Abstract: A gun butt for attachment to the stock of a firearm is disclosed. It includes a plate member to be secured to the firearm stock and a recoil pad including a base portion with means for adjustably securing the base portion to the plate member about several axes so as to provide a wide range of adjustment for the user of the firearm.

Abstract: A pneumatic recoil reduction device for a shotgun. The device, fitted into a cavity in the butt end of a shotgun, has an air cylinder equipped with a valved hole, or port, which is located in the end of the air cylinder, closest to the butt end of the shotgun. This permits adjusting the pressure in the air cylinder from the rear without disassemblying the butt stock.

Abstract: A recoil shock absorbing cushion for attachment to a gun stock makes use of a jacket of yieldable material having a chamber in which is lodged a shock absorbing filler. The chamber has an opening which faces the gun stock. A plate covers the opening and has its side edges bonded to complementary edges of the opening. Screws are employed to fasten the pad to the end of the gun stock.

Abstract: A firearm employs a gun recoil apparatus wherein the comb portion of the stock is fixed relative to a butt end plate. The stock includes a base portion movable with respect to the comb portion. The base portion has at least one guide bore therein which extends longitudinally with respect to the base portion. The butt end plate includes at least one guide rod affixed thereto which is received and slidable within the guide bore. Means are included for fixedly securing the comb portion of the stock to the guide rod whereby the base portion can, upon firing, move relative to the comb portion and butt end plate. Means are provided for adjusting the height of the comb portion above the base portion.

Abstract: A protective covering device for rifles includes an integral fiber cloth sheet elastic nature shaped to fit the wooden portion of a rifle; each opposite longitudinal edge of the fiber sheet being applied with adhesive agent and sewn together to constitute a covering body with a single waterproof seam formed thereat; a fastening device longitudinally provided in an opening located in the middle of one side of the covering body; and a butt piece of soft material closely connected with the lower end of the covering body, so that the structure of the protective covering device provides effective protection for the wooden portions of a rifle.

Abstract: A sporting shotgun from which the stock and forearm have been removed is partially encapsulated within a clamshell housing assembly which includes a stock and pistol grip and which substantially alters the appearance of the shotgun. Projections within the housing assembly block a safety member on the gun in an inoperative position. A recoil beam attached to the receiver of the shotgun and contained with the butt end of the stock functions as a recoil absorber and also cooperates with a cup-shaped butt plate to retain the butt end portion of the housing in assembly. The trigger of the shotgun is encapsulated within the stock and connected by a trigger connecting assembly to an auxiliary trigger associated with the pistol grip.

Abstract: An adjustable shoulder pad for use on the end of the stock of a rifle or shotgun, containing a number of generally parallel, elongate slots of essentially consistent size and configuration, extending from side to side through the pad. These slots define a number of struts that angle downwardly at a compound angle, that is, slots that are in an angular relationship to each of two planes that are orthogonally disposed. One of such planes is the one in which the bullet or shot is to travel, whereas the other plane extends laterally away from the shooter. The struts defined by these slots tend to bend and buckle somewhat at the time the shooter places my adjustable shoulder pad against a designated shoulder, so as to cause the pad to conform to the configuration of his shoulder. Further tendency of the struts to buckle is encountered at the time the gun is fired.

Abstract: A buttstock (32) for a rifle with a lower receiver extension (20) has a shell (36) of high impact plastic and a molded foam core (52) which defines a stowage compartment (62). The shell includes a longitudinally extending web (48) of semi-circular cross-section which together with the inner periphery of the upper portion shell defines a cylindrical volume (50) for receiving the receiver extension. The web serves to more evenly distribute impact loads to the lower receiver (12) of the rifle when the rifle is impacted through the buttstock, generally strengthens the buttstock and facilitates the flow of core material during the molding process.

Abstract: An assault rifle is converted from an original to a modified configuration having a remote trigger located forwardly of the magazine by mounting a remote forward trigger to the original rifle by means of a pair of shroud pieces which cradle the rifle's receiver, replacing the original removable trigger of the assault rifle with a replacement lever, providing a cam element movable within cam guides defined in the shroud pieces and connecting the cam element to the remote forward trigger so as to move the cam into engagement with the replacement lever upon actuation of the remote forward trigger. The parts required for conversion are readily detachable from the rifle to thereby return the weapon to its original configuration.

Abstract: A recoil reducer for a shoulder firearm including a main piston that moves axially in a cylinder disposed in a cavity in the firearm stock to intersect the butt of the firearm, the main piston being connected via a piston rod to a plate that supports a shoulder pad spaced rearwardly of the butt such that major portions of the firearm can move rearwardly when the firearm is discharged. The main piston has an aperture formed therethrough, said aperture having a frusto-conical portion and a threaded portion to receive corresponding threaded and frusto-conical portions of the piston rod.

Abstract: Means for protecting non-metallic and decorative metallic portions of a long gun are disclosed. The means comprises a flexible cover having an elastic portion, fastening means and an opening for the functional mechanism, and permits the gun to be used with the cover in place.

Abstract: A gun having a forend at the underside of the barrel including a body of elastomeric material with outer surfaces deformable to cushion a user's contact therewith and preferably containing a reinforcing material stiffer than the elastomeric material desirably taking the form of a U-shaped reinforcing element which is clamped and retained between a fastener and the barrel of the gun to secure the forend to the barrel.

Abstract: A recoil absorber and redirector mechanism for a shoulder held gun stock which reduces the effects of recoil by causing one of two normally aligned members mounted on the butt end of a gun stock to move laterally of the other under recoil thereby redirecting the forces of recoil with the movable member resiliently absorbing most of the recoil energy which is later used to reset the mechanism to its normal inactive position.

Abstract: A gun having a pistol type handle with a trigger at the front of the handle and a grip safety at the back of the handle mounted for limited pivotal movement and acting to prevent actuation of the trigger except when the grip safety is squeezed forwardly, and with the back surface of the grip safety being formed as a layer of cushioning material for contacting the user's hand.

Abstract: A piston grip including a body formed at least partially from elastomeric material and having two side portions to be received at opposite sides of a revolver handle, and a cross strap portion connected permanently to the side portions at rear edges thereof to extend across the back of the pistol handle. The side portions may have flanges projecting inwardly from their forward edges to be received in front of the piston handle. Relatively stiff reinforcing elements are provided in the side portions of the body, and flexible reinforcing fabric or other material is provided in the cross strap portion.

Abstract: The cover comprises a flexible pad which covers the comb of the gun stock and depends along both sides thereof, and is attached to the gun stock by quick connect-disconnect means. In one embodiment spacer means are affixed to the underside of the pad and positioned on top of the comb to adjust its height. In another embodiment the underside of the pad is bonded to a layer of flexible material which is smoother than the outside of the pad material and which slides easily on the gun stock. The separable fastener elements carried by the pad are yieldably attached thereto so that in recoil the gun stock slides within the pad and the gunner's cheek is not abraded thereby.

Abstract: A protective covering device for .[.rifles.]. .Iadd.long barreled firearms .Iaddend.includes an integral fiber cloth sheet elastic nature shaped to fit the wooden portion of a rifle; each opposite longitudinal edge of the fiber sheet being applied with adhesive agent and sewn together to constitute a covering body with a single waterproof seam formed thereat; a fastening device longitudinally provided in an opening located in the middle of one side of the covering body; and a butt piece of soft material closely connected with the lower end of the covering body, so that the structure of the protective covering device provides effective protection for the wooden portions of .[.a rifle.]. .Iadd.said firearm.Iaddend..