when multiple rounds are fired consecutively.

US12313366 - Ambidextrous firearm controls

Various embodiments are directed to ambidextrous firearm controls, including an ambidextrous bolt control assembly and/or ambidextrous magazine release and associated methods. The ambidextrous bolt control assembly may include a bolt catch configured to hingedly connect to a firearm to rotate between a disengaged position and an engaged position, the bolt catch may include a first bolt catch engagement button operable from a first side of the firearm and a first bolt catch release button operable from the first side of the firearm; an ambidextrous bolt catch engagement button operable from a second side of the firearm; and an ambidextrous bolt catch release button operable from the second side of the firearm; wherein the ambidextrous bolt catch engagement button and the ambidextrous bolt catch release button may each be separately movable relative to the firearm. The ambidextrous bolt catch assembly may further include an ambidextrous magazine release assembly.

US12313367 - Adjustable gas block with front adjustment access for firearm direct-impingement gas system

An adjustable gas system for a firearm includes a one-piece gas block body, configured to be fixed to a barrel of the firearm, and a partial annular gas regulator. The gas block includes a gas flow hole that receives a gas tube of the firearm. The gas block body also includes a gas block body bulge and a ring at one end of the gas flow hole. The gas block body clamps to a barrel of the firearm by: (i) set screw(s), and (ii) direct/physical contact of the gas block body bulge and the ring. The gas regulator, when installed on the barrel, rotatably and partially surrounds the barrel such that, as the gas regulator is rotated around the barrel from a first position to a second position, a diameter of a resultant gas port hole changes as controlled by allocation holes on the gas regulator.

US12313368 - Storage and loading system for large caliber ammunition

A magazine for large ammunition includes a plurality of ammunition holders, with each ammunition holder being configured to operatively interface with a single round of ammunition. Each ammunition holder comprises an outer body, and an inner body configured to interface with the single round of ammunition. The inner body is transitional relative to the outer body between a first position and a second position, with the inner body extending out of the outer body as the inner body transitions from the first position toward the second position. The inner body is configured to release the single round of ammunition in response to the inner body being transitioned to the second position. The magazine additionally includes a plurality of links, with each link being coupled to a pair of the plurality of ammunition holders.

US12313369 - Modularized platform for munition canister

A mounting platform is provided for securing munitions. The platform includes a flat plate, a front block and a rear block. The plate includes a plurality of cutout holes. The front block has a first saddle disposed between first flanking ends and at least one extension at one of the flanking ends for inserting into a first opening of the cutouts. The rear block has a second saddle disposed between second flanking ends at least one extension for inserting into a second opening of the cutouts. The munitions are disposable atop the first and second saddles of the front and rear blocks. The munitions are restrained axially against a rear stop block and laterally by the saddles and straps.

US12313370 - Gas canister replacement structure of toy gun

A gas canister replacement structure of a toy gun has a main structure including a push carrier, a carrier opening, a pressurized gas canister, a gas canister carrier, a carrier magnetic attraction portion, a magnetic element, and an elastic element. Based on such a structure, the gas canister carrier is fixed to the elastic element and the magnetic element only by means of the carrier magnetic attraction portion, so that it only needs to pull the push carrier through the barrel portion to expose the carrier opening in order to allow the gas canister carrier to be removed with a bare hand for replacement of the pressurized gas canister disposed therein, so as to achieve an effect of easy and efficient replacement of the pressurized gas canister.

US12313371 - Archery bow limb construction

In some embodiments, an archery bow limb assembly comprises a first limb, a second limb and a spacer. The spacer contacts the first limb and the second limb. The first limb comprises a limb material. The spacer comprises a spacer material comprising a higher clastic modulus than the limb material. A width of the spacer is less than a width of the first limb.

US12313372 - Toy copter ring launcher with axially stacked ring magazine and improved copter ring

A toy launcher that can launch the flying rings over 100 feet with a more stable trajectory and more accurate trajectory based on the ring and blade configuration. The toy launcher includes a magazine assembly in which a plurality of the flying rings can be loaded in an axial direction, aligned with a launch direction. The rings are rotated up to speed and launched via movement of a sliding handle in a first direction, and the next ring in the magazine is advanced to the launch position by a return movement of the handle.

US12313373 - Handguard assembly

A handguard assembly for a firearm includes an outer member disposed forward of an upper receiver of the firearm where, a barrel nut disposed within the rear cavity, and at least one alignment member. The outer member includes a rear cavity and a threaded portion. The at least one alignment member contacts both the outer member and the upper receiver for alignment.

US12313374 - One-piece gunstock of advanced composite material for firearm and manufacturing method thereof

A one-piece gunstock for firearm and the relevant manufacturing method are described, said one-piece gunstock being composed of a frame ( 1 ) having two half-shells ( 1 a, 1 b ) extended longitudinally and defining a recess inside the frame ( 1 ), a plurality of seats ( 31,32 ) and a space ( 42 ) for housing respective mechanical components formed between said half-shells and delimited by a transversal structural connection element ( 33 ) of said half-shells ( 1 a, 1 b ), characterized in that said half-shells ( 1 a, 1 b ) and said transversal connection element ( 33 ) are made in a single piece of an advanced composite material by a vacuum-bag moulding technology.

US12313375 - Open frame revolver with changeable drum

An open frame revolver may have an upper frame and lower frame pivotally connected together, an opening located in between the upper frame and the lower frame. A spring assembly may be located in the lower frame and a trigger assembly located in the lower frame, wherein the trigger assembly is connected to the spring assembly. A tension axle located in the lower frame, wherein the tension axle on one end connected to the trigger assembly and spring assembly and on the other end has a lock. A hammer axle may be located inside a drum, wherein the drum could be pivotally supported by hammer axel and hammer axle may have a lock on one end. A hammer may be located outside of the upper frame connected to the hammer axle, a safety lock located in the lower frame, while a frame lock located on the lower frame.

US12313376 - Viewing optic

A viewing optic has a housing having a front side containing an optical element, a rear side containing a rear cover, a left side, a right side a top side and top side. A control is positioned on the top side. The viewing optic may be a miniature red dot sight, such as a closed red dot sight.

US12313377 - Rifle scope mount

A mounting assembly enabled to adhere a sighting scope to a rifle is provided including a mounting rail attached to an upper edge platform of a rail mount and an extension bar attached at a lower edge of the rail mount at one end. A first ring clamp and a second ring clamp spaced apart and attached at a second end of the extension bar is provided, distal to the one end, and the first and second ring clamps are enabled to be secured to the rifle via tightening bolts enabling secure positioning of a sighting scope on the rifle without permanently modifying or scaring the rifle.

US12313378 - Kinematic mount for a firearm

A kinematic mount assembly is provided. The kinematic mount assembly includes a fixed mount and a pivot mount. The fixed mount and pivot mount together have a plurality of protrusions and recesses to guide the mounts into a repeatable position when rotating from an opened to a closed position. The protrusions may be semispherical balls and the recesses may be gothic-arch shaped. The pivot mount and fixed mount may be coupled by a pivot pin and rotate about the pivot pin. The pivot mount may contain holes configured to mount an accessory. A latch assembly may hold the fixed mount and pivot mount closed until the latch is actuated, usually by a switch, to allow the system to open.

US12313379 - System for neutralising a target using a drone and a missile

The neutralisation system ( 1 ) comprises a drone ( 2 ) configured to be able to fly close to a target and transmit at least position information concerning the position of the target, the neutralisation system ( 1 ) also comprising at least one missile ( 6 ) capable of being guided towards the target in order to neutralise it and at least one control station ( 8 ), the control station ( 8 ) comprising a receiving unit ( 9 B) capable of receiving at least the position information transmitted by the drone ( 2 ) and a display unit ( 10 A) capable of displaying this information to an operator, the missile ( 6 ) being configured to be able to be guided towards the target by means of the position information received by the control station ( 8 ).

US12313380 - Protective mantel and accessory hub

A protective mantel and accessory hub includes a primary yoke configured to be worn underneath an armor carrier. Sliding attachment points removably connect the armor carrier to the upper protector to allow for mobility and articulation. Accessories such as a throat guard and deltoid guards are removably attached to the mantel. Shoulder suspension members are inserted into the primary yoke to support and distribute the weight of the armor carrier. The armor carrier includes a magnetically attachable front accessory panel and zippered pouches on the front and back to receive and retain body armor plates.

US12313381 - Handheld weapon including projectile interceptor

New devices, systems and methods are provided for protecting personnel and/or equipment from projectile(s) and/or weapons. In some embodiments, one or more actuator(s) mounted on a handheld combat device project shielding materials, such as particles and surfaces, to intercept one or more such projectile(s) or weapon(s). In some embodiments, such actuator(s) include electromagnets or a propellant, for driving the interception particles and surfaces away from the protected personnel and/or equipment. In some aspects of the invention, a control system using sensors with one or more sampling points are included, and determine the location and probable trajectory(ies) of an incoming projectile, and deploy the interception particles and surfaces to intercept the incoming projectile or other weapon.

US12313382 - Ballistic resistant wall structures

Building components and building systems and methods of using are disclosed. An example building component may include a ballistic resistant panel system. The ballistic resistant panel system may include a panel and a mount connected to the panel. The mount may be configured to secure the panel with respect to a wall system or structure and may facilitate selective movement of the panel relative to the wall system. The panel may include a ballistic resistant layer and an outer layer secured to a least one side of the ballistic resistant layer. The ballistic resistant layer may include one or more panels of ballistic resistant material. The outer layer may be decorative or functional layer.

US12313383 - Deployment system and methods of making and using same

A deployment system attachable to a vehicle for explosive ordnance disposal and methods of use thereof. Broadly, the deployment system includes a box assembly and a deployment assembly. The box assembly is mounted to one portion of the vehicle and the deployment assembly is mounted to another portion of the vehicle. The deployment system is used for deploying a robot.

US12313384 - Less-lethal projectiles and cartridges

A less-lethal projectile includes a cylindrical flexible body. The body includes a nose, a conical tail, and a tubular sidewall. The tail and sidewall extend rearwardly away from the nose. The sidewall defines an interior space around the tail. A flowable medium is received in the interior space around the tail. The flowable medium is configured to deform the sidewall upon impact of the nose with a target such that a portion of the sidewall contacts the target around the nose. Impact of the nose with the target causes the flowable medium to move forward in the interior space around the tail and expand the sidewall radially outward and forward such that the sidewall contacts the target around the nose.

US12313385 - Crimping die

A crimping die assembly for crimping a cartridge is provided that includes a casing and a bullet seated in the casing. The crimping die assembly includes a die body with a longitudinal axis, an elongated cavity disposed along the longitudinal axis, a cartridge receiver opening for receiving the cartridge, disposed at a first end of the die body, and opening into to the elongated cavity, a crimping bushing for crimping the casing onto the bullet, disposed within the elongated cavity and translatable therein along the longitudinal axis, and a compliant member disposed at least partially within the elongated cavity for urging the crimping bushing toward the cartridge receiver opening.

US12313386 - Modifying a projectile casing

An apparatus, system, computer-readable medium, process, die, or combination thereof to modify a projectile casing. For example, a die and mandrel can be used to shape, resize, or otherwise modify a projectile casing. A die can include different portions or sections, where the portions or sections are designed to shape or size different portions of the projectile casing such as the neck, shoulder, or body of a projectile casing. A method to insert a projectile casing into a die, where the die already includes a mandrel, and then extracting the mandrel while the die and projectile casing are held in place.

US12313387 - Device and method for simulating a dynamic munition-related environment for a projectile, and simulation device-projectile assembly

A device for simulating a dynamic munition-related environment for a projectile, and a simulation device-projectile assembly including: a suspension device configured for suspending the projectile along the longitudinal direction of the projectile in such a way that the projectile is mounted freely along the longitudinal axis of the projectile; a propulsion device configured for being positioned facing the rear end of the projectile at a predefined distance from the projectile; and an impactor configured for being propelled, by the propulsion device, at a predetermined velocity toward the rear end of the projectile so as to strike the projectile so as to reproduce a shock response spectrum specific to an exit from a muzzle.

US12313388 - Biodegradable shotshell components

Devices and methods for shotshell cartridges, particularly shotshell cartridges with biodegradable components. One or more of the casing, shot wad, spacer, and powder wad may be formed of biodegradable materials. A biodegradable shot wad is manufactured of cellulosic fibers and wax to provide obturation and gas seal properties at high pressures with high reliability.

US12313389 - Tunable safe and arming devices and methods of manufacture

A projectile with a safe and arming device includes a tunable setback arming mechanism with an arming slider constrained and guided within a slider frame. The arming slider and slider frame cooperating to have a first safe position, a second intermediate position, and a third armed position. Components, such as the arming slider are manufactured by electronic discharge machining (EDM) to provide preforms on a work piece that can be further processed and ultimately assembled into tunable setback arming mechanisms. Various desired operating characteristics of the setback arming mechanism may be provided by adjusting and/or selecting specific parameters in the arming slider and readily adjusting same through machining and heat treating.

US12313390 - Deployment of a detonator assembly

A detonator assembly which includes a holder, a flexible elongate element which is engaged with the holder, a detonator connected to the element, an energy storage device on the holder and a coil arrangement for charging the energy storage device when the coil arrangement is coupled to a variable electromagnetic field.

US12313391 - Wireless initiation device

A wireless initiation device comprises a power source, a processing module, a first housing and an initiation unit. The processing module processes wireless electromagnetic communications signals received by an electromagnetic receiver system associated with the processing module. The wireless electromagnetic communications signals includes a wireless electromagnetic communications signal representative of a FIRE command. The processing module is configured to generate an initiation signal upon receipt of the FIRE command. At least one of the power source and the processing module is disposed in the first housing, and the first housing has a first connector. The initiation unit has a second housing within which is disposed an initiation module that is configured to discharge initiation energy sufficient to initiate an explosive charge associated with the device. The initiation module is connected to, or connectable with, the processing module such that initiation module can receive an initiation signal from the processing module. The initiation unit also has a second connector that is configured to mate with the first connector, thereby connecting the first and second housings. The initiation module is configured to execute a sequence upon receipt of the initiation signal, the sequence resulting in discharge of initiation energy from the initiation unit.

US12313954 - Electronic apparatus and method for performing control based on detection of user's sight line

An electronic apparatus comprises an eye approach detection unit configured to detect an objective approaching to a finder, a sight line detection unit configured to detect a sight line position to a display unit that is arranged in the finder, and a control unit configured to perform control to drive the sight line detection unit and stop driving the approach detection unit when it is detected by the approach detection unit that an objective has been approached to the finder, wherein the control unit performs control to, based on a detection result of the sight line detection unit, drive the approach detection unit from a state in which a driving of the approach detection unit is stopped, and stop driving the sight line detection unit while driving the approach detection unit.

USD1077121 - Angled support grip for a firearm

USD1077122 - Firearm lower receiver

USD1077123 - Firearm sight

US12305795 - Dual clamping device

A dual clamping device.

US12305837 - LED mounting base, adjustment mechanism with LED mounting base and red dot sighting device with adjustment mechanism

An LED mounting base, an adjustment mechanism with the LED mounting base and a red dot sighting device with the adjustment mechanism are provided in the present disclosure. The LED mounting base includes a sliding block base and a pedestal in which an LED chip is mounted at the middle of the front end surface thereof. A sliding slot parallel to the length direction of the pedestal is disposed on the front end surface of the sliding block base. One end of the sliding slot is a blind end, and the other end of the sliding slot is an open end. After the pedestal being disposed in the sliding slot, the front end surface of the pedestal is parallel to the front end surface of the sliding block base.

US12305941 - Locking magazine

A magazine is provided for a firearm. The magazine comprises a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a user interface adapted to enable a user to select between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. The locking mechanism has a rotor movable between a first rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition and a second rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition. The magazine comprises an elongated shaft connected to the rotor. The magazine comprises a block element connected to the elongated shaft. The block element is adapted to move between a first position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition in which at least one of firearm operation and magazine extraction are prevented, and a second position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition in which firearm operation and magazine extraction are enabled.

US12305942 - Magazine disconnect safety

A magazine catch safety for a firearm to lock a trigger of a firearm when a magazine is removed from a magazine receptacle of a frame of a firearm, the magazine catch safety having a catch body having a longitudinal axis, an actuating button end, and a spring receiving end, and a protuberance disposed on the catch body. The magazine catch safety further having a securement pin, a spring, and a trigger bow. The trigger bow has a notch, wherein, when the catch body is in a first position, the protuberance is engaged in the notch to prevent movement of the trigger bow, and wherein when the catch body is in a second position, the protuberance of the catch body does not engage the notch, providing for free movement of the trigger bow.

US12305943 - Firearm operating mechanisms and bolt release

An operating system for a firearm includes a trigger, a hammer, a disconnector, a pivoting arm, and a lower member. The trigger includes a lower portion, an upper portion, and a trigger pivot. The disconnector includes a lower portion, an upper portion, and a disconnector pivot. The pivoting arm includes a forward protrusion, a pivoting arm opening, and a pin extending through the pivoting arm opening. The lower member includes a lower member opening and a pin hole that is coaxial with the trigger pivot and the disconnector pivot. At least a portion of the trigger and at least a portion of the disconnector are disposed within the lower member opening. Motion of the trigger causes the forward protrusion of the pivoting arm to engage a bolt carrier group and hold the bolt carrier group in an open position.

US12305944 - Barrel and launching device as well as method for firing off a projectile

A barrel for a launching device for launching projectiles with a propellant charge is arranged with a cross-section in the form of a curve of constant width. A launching device and a method for firing a rotation-stabilized projectile from a barrel are also provided.

US12305945 - Heat shield and firearm including the same

A heat shield is for a firearm. The firearm includes a barrel, a magazine tube extending parallel to and being coupled to the barrel, and a magazine tube cap coupled to an end of the magazine tube. The barrel has a barrel ring coupled to the magazine tube. The heat shield includes a perforated shroud, a rear ring provided with the shroud, and a front bracket provided with the shroud. The rear ring and the front bracket are each configured to receive at least one of the barrel and the magazine tube therethrough in order to removably couple the heat shield to the barrel.

US12305946 - Tool-less takedown rod for pistol

A recoil rod assembly is provided, including a front rod and a rear rod. A cylindrical protuberance is disposed at the rear end of the front rod or the front end of the rear rod. A cylindrical aperture is disposed at the other. The axis of the cylindrical protuberance or the axis of the cylindrical aperture is offset from the axis of the rear rod. The cylindrical protuberance is disposed in the cylindrical aperture, wherein the axis of the cylindrical protuberance and the axis of the cylindrical aperture are coaxial. The front rod is rotatable with respect to the rear rod about the coaxial axes from a first position wherein the axis of the front rod is coaxial with the axis of the rear rod to a second position wherein the axis of the front rod is offset from the axis of the rear rod.

US12305947 - Off-trigger finger rest for firearms

An off-trigger safety training device for firearms and method of use. The off-trigger safety training device is removably attached to a firearm proximal to a trigger of the firearm. The off-trigger safety training device is positioned for longitudinal alignment with a barrel of the firearm and includes a concave recess oriented in alignment with the barrel of the firearm for receiving the operator's trigger finger. Longitudinally extending ribs protrude from a face of the concave recess permit the user to align their finger within the concave recess and receive a complementary longitudinal tactile engagement with the ribs for positive engagement of the trigger finger with the off-trigger safety training device.

US12305948 - Grip size measuring tool

A grip measurement tool is configured to aid a user in selecting a properly fitting firearm. The grip measurement tool has a barrel first half joined to a barrel second half. A multi-colored barrel gauge is mounted in the barrel first half and joined to an upper front grip with a front grip knob that slides in a front handle track. A front grip further includes a lower front grip joined to the upper front grip. The lower front grip further includes a plurality of front grip measurement markings. A rear handle is joined to the front grip with a pair of springs. A rear handle knob joins the rear handle to the barrel first half proximate a plurality of angle markings. The multi-colored barrel gauge, the plurality of front grip measurement markings, and the plurality of angle markings provide data to the user in selecting a properly fitting firearm.

US12305949 - Firearm assemblies with multiple gas ports

An assembly for directing propellant gas to an action of a firearm includes a barrel and a gas block. The barrel has a plurality of gas ports that communicate with the bore of the barrel. The barrel and the gas block define a passage that receives pressurized propellant gas from the bore by way of the barrel gas ports, and directs the propellant gas to a gas port of the gas block. The plurality of barrel gas ports and the passage act as a manifold in which the propellant gas is taken from multiple locations within the barrel, combined into a single flow, and directed into the gas block via the gas block gas port. The pressurized gas is then routed to an action of the firearm by way of a gas tube and a gas key.

US12305950 - Rifles and muzzle loading rifles receiving propellant charge with an extended primer cap in a bolt action configuration, and method of loading

A bolt action rifle having a receiver; a bolt in slidable communication within said receiver, having an elongated body and a bolt head at a first end, and an exposed bolt face with a primer recess cavity having a base with a forward-facing surface, the base having an aperture therein, where the aperture is circumscribed by the forward-facing surface for receiving a propellant charge having an extended primer cap, and a firing pin within the bolt and movable between a disengaged position wherein a firing pin head is receded within the aperture and an engaged position wherein the firing pin head extends beyond the forward-facing surface into the primer recess cavity.

US12305951 - System, apparatus, and method for collecting ammunition casings

An apparatus for collecting spent ammunition casings from a weapon is disclosed. The apparatus has a support assembly, a container attached to the support assembly and forming a cavity configured to receive the ammunition casings, and a fastener configured to be received in a portion of a mounting fixture of the weapon and removably attach the support assembly to the mounting fixture. The fastener is either a replacement fastener or a modified fastener of a mounting fixture fastener of the weapon.

US12305952 - Systems and methods related to selective capture of spent shell casings

Systems and methods according to the present invention comprise a selectively engageable system for capturing spent bullet casings. A capture bag may be coupled to a rifle through a cover and slider. The cover holds the bag in place over the rifle ejection port, allowing the user to collect spent bullet casings. The slider allows the user to engage or disengage the system through a tension system.

US12305953 - Jam-resistant drum magazine

Jam-resistant drum magazines and related methods are disclosed. In some implementations, a jam-resistant drum magazine includes a drum, which may have a base, a body, and a top. Some implementations of the drum include a tiered component having a platform extending from a support, and some implementations have a channeled component having a channel configured to receive a round of ammunition. Some implementations include a transition drum, which may have a cylinder with a chamber configured to receive the round of ammunition from the channel. In some implementations, the tiered component is configured to rotate with respect to the channeled component, thereby causing the round of ammunition to move along the platform toward the transition drum.

US12305954 - Loading mechanism for an air gun

A loading mechanism includes a housing including a loading chamber positioned adjacent to a housing passageway. The loading chamber is operable to load ammunition therein. A resilient bucking is disposed within the housing passageway. The bucking includes a bucking passageway that is operable to receive ammunition transferred from the loading chamber. A spring, having a plurality of spring coils, is disposed in the housing passageway. The spring is operable to apply pressure to the bucking when the spring is compressed. A gun barrel is slidably positioned within the housing passageway. A fastening mechanism is operable to attach the gun barrel to the housing and to put the spring into compression. When the spring is compressed, pressure is applied to the bucking and the bucking passageway is collapsed inward to seal entirely around ammunition that is positioned within the bucking passageway.

US12305955 - Extendable baton with damage resistant locking mechanism

An extendable baton has a base section, at least one extendable section and a control rod. The base section may be tubular and have a lengthwise axis and an annular recess on an inner surface of a distal end and a release button on a proximal end. The extendable section may be tubular and nest inside the base section. The extendable section includes a locking clutch including a single slot disposed on the proximate end, a clutch plate disposed at least partially within the slot, the clutch plate including a locking portion, which engages the annular recess and a control aperture portion having an aperture, and at least one spring disposed to bias the clutch plate outwardly from the slot of the extendable section. The control rod is insertable through the aperture to retract the clutch plate when the release button is depressed.

US12305956 - Optimized firearm panel

A detachable grip panel for a real or simulated firearm according to the present invention includes an onlaid or inlaid aggressively textured surface layer on top of an adhesive layer nested into a specially formed recessed area on the grip panel. Additionally, the recessed area along with other geometry of the grip panel may be configured to provide an aggressive gripping surface while reducing the tendency to snag. Furthermore, the recessed region along with the chosen adhesive may provide for an ultra-slim profile while also offering thermal insulation.