Abstract: A gunsight reticle having a system of critically dimensioned and positioned target spanning indicia improves the aiming of a rifle. The indicia include orthogonally intersecting center vertical and center horizontal hairlines, and four horizontal range-marker lines of sequentially incremental length disposed below the horizontal hairline in bisected relationship with the center vertical hairline. The effectiveness of the gunsight is enhanced by a shooter's training program, interactive with the gunsight, which emphasizes the thought processes involving the planning, aiming and execution of a shot.

Abstract: A quick-detachable sling swivel comprises a body and a shift/swing gate mounted on the body through an elongated plunger. The gate, through manipulation of the plunger, is adjustable between open and closed positions relative to the body to enable mounting, demounting and securing of the swivel relative to an external structure. The swivel has a locking mechanism for restricting movement of the plunger to prevent the gate from opening. The body and the loop are integrally formed of metal. The loop has a pair of opposed substantially parallel side members. The gate may include a wedge protruding toward the tang, the wedge having an upper surface that, in the closed position, opposes a flat lower surface of the body. The swivel is capable of withstanding at least 500 lbs. of pull force.

Abstract: A focus adjustment mechanism for a telescopic rifle sight includes a rotatable cam hub including a drive face and a spiral cam track formed in the drive face around an axis of rotation. An actuator slide of the adjustment mechanism is slidably mounted to a housing of the telescopic rifle sight for movement along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The actuator slide includes a cam follower that is operably engaged in the spiral cam track so that the actuator slide moves generally along the longitudinal axis in response to rotation of the cam hub to changing a setting of the adjustment mechanism. The actuator slide is operatively connected to a movable optical element positioned within the housing of the telescopic rifle sight to drive the optical element in response to rotation of the cam hub. The rate of linear movement of the optical element relative to the rate of rotation of the cam hub is controlled by the shape and arcuate angle of the spiral cam track.

Abstract: An automatic safety device for the firing hammer of revolvers, which includes a safety bolt (22) arranged within the profile of the firing hammer, contained and sliding in a cavity (21) which is provided in the firing hammer proper, connected to the trigger in response to the movements of the firing hammer and of the trigger between an inactive position of noninterference with the movement of the firing hammer from the arming position to the position of percussion, and an active position of stopping the firing hammer to inhibit its percussion action.

Abstract: A handgun assembly is provided. The frame of the handgun includes a forwardly extending portion that terminates at the forward end of the muzzle or slide of the handgun. The forwardly extending portion of the frame has a dust cover that supports the entire length of the slide, and provides for the assembly of the standard handgun components therein. The frame provides additional weight forwardly displaced from the hand of the shooter, providing better feel and balance to the handgun and reducing muzzle flip.

Abstract: A missile support and alignment assembly for use on a moving vehicle having a fixed missile launch tube mounted thereon. The assembly comprises a missile support assembly including (i) a loading tray for supporting a missile, (ii) a storage structure for supporting the loading tray, and (iii) mounts resiliently connecting the storage structure to the vehicle.

Abstract: A holder assembly for supporting a collimator of a field adjusting device on a weapon barrel includes a holder sled having a dovetail guide provided in the underface of the sled. The dovetail guide has lateral guide faces converging toward one another. A first groove is provided in the underface of the sled and extends transversely to the length of the dovetail guide. A dovetail receiver block is affixed to the weapon barrel in the muzzle region. The dovetail receiver block has lateral guide faces converging toward one another. A second groove, located on the weapon barrel, extends transversely to the barrel axis. The holder sled is removably mountable on the weapon barrel by sliding the dovetail guide onto the dovetail receiver block in a direction parallel to the barrel axis until an installed state of the holder sled is reached.

Abstract: An adapter for converting a handgun into a rifle or carbine. The adapter includes an elongated member having a stock and a pair of sidewalls forming a cavity. A pair of guide rails is positioned on an inner edge of the cavity, and a locking bar is mounted within the sidewalls and extends across the cavity. The locking bar is selectively positionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A handgun mounts into the adapter by aligning channels on the outer edge of the handgun into the guide rails. The handgun is slid along the guide rails and into the locking mechanism for attachment.

Abstract: The invention concerns a fire arm equipped with an enabling system which comprises a transmitter/receiver (6) of ultrasonic waves mounted on the fire arm, a unit (5) to be carried by the shooter, containing means (13) for sending back a signal transmitted to the latter by said transmitter/receiver (6) and a monitoring device (9) monitoring the signal received by the above-mentioned receiving part, controlling a device (10) which can prevent any firing. The enabling system contains a timer (7) which can measure the length of time between the transmission of a signal by the transmitter/receiver (6) and its reception by the latter, and a device (8) to calculate the distance covered by said signal, whereby the monitoring device (9) only makes it possible to fire when it recognizes the signal and when on top of that the above-mentioned distance is inferior to a certain limit.

Abstract: A device for preventing the loading and discharge of a gun, comprising cooperating means for obstructing the positioning of ammunition into the firing chamber of a gun, means for activating said obstruction means, and means for locking said obstruction means in said obstruction position; also, a method of making and using such a gun lock device.

Abstract: An interlocked firing mechanism for a gun includes a trigger, a sear and a firing pin having a depending leg, wherein the firing pin is movable in a rectilinear manner along a firing axis. The depending leg of the firing pin is adapted to have a contact surface, while the sear is adapted to have a control surface in mating engagement with the contact surface at a time prior to firing of the gun. The contact surface and the control surface of the interlocked firing mechanism of the present invention are further adapted to have parallel surfaces which mate with one another along a mating axis, defining an edge of a mating plane, which is set at a predetermined angle from a line perpendicular to the firing axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recoil pad for a firearm. The recoil pad includes a solid viscoelastic core, preferably formed using a polymer gel, and having a cross sectional shape substantially similar to that of the stock to which the recoil pad is mounted. The recoil pad further includes a covering enclosing at least a portion of the core with the covering having substantially the same shape as the core.

Abstract: A noise and recoil suppressor that is intended to be mounted within the terminal portion of a firearm barrel. The suppressor is a unitary structure having a cylindrical body and a plurality of chambers extending transversely therethrough and spaced-apart in the longitudinal direction of the device. The chambers are configured so as to restrain and slow the passage of the exhausting gases resulting from a bullet that has discharged and passing therethrough so as to suppress both the resulting noise and recoil from the discharging firearm. The suppressor is provided with external threads adjacent its outer end, and a firearm barrel into which the device is to be slidably inserted is suitably drilled-out and provided with internal threads for threadable securement of the device within the end of a firearm barrel. A second and shorter embodiment of the suppressor is disclosed that primarily functions as a recoil suppressor.

Abstract: The present invention involves a rifle rest which is particularly suited for competitive long distance range shooting. The rifle rest has a rifle vise mounted on a vise support resting upon a base which has adjustable legs. In a preferred embodiment, the rifle vise is mounted on a vise support which is a sphere or partial sphere. The convex curvature of the sphere is slidably received by an aperture in a planar base allowing for the movement and rotation of a rifle secured in the vise about a variety of axes.

Abstract: A firearm stock has a supporting system for use with a firearm. The stock supports a firearm barrel on an upper portion of the stock. The stock defines in a lower portion an elongate slot. At least one support is pivotally connected to the stock. The support is movable between a first position in which a majority of the support is located within the slot and a second position in which the supporting end of the support extends away from the stock so as to support the stock when using the firearm. In a preferred embodiment, the supporting system includes a second support pivotally connected to the stock and movable between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: The invention comprises a rifle scope having an adjustment sighting mechanism, the mechanism itself, and methods of making and using the rifle scope and adjustment mechanism. The rifle scope includes an inner and an outer tube, the outer tube mounted on the rifle and the inner tube being sealed within the outer tube. The inner tube is fixed in a ball-type joint at one end, with the other end free and having positioned therein an erector lens or a reticle. An adjustment mechanism adjusts the sight of the rifle scope by displacing the second end of the inner tube. The adjustment mechanism includes a threaded adjustment plunger that is rotationally fixed with respect to the body of the scope. The adjustment plunger threads to a rotating member having a threaded portion. As the rotating member rotates, the adjustment plunger, being prevented from rotating, moves in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotating member.

Abstract: Apparatus for firing projectiles at targets and for illuminating such targets combine a projectile-firing weapon and a target illuminator. A track-and-slide combination includes a slide on the target illuminator and a track on the weapon for that slide, and a releasable slide-in-track stop in such track-and-slide combination. In the case of a firearm that has a trigger actuated by a bent trigger finger of a shooter for the firing thereof, a push-button or transverse slide switch for the target illuminator may be mounted within reach of a pad of such trigger finger prior to actuation of the trigger. For example, the shooter may draw the firearm with his or her trigger finger then outstretched for actuation of the target illuminator switch, and may then bend such trigger finger for firing of the weapon by actuation of the trigger. Such and other appliances may have a battery compartment, and a contact plate interconnecting batteries in such compartment.

Abstract: The present invention is a support comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is T-shape and includes a hollow shaft perpendicularly secured to a support member. The support member will receive the item which is to be stabilized, such as a firearm or camera. The second portion is removably affixed to the first portion and includes an elongated rod. This second portion includes a first end and a second end. The first end is received in the hollow shaft and the second end includes a clamping device to allow the device to be secured to a desirable surface. The height of the device can be adjusted via an adjusting mechanism.

Abstract: A tool to assist in the field removal of a rifles's hand grips or hand guards, comprising a pair of releasably joined split ring segments which are adapted to urge the slip ring of a rifle away from the rifle's mounting ring, thereby freeing the rifle's hand grips. Elastic means are provided linking the device with the rifle's stock thereby permitting pressure to continuously urge the slip ring away from the mounting ring.

Abstract: A weapon benchrest in combination with a vehicle receiver hitch. The benchrest includes a main support frame with one end received in and supported by the vehicle receiver hitch and the other end supporting a weapon support table. A seat is attached to the main frame intermediate the ends, and a ground engaging stabilizer is attached to the main frame remote from the hitch. The benchrest is fully adjustable in that the seat is horizontally adjustable, the stabilizer is vertically adjustable, and the table is both horizontally and vertically adjustable. The benchrest may use either a bi-level weapon support table with rifle rests, or a flat table for use with an additional rifle bench, vice or rest.