Dryfire

Patents tagged Dryfire

Oct 7, 2025

US12435952 - Dry fire training device

A multi-function dry fire training device to be inserted into the chamber of a firearm, which comprises an illuminator for emitting, upon receiving a command from a controller, a beam of visible or invisible illumination from the barrel of the firearm, the beam being parallel to its central axis; a controller for controlling the functionality of the device including illumination of the illuminator, in response to activation of the firearm trigger; an actuator, being electrically connected to the controller, for activating the controller whenever being struck by the firearm striker and a power source for providing DC power to the controller and illuminator.

May 13, 2025

US12298097 - Dry fire practice training device with bolt carrier group for rifles

When a semiautomatic rifle is live fired, it is ready to be fired again. The shooter's hands remain in the firing position, and just to the trigger finger and trigger are employed. But with dry fire practice, the shooter must cycle the rifles bolt to reset the firing pin. The shooter must move one hand from the shooting position on the rifle, the rifles along bolt is pulled back to reset the firing pin, the rifle is repositioned, a new site picture is acquired, and then the next trigger press can be accomplished. This invention replaces the rifles bolt carrier group and provides realistic muscle memory training by duplicating the action of the trigger, the feel and the sound of the release of the firing pin, and the resetting of the trigger for additional trigger activations. The invention does not interact with the rifles firing pin.