Abstract: The present disclosure provides a quick loading magazine that is easier and less cumbersome than previous ammunition magazines. A quick loading magazine is disclosed. An upper portion of the quick loading magazine is coupled to a lower portion, with the upper and lower portions defining a slider channel and a bullet channel. A feeder lip is coupled to the upper portion. A slider is configured to travel along the slider channel between a first position and a second position. A follower is coupled to the slider by a biasing member, and the follower is also configured to travel within the bullet channel.

Abstract: There is a payload delivery device and system configured for projectile dispersion over a defined area. The device includes a launching platform configured to provide structural support. The device also includes a two-dimensional array of launching guides extending upwardly from the launching platform. Each launching guide of the array is fixed at a specific inclination angle and at a specific horizontal direction angle. The device includes a plurality of vessels functionally connected to the array of launching guides and is configured to launch therefrom. The launching platform includes a symbolic indicator associated with an operational characteristic of the device. The launching platform includes a mating structure configured to mate to another similar launching platform.

Abstract: An upper receiver of a firearm including a body with an interior, an opening for a barrel extension, and one or more engagements for communicating with a lower receiver of a rifle; a high wear area located on the interior of the receiver; a relief cut at the high wear area; and a wear plate fit within the relief cut of the high wear area located on the interior of the aluminum body, the wear plate having an expose surface.

Abstract: An attachment is provided for operably connecting a shotgun to a weapons station. The shotgun includes a trigger and a butt stock. The weapons station can accommodate one of a Mk19 grenade launcher, an M2 .50 cal machine gun and an M240G machine gun. The attachment includes a trigger module, a pump grip adapter, and a gun frame. The module actuates the trigger and includes an actuator for pulling the trigger and an adapter for engaging the butt stock. The pump grip adapter includes slots for traveling pins on the weapons station to absorb recoil. The gun frame enables installation of the shotgun therein and mounts the trigger module and the adapter to the weapon station.

Abstract: A magazine loader (10) for firearm magazines (40) has a projecting side button (50) coupled to a follower (52). Two similar and substantially flat flaps (12, 14) are hinged by a pin (18) along their longer side. A torsion spring (16) encompasses the pin and is positioned between the flaps, forcing them apart. Each flap has a substantially rectangular opening (20A, 20B) sized and positioned to fit over a magazine. The flaps can angle between an open position and a closed (parallel and touching) position. To load the magazine, a user squeezes and holds the flaps ends closed to align the openings so that the openings can be slid over the magazine to push the button down. Upon releasing the flaps they open, locking the openings on the magazine. Rounds (60) then can easily be loaded into the magazine. The loader may use a grasping member in lieu of flaps.

Abstract: A gas operating system for a firearm has an energy transmission facility and a gun barrel having a lateral aperture. The energy transmission facility and the lateral aperture have gas communication between them. The gun barrel and the energy transmission facility are mechanically decoupled such that the energy transmission facility does not impede flexing of the gun barrel. All forward forces generated by the energy transmission facility may be transferred from the energy transmission facility to a self-loading facility. The energy transmission facility may include a gas block having a sleeve that is slidably disposed on the gun barrel. The energy transmission facility may include a gas block and a tubular body extending from a receiver to the gas block, one end of the tubular body being slidably received in the gas block. The energy transmission facility may also include the tubular body receiving a gas piston.

Abstract: A reactive protection arrangement for protecting stationary or mobile objects against threats posed by hollow charges, projectile-forming charges or kinetic energy penetrators is secured to the side of the object to be protected that faces the threat in a fixed or movable manner, and includes at least one protective area arranged at an inclination angle to the threat direction. This protective area comprises a front cover that faces the threat, and a rear cover that faces away from the threat and is spaced apart from the front cover and, is configured as a bulging arrangement. At least one fixed or movable reactive middle layer or reactive zone is present between both covers which includes at least two reactive partial areas each having at least one explosive field, wherein the reactive partial areas are plugged on all sides by means of the delimiting covers as well as lateral separating layers.

Abstract: An eccentric rail mounting system is disclosed. In various embodiments, this system comprises an eccentric rail nut for off-center mounting of a rail on a firearm. The eccentric rail nut has an exterior surface that defines a central axis of the nut and a main bore that defines a central axis of the main bore that is displaced from the central axis of the nut. Components and methods are disclosed in a variety of embodiments.

Abstract: A hinged trigger guard having a base member that includes a base member body portion; a base member projection extending from the base member body portion and having a base member aperture formed therethrough; an extension member that includes an extension member body portion; two ears extending from the extension member body portion, wherein an extension member recess is defined between at least a portion of the ears, and wherein an extension member aperture is formed through each of the ears. An extension member projection extends from the extension member body portion. The extension member is pivotably attached to the base member when the base member aperture is aligned between the extension member apertures and a pivot/installation pin is positioned within the aligned extension member apertures and base member aperture.

Abstract: A cartridge gas energized firearm mechanism has a receiver assembly having upper and lower receivers. A bolt carrier is moveable within the upper receiver and has a wall structure having a planar gas key seat surface intersected by a gas port. A gas key is mounted to the bolt carrier and has a planar gas key surface in face-to-face seating engagement with the planar gas key seat surface of the bolt carrier, thus establishing a planar surface interface. The gas key has a cartridge gas supply passage in gas communication with the gas port. A tubular seal member is positioned in sealing engagement within seal receptacles of the bolt carrier and gas key and prevents cartridge gas leakage through the planar surface interface.

Abstract: The present invention will provide a flexible secondary weapon mount that can quickly and easily attach and detach to an OGPK surface and retain/eject a secondary weapon quickly and easily. Furthermore, the present invention is designed to operate with common weapon mount pintles for compatibility. This is accomplished by utilizing a base, support levers, and a ball lock retention pin for retaining he secondary mount to a surface and retaining/ejecting the secondary weapon quickly and easily.

Abstract: Consistent with various embodiments, a firearm securing apparatus comprises a first surface configured and arranged to secure the apparatus to a support structure. Sidewalls extend away from the support structure and are configured and arranged to surround and support the butt of a firearm. A securing component is configured and arranged to prevent removal of the butt of the firearm from between the sidewalls.

Abstract: The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges

Abstract: An adjustable stock and cheek rest assembly for a firearm includes a buffer tube extending rearwardly from the firearm at an angle relative to the firearm receiver. A stock is slidably mounted on the buffer tube, and a cheek rest is disposed in overlying relationship to the stock. A cheek rest adjustment arrangement is connected between the stock and the cheek rest, and is provided with a movable linkage for enabling vertical movement of the cheek rest relative to the stock as the stock moves along the angled buffer tube. A movable member provided with locking structure is mounted on the stock for selective engagement with lock receiving structure on the buffer tube for locking the stock in various axial adjustment positions along the buffer tube.

Abstract: The device according to the invention for cleaning the inside of the barrel of a firearm consists of a pulling element (A) and a cleaning element (B) connected thereto. In this case, the cleaning element (B) has a first wetting and cleaning unit (BI), particularly for precleaning the barrel, a wiping unit (B2) and a second wetting and cleaning unit (B3), particularly for preserving the barrel. The device according to the invention has many advantages. The advantageous construction of the device means that only little expenditure of force is required during use, and so it can be pulled through the barrel of a firearm quickly in one go without stopping to put it down.

Abstract: The present invention is a fixed stock with integral storage that utilizes a cam plug inside the storage compartment to secure the stock to a firearm. In the preferred embodiment, the cam plug interfaces with the hind edge of the stock body and is therefore visible outside the stock, for a stronger and more secure hold.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a dynamic suppression mechanism for a firearm. Multiple chambers are aligned within a housing, with adjacently positioned chambers separated by a partition. A central aperture is provided within the partition(s) to accommodate the projectile and form part of the projectile path, and multiple relief ports are annularly arranged around the central aperture. As the projectile travels through the path and through the length of the housing, the relief ports use gas byproduct released from the projectile as an elastic medium to muffle concussive forces and mitigate flash as the projectile is released from the body.

Abstract: A pivoting mount for a weapon accessory includes a base configured to attach to a weapon, an upper member, and a pivot shaft pivotally securing the upper member to the base. The upper member pivots between a use position and a storage position. The mount includes a first damping element disposed between the shaft and the base.

Abstract: Applicant has disclosed a Method and Apparatus for stripping and feeding cartridges to enhance stripping cartridges out of a detachable double-stacked magazine, inserted into a (well opening of a) receiver of a bolt-action rifle, and to enhance feeding the cartridges into the firing chamber. In the preferred “apparatus” embodiment, Applicant's device comprises two protrusions (“bumps”) integral with, and radially spaced around, a bottom of the breech bolt head. When the rifle's breech bolt is pushed through the receiver, towards the firing chamber, a flat front face of a protrusion engages the rim of the top cartridge, pushing the cartridge out of the magazine, over the feed ramp or lip, and towards a firing chamber of the rifle. The protrusions alternate as to which engages the next top cartridge(s), due to the staggered (zigzag) columns of the cartridges in a double-stacked magazine.

Abstract: Embodiments provide modular illumination systems that may be used with any handgun platform, and are not specific to any make or model. Some embodiments may provide lighting, for instance visible light and/or infrared light for use in low light or dark environments. Also provided in various embodiments are aiming and/or sighting systems that may be equipped with an IR sight or a laser sight, such as a red or green laser. In various embodiments, the illumination modules may couple to the handgun via a mounting member that is integral to the handgun body, and the mounting member may be recessed or otherwise concealed and/or protected by the handgun body. Thus, in various embodiments, no portion of the mounting member (or the corresponding mounting element on the illumination module) is exposed or visible when the illumination module is coupled to the mounting member, and a conventional holster may be used.