Abstract: An AR-style firearm includes a specially designed lower receiver, a specially designed upper receiver mounted to the lower receiver, a pistol hand grip mounted to the lower receiver, a handguard mounted around a barrel, a specially designed magazine well formed in the lower receiver that is configured to receive an AK-47 magazine or similar magazine, and a specially designed, ambidextrous magazine release that holds and selectively releases the magazine from the magazine well.

Abstract: A magazine locking structure used in a gun is disclosed to include a locking member mounted in the main gun body behind the grip and pressable directly to unlock the magazine from the main gun body, a spring-loaded button set mounted in the main gun body in front of the grip, and a link coupled between the spring-loaded button set and the locking member for moving the locking member to lock or unlock the magazine when the user pushes a press block to shift an actuation rod leftward or rightward in moving a side lug of the link via a push block that is supported between two second spring members.

Abstract: Applicant has disclosed a Magazine Guide Assembly with Dual Latching System for bolt-action rifles for guiding, latching and unlatching differently shaped firearm magazines for other rifles. In other words, the assembly is an adapter for bolt-action rifles. In the preferred embodiment, Applicant's invention comprises: (a) a magazine guide housing, attachable to a receiver of a bolt-action rifle, for guiding and latching differently shaped magazines designed for AR-10 and M-14 style semi-automatic rifles; (b) the magazine guide housing has different first and second latches, wherein: (i) the latches are respectively hinged on first and second pins, attached to the housing, and activated by a single torsion spring; and (ii) the first latch is adapted to latch onto a AR-10 style magazine designed for an AR-10 style semi-automatic rifle, while the second latch is adapted to latch onto a differently shaped M-14 style magazine designed for an M-14 style semi-automatic rifle.

Abstract: A shotgun magazine receiver assembly includes an elongated receiver body having a trigger assembly opening, a removable magazine opening, a shotgun barrel opening, a shell ramp and a bolt and slide. The bolt and slide are positioned to align with the center of the barrel opening and to engage a removable box-style shotgun shell magazine. The assembly further includes a plurality of connectors to secure the assembly to the stock barrel, grip, trigger assembly, and magazine tube of the conventional shotgun.

Abstract: An accessory which becomes an integral part of a semi-automatic firearm whereby the firearm is converted from one with a detachable magazine into one with a fixed magazine. The device is comprised of an upper tension bar and a magazine catch bar whereby the upper tension bar holds the magazine firmly within the magazine well receiver when the upper tension bar is contacting the upper receiver. When the upper receiver and lower receiver of the firearm are in an open position, the upper tension bar freely moves inward toward the firearm, allowing the magazine catch bar to remove from the magazine well receiver. A user may then remove the magazine from the magazine well receiver and replace it with a new magazine. The user must reattach the upper receiver to the lower receiver before utilizing the firearm.

Abstract: New handgun configurations are enabled by a multiple cartridge magazine that includes the firing chamber for each cartridge. The magazine is indexed mechanically through the stock, with full index on trigger pull or full index on trigger release or part of the index period on trigger release and the remainder on trigger pull, thus aligning each successive cartridge with the barrel for firing. A sliding trigger mechanism with an index finger pull portion actuates both the magazine indexing and the firing mechanism. The firing mechanism employs a trigger actuated spring-loaded hammer with a wedge portion, which impacts a corresponding wedge shaped anvil which may contain an eccentric adjustable firing pin for firing center fire or rim fire cartridges.

Abstract: A magazine lock for a firearm includes a magazine well and a magazine latch. The lock includes a tube nut positioned within a housing. The tube nut is connected to the magazine latch of the firearm. When tightened down, the tube nut prevents the magazine latch from releasing a magazine from the magazine well. A tool is provided to engage the tube nut and rotate the tube nut within the housing permitting the magazine latch to release the magazine. The housing includes a biased engagement feature that selectively prevents the rotation of the tube nut within the housing. The tool is configured to overcome the biased engagement feature and to engage the tube nut so that rotation of the tool rotates the tube nut. A breech block inserted into the top of a magazine inserted into the firearm may also be used to lock the firearm.

Abstract: A metal trigger for a firearm has a trigger body. A magazine receptacle is disposed in the trigger body and adapted to receive a removable cartridge magazine. A magazine securing lever is disposed on the trigger body. The trigger body has a feed ramp positioned at a slant at a ramp angle relative to a barrel of the firearm. The feed ramp is adapted to lift during reloading of the firearm a projectile tip of a cartridge from a removable cartridge magazine inserted into the magazine receptacle and to guide the cartridge in a direction of a cartridge chamber disposed in the barrel.

Abstract: A magazine for storing and dispensing cartridges to a firearm. In one embodiment, the magazine includes a tubular body, a compression spring, and a two-piece follower including a first follower moveable within the magazine and a second follower disposed below the first follower. The second follower may be movable independently of the first follower and is engaged by the compression spring which applies a biasing force towards an open top end of the magazine. The second follower includes a base plate having an upward extending flange configured and dimensioned for slidable insertion through a slot formed in the first follower. The second follower is operable to project the flange through the slot to contact and assist with ejecting the last spent cartridge case in the magazine. In one embodiment, the firearm may be a pistol.

Abstract: A magazine well for a firearm having an angled spine receiving portion. A charging handle for a firearm having latch that extends below a bottom surface of a crossbar. A bolt carrier for a firearm having a pair of vent holes disposed in the indented portion and at least one additional vent hole on indented portion adjacent to the pair of vent holes. A bolt catch for a firearm having a receiving portion curved to match the contours of a human thumb. A scope assembly for a firearm having markers on a scope and amount that correspond to the same radial positions. A bolt for a firearm having a plurality of ribs disposed on a main body and extending from a front end toward a tail portion of the bolt.

Abstract: Example cartridge magazines for use within a curved handle of certain pistols have a laterally curved housing so that the pistols and magazines can fit comfortably along a user's body. Such curved pistols and magazines are particularly suited for carrying within a shirt or pants pocket. A curved pistol loaded with a curved magazine, for instance, can be carried comfortably in one pocket while an extra loaded magazine can be carried in another pocket. Example magazines carry single and multiple rows of cartridges along appropriately sized curved housings. The magazine's curvature provides a user with a prominent tactile feature that quickly indicates in which direction the magazine should be inserted within the pistol.

Abstract: A reloading system for modifying an existing discharge assembly such that it operates with a magazine containing multiple rounds of at least one projectile. The system joins with the discharge assembly without permanently altering the discharge assembly. Additionally, the system is configured to be quickly and easily attached and removed from the discharge assembly. A magazine joins with a receiver on the discharge assembly. A magazine well secures the magazine to the receiver. A magazine adapter connects the magazine to the receiver. A ramp guides the projectiles from the magazine into a barrel. A magazine spring presses the projectiles against rear feed lips for extraction into the barrel. A projectile pickup extracts the projectile from the magazine and moves it to the barrel for discharge.

Abstract: The magazine well adapter of the present invention, and associated kits and devices, improves the firing rate and accuracy of AK-type firearms by converting the traditional magazine well into a push-button drop ejection device.

Abstract: Example handguns, such as pistols and revolvers, have specifically curved or contoured shapes that make them particularly suited for fitting comfortably within front, rear or side pants pockets. In some examples, the handguns can be completely concealed within standard pants pockets.

Abstract: A magazine release device is affixed to a firearm and operable from either side of the firearm. The device includes a shaft extending between opposite sides of the lower receiver and movable longitudinally between an engaged and a disengaged orientation. A spring biases the shaft into the engaged orientation. A plate, affixed to one end of the shaft, includes an inwardly directed catch that engages with a magazine when the shaft is in the engaged orientation and disengages from the magazine when the shaft is moved to the disengaged orientation. A right hand actuation button is affixed to the shaft on the right side of the lower receiver and a left hand actuation button is affixed to the plate on the left side and each actuation button controls the shaft and plate between the disengaged orientation and the engaged orientation.

Abstract: The present invention involves techniques for rapid, flexible, partial and supplemental reloading of firearms using specialized actions, intermediate storage devices/feeds and multiple magazines, which may, in some embodiments, be simultaneously engaged with a firearm. The techniques disclosed include a feeding system, which may be a multiple-magazine feeding system, that allows a firearm to remain loaded and firing-ready with multiple loaded cartridges at all times, even during reloading operations. The invention also includes other techniques for flexible, non-wasteful, partially-empty reloading, to eliminate reloading paralysis, and allow the soldier or other user, not the size of a magazine, to determine when firing should continue and when and if it should pause.

Abstract: A magazine-latching assembly for a firearm is described. The magazine-latching assembly includes a latch body that is slideably disposed in a receiver. The latch body includes a notch that accepts an aft tab on a magazine. A locking member is pivotally disposed in the latch body and engages the receiver to lock the latch body in a forward position in which the magazine is locked into the receiver. The assembly includes a magazine-release lever that forms a portion of a trigger guard. Actuation of the magazine-release lever pivots the locking member out of engagement with the receiver, moves the latch body out of engagement with the aft tab of the magazine, and draws the forward tab of the magazine out of engagement with the receiver. The magazine-latching assembly is useable with twin-tab magazines and with bullpup-style firearms. The magazine-release lever is also configured for ambidextrous operation of the firearm.

Abstract: A firearm includes a barrel having first and second ends, and is adapted to fire a round of ammunition from the second end. A handgrip is operatively coupled to and extending in a downward direction relative to the barrel. An ammunition magazine is removably received within the handgrip. The magazine includes a front, a rear, and a pair of opposed side surfaces extending between the front and rear. A clip member includes at least an arm portion extending along the rear of the magazine. The arm portion of the clip member is adapted to allow the ammunition magazine to be temporarily attached to an object while outside of the magazine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a magazine for a handgun, comprising a chamber that accommodates the ammunition and a magazine head that is suitable for being accommodated by the magazine shaft in the breechblock housing of the gun, characterized in that according to the invention an ejector plate is arranged on the magazine head and means are provided for changing the relative position of said ejector plate in the magazine shaft when a magazine is inserted. The solution according to the invention makes it possible to change the position of the magazine head in the magazine shaft by means of an adjusting mechanism and thus to also change the relative position of the ejector plate, which is now on the magazine head, in the magazine shaft. In the process, the position of the ejector plate relative to the feeding web of the breechblock generally changes.

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: A dynamic latch to selectively retain a magazine within the magazine port of a long gun. The dynamic latch permits the magazine to be inserted into the magazine port by movement in a single direction eliminating the need to rotate the magazine in order to secure it within the magazine port. The dynamic latch may include an outer housing, a piston positioned within the housing, and a spring positioned between the outer housing and the piston. A latch profile on the end of the piston may extend out of an opening in the end of a magazine well when the spring is in an uncompressed state.

Abstract: A lever protects against inadvertent release of a magazine of a firearm if its ambidextrous release is hit by equipment when the firearm is carried. The lever is made from a projection, above the pivot point, having two opposing angles forward of the depression surface. The projection impacts the equipment before the depression surface is impacted (straight-on impact), which protects the assembly from inadvertent release of the magazine. An impact to the rear angle of the projection (a rear impact) increases the engagement of the lever with the magazine. An impact along the forward angle (from the front or straight-on) of the projection also serves to increase engagement of the lever with the magazine. The lever, with its projection having opposing angles, is specifically designed to protect the lever of an ambidextrous magazine catch from inadvertent release by impact/snag in the field.

Abstract: A finger-tip device facilitating convenient release of a magazine-clip from a gun such as an AR-15 rifle, some of which magazine/release-buttons are configured with a statute-mandated recessed sub-button therein, requiring dexterous insertion of a separate pocket-carried cylindrical probe-tool is disclosed. An index-finger stall adapted with an insertion-pin is provided. Also disclosed is a self-retaining version, which attaches directly into the existing magazine/release sub-button The invention described herein enables the gun user to more efficiently dispatch the spent magazine-clip for a loaded one, in a safer and substantially more efficient time-&-motion manner.

Abstract: A magazine-latching assembly for a firearm is described. The magazine-latching assembly includes a latch body that is slideably disposed in a receiver. The latch body includes a notch that accepts an aft tab on a magazine. A locking member is pivotally disposed in the latch body and engages the receiver to lock the latch body in a forward position in which the magazine is locked into the receiver. The assembly includes a magazine-release lever that forms a portion of a trigger guard. Actuation of the magazine-release lever pivots the locking member out of engagement with the receiver, moves the latch body out of engagement with the aft tab of the magazine, and draws the forward tab of the magazine out of engagement with the receiver. The magazine-latching assembly is useable with twin-tab magazines and with bullpup-style firearms. The magazine-release lever is also configured for ambidextrous operation of the firearm.

Abstract: A magazine for a firearm holds cartridges in three sections: a top section, a middle section and a bottom section. The top section is detachable. The middle section has a smaller width and depth than the bottom section so that the middle section can be inserted into the bottom section of another similarly formed magazine. A removable bottom cover closes the bottom section. A spring with removable segments rests on the bottom cover. A c-shaped member fixed to each spring segment permits adding segments. Two magazines may be combined by removing the top section of a second magazine, detaching the bottom cover of a first magazine, removing a spring segment of the second magazine, connecting the shorter spring to the spring of the first magazine; and slidably inserting the middle section of the second magazine into the bottom section of the first ammunition magazine over the larger spring.

Abstract: Example handguns, such as pistols and revolvers, have specifically curved or contoured shapes that make them particularly suited for fitting comfortably within front, rear or side pants pockets. In some examples, the handguns can be completely concealed within standard pants pockets.

Abstract: Example cartridge magazines for use within a curved handle of certain pistols have a laterally curved housing so that the pistols and magazines can fit comfortably along a user's body. Such curved pistols and magazines are particularly suited for carrying within a shirt or pants pocket. A curved pistol loaded with a curved magazine, for instance, can be carried comfortably in one pocket while an extra loaded magazine can be carried in another pocket. Example magazines carry single and multiple rows of cartridges along appropriately sized curved housings. The magazine's curvature provides a user with a prominent tactile feature that quickly indicates in which direction the magazine should be inserted within the pistol.

Abstract: Applicant has disclosed a Magazine Guide Assembly with Dual Latching System for guiding, latching and unlatching differently shaped firearm magazines for rifles. In other words, the Magazine Guide Assembly can accommodate either of the differently shaped magazines. In the preferred embodiment, Applicant's invention comprises: (a) a magazine guide housing, attachable to a receiver of a semi-automatic rifle, for guiding and latching differently shaped magazines designed for AR-10 and M-14 style semi-automatic rifles; (b) the magazine guide housing has different first and second latches, wherein: (i) the latches are respectively hinged on first and second pins, attached to the housing, and activated by a single torsion spring; and (ii) the first latch is adapted to latch onto a AR-10 style magazine designed for an AR-10 style semi-automatic rifle, while the second latch is adapted to latch onto a differently shaped M-14 style magazine designed for an M-14 style semi-automatic rifle.

Abstract: The present invention provides an AR variant rifle with a left-sided magazine-release assembly which includes a mag-release catch, a left-sided tool-actuated mag-release actuator, a left-sided actuator cover and a mag-release spring. The actuator is operatively coupled to a mag-release catch and can be actuated by a mag-release tool thereby causing a detachable magazine to be released from a magazine well of the rifle. The actuator cover is configured to be mounted on a left side of the rifle and provides support and substantially shields the mag-release actuator thereby permitting the mag-release actuator to be actuated with any mag-release tool from the left side the lower receiver while preventing the mag-release actuator from being actuated without use of any mag-release tool.

Abstract: Rifle upper receivers with integral magazine wells include an extruded elongate inverted U-shaped channel with an interior bore. The interior of the channel has elements formed as surfaces of extrusion. The surfaces of extrusion provide guidance and support for a magazine and trigger guard assembly pins. The present invention is manufactured by extruding an elongate tube in a closed-box profile with an interior bore, milling a series of slots into the top of the tube, machining a bottom channel opening by removing portions of the bottom of the tube, machining holes in the sides of the tube, and machining a recess in the top of the interior of the tube.

Abstract: A magazine cutoff device for a firearm with a tube-type magazine, such as, e.g., semi-automatic shotgun. The cutoff device may be moveably mounted to accommodate at least two positions, on and off. The user may activate the cutoff, pull the bolt to the rear, eject a chambered shell, and lock the bolt to the rear while retaining any shells in the magazine.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide firearm receiver with ambidextrous features. Some of these features include a bolt-locking mechanism on a firearm receiver that is configured to allow an operator to clear jams while maintaining hold of a firing grip. The bolt-locking mechanism may include a linking mechanism configured to manipulate a bolt-catch device in response to activation of a magazine release button on a firearm receiver. Other features include an ambidextrous magazine release mechanism on a firearm receiver that is configured to allow an operator to release an inserted magazine while maintaining hold of a firing grip with either hand. The magazine release mechanism may include a linking mechanism configured to manipulate a magazine catch device in response to activation of either a right-handed magazine release button or a left-handed magazine release lever that pivots on an external fulcrum on a firearm receiver.

Abstract: A dynamic latch to selectively retain a magazine within the magazine port of a long gun. The dynamic latch permits the magazine to be inserted into the magazine port by movement in a single direction eliminating the need to rotate the magazine in order to secure it within the magazine port. The dynamic latch may include an outer housing, a piston positioned within the housing, and a spring positioned between the outer housing and the piston. A latch profile on the end of the piston may extend out of an opening in the end of a magazine well when the spring is in an uncompressed state.

Abstract: An improved magazine release latch and trigger guard combination which is operable by the shooter's trigger finger while holding the rifle stock in the same hand.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a firearm including a buttstock defining a first bore extending along a longitudinal axis and a receiver coupled to the buttstock. The receiver defines a second bore extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and in fluid communication with the first bore. The receiver also defines an ejection port transverse to the longitudinal axis. The firearm further includes a bolt carrier disposed in the second bore and movable relative to the receiver along the longitudinal axis between a firing position and a rearward position. The firearm also includes an expulsion device at least partially disposed in the buttstock for flowing air through the first and second bores and out the ejection port as the bolt carrier moves between the firing and rearward positions.

Abstract: Shotshell type ammunition includes a hull, a sabot disposed within the hull, and at least one projectile disposed within the sabot. The hull has a rimless first end that includes a primer for firing the ammunition. The hull also has a seat surface for seating the hull against a complementary seat surface in a firing chamber of a firearm. The seat surface is located a distance from an outer end surface of the hull at the rimless first end. The hull further includes an outer cylindrical side surface extending from the rimless first end of the hull to the seat surface of the hull. Methods of fabricating such ammunition includes forming such a hull, providing one or more projectiles within a sabot, and disposing the sabot with the one or more projectiles therein at least partially into the hull. Shotgun type firearms are configured for firing such ammunition.

Abstract: A firearm includes a barrel having first and second ends, and is adapted to fire a round of ammunition from the second end. A handgrip is operatively coupled to and extending in a downward direction relative to the barrel. An ammunition magazine is removably received within the handgrip. The magazine includes a front, a rear, and a pair of opposed side surfaces extending between the front and rear. A clip member includes at least an arm portion extending along the rear of the magazine. The arm portion of the clip member is adapted to allow the ammunition magazine to be temporarily attached to an object while outside of the magazine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gun (1) with a pair of barrels (6?, 6?) flanking each other, each delimiting a cartridge chamber (12?, 12?). The gun further comprises a pair of firing pin tips (8?, 8?) for a cartridge (10?, 10?), movable towards the cartridge chambers (12?, 12?) by means of a firing device operated by a trigger (4?, 4?); such device acts on the firing pin tips to allow a substantially simultaneous advancement thereof. The invention also relates to a two row magazine for a double barrelled gun.

Abstract: A handy time-saving finger-tip device facilitating more convenient release of an magazine-clip from a gun such as an AR-15 rifle, some of which magazine/release-buttons are configured with a statute-mandated recessed sub-button therein, heretofore requiring dexterous insertion of a separate pocket-carried cylindrical probe-tool. The notion hereof being to supplement actuation of the present awkwardly operating release-button, with a more convenient and reliable release device referred to as the MagMagnet™, which I set forth herein in two iterations. The first embodiment preferably being an index-finger stall adapted with an insertion-pin; while my second embodiment is a self-retaining version, which attaches directly into the existing magazine/release sub-button instead of being retained upon the shooter's index-finger.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a firearm including a buttstock defining a first bore extending along a longitudinal axis and a receiver coupled to the buttstock. The receiver defines a second bore extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and in fluid communication with the first bore. The receiver also defines an ejection port transverse to the longitudinal axis. The firearm further includes a bolt carrier disposed in the second bore and movable relative to the receiver along the longitudinal axis between a firing position and a rearward position. The firearm also includes an expulsion device at least partially disposed in the buttstock for flowing air through the first and second bores and out the ejection port as the bolt carrier moves between the firing and rearward positions.

Abstract: A magazine for a firearm may include a cavity that is shaped to prevent the tip of the bullets in the cartridges from contacting the magazine when the firearm recoils. The magazine may also be configured so that the cartridges in the magazine exit the cavity at least approximately in the center of the magazine. The magazine may be configured to include a biasing mechanism that pushes the cartridges upward in the cavity. The biasing mechanism may be configured to allow the magazine to be compact, simple, and reliable.

Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the design and operating mechanisms in a KRISS-type firearm, or a firearm employing a mobile mass. In one aspect, the invention is an improved cocking lever assembly comprising a main pin provided with a tenon (9) at one end (E), with a supporting compression spring (5), a cocking button (3), and a retention means (4), attached to a mobile mass (1). This assembly allows direct activation of the mobile mass (1) by the action of the operator's force on the cocking lever. Advantageously, this cocking lever assembly can be mounted indiscriminately on the right or the left of the mobile mass (1) and therefore of the firearm, according to the user's preference. This cocking lever assembly combines certain safety criteria with the option of ambidextrous use often preferred in modern firearms.

Abstract: The magazine well adapter of the present invention, and associated kits and devices, improves the firing rate and accuracy of AK-type firearms by converting the traditional magazine well into a push-button drop ejection device.

Abstract: A dynamic latch to selectively retain a magazine within the magazine port of a long gun. The dynamic latch permits the magazine to be inserted into the magazine port by movement in a single direction eliminating the need to rotate the magazine in order to secure it within the magazine port. The dynamic latch may include an outer housing, a piston positioned within the housing, and a spring positioned between the outer housing and the piston. A latch profile on the end of the piston may extend out of an opening in the end of a magazine well when the spring is in an uncompressed state.

Abstract: A magazine release device is affixed to a firearm and operable from either side of the firearm. The device includes a shaft extending between opposite sides of the lower receiver and movable longitudinally between an engaged and a disengaged orientation. A spring biases the shaft into the engaged orientation. A plate, affixed to one end of the shaft, includes an inwardly directed catch that engages with a magazine when the shaft is in the engaged orientation and disengages from the magazine when the shaft is moved to the disengaged orientation. A right hand actuation button is affixed to the shaft on the right side of the lower receiver and a left hand actuation button is affixed to the plate on the left side and each actuation button controls the shaft and plate between the disengaged orientation and the engaged orientation.

Abstract: A device for loading cartridges into a magazine comprising: a magazine housing; a bullet carrier comprising a cartridge support seat and a spring; and a rod that is inserted into an aperture in the bottom end of the magazine housing and through the middle of the spring. In one embodiment, the cartridge support seat comprising a viewing port and a trough that extends from the underside of the cartridge support seat and is situated adjacent to the viewing port and beneath the feed lips of the magazine housing, and the L-shaped end of the rod is inserted through the middle of the spring and onto the shelf of the trough. In an alternate embodiment, the cartridge support seat comprises a viewing port and a second aperture, and the L-shaped end of the rod is inserted through the middle of the spring, through the viewing port, and into the second aperture.

Abstract: A multi-caliber firearm has a breech sleeve connecting a barrel to a receiver and a stock. The stock includes a forward V-block and a rearward V-block. Each of the V-blocks defines a V-cut along a top portion and a through hole substantially aligned with the cross-sectional center of the V-block. The forward V-block extends through a cutout portion of the receiver and into the breech sleeve. The breech sleeve is fastened to the stock through the through hole in the forward V-block to provide a rigid connection between the stock and the breech sleeve. The receiver is fastened to the stock through the through hole in the rearward V-block to provide a rigid connection between the receiver and the stock.

Abstract: This presented invention relates to the ability of individual, firearms owners and representatives of the law enforcement, military and governmental entities to enhance the pointability and shootability of their firearms, there is provided a firearm accessory including a handgun, a body including at least one securer for readily securing said handgun to the firearm accessory, wherein the securer is selected from the group consisting of: a grip securer, a racker and a trigger guard securer.

Abstract: An ambidextrous magazine catch mechanism for a pistol includes a button in the pistol frame. The button has a W-shaped camming surface. A magazine has a catch aperture. A catch includes two upwardly disposed legs connected to one another. A first leg has a tooth to mate with the catch aperture. The first and second legs form a spring having an equilibrium position. When the first leg is pressed toward the second leg, an outward force on the first leg biases the catch toward the equilibrium position. The first leg has a W-shaped camming surface to mate with the camming surface of the button. The button has a neutral position, and a first and second depressed position. In the neutral position, the camming surface of the button mates with the camming surface of the first leg and the tooth is engaged in the aperture to secure the magazine.

Abstract: A rifle bedding block is a one-piece, unitary structure that incorporates an integral magazine aperture and an integral trigger guard. The unitary structure enhances rifle performance and makes the rifle more easily broken down and re-assembled when such is desired or required. An added advantage is that such a structure also eliminates any height differential relative to a magazine that is received within the integral magazine aperture and the height of the action.