U.S. patent number 3,638,344 [Application Number 04/857,637] was granted by the patent office on 1972-02-01 for rifle stock with a detachable spare magazine contained therein.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Steyr-Daimler-Puch Aktiengesellschaft. Invention is credited to Karl Wagner, Horst Wesp.
United States Patent |
3,638,344 |
Wagner , et al. |
February 1, 1972 |
RIFLE STOCK WITH A DETACHABLE SPARE MAGAZINE CONTAINED THEREIN
Abstract
The butt of the rifle is formed on its right-hand side with a
well, in which a drum-shaped spare magazine is removably
accommodated, which closes the well and conforms to the outside
surface of the butt on the right-hand side thereof. Detent means
are carried by said magazine and said butt and releasably hold said
magazine in position in said well. Said detent means comprise at
least one spring-loaded detent element which is carried by said
magazine and interlocks with said butt.
Inventors: |
Wagner; Karl (Steyr,
OE), Wesp; Horst (Steyr, OE) |
Assignee: |
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Aktiengesellschaft (Vienna, OE)
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Family
ID: |
3613997 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/857,637 |
Filed: |
September 10, 1969 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Sep 27, 1968 [OE] |
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A 9422/68 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
42/71.01;
42/6 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F41C
23/22 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
F41C
23/22 (20060101); F41C 23/00 (20060101); F41c
023/00 (); F41c 025/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;42/6,71,87,88,89 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Borchelt; Benjamin A.
Assistant Examiner: Jordan; C. T.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A rifle for use with a quickly detachable magazine, which rifle
comprises
1. a butt formed on its right-hand side with a well,
2. a drum-shaped spare magazine removably accommodated in and
closing said well and conforming to the outside surface of the butt
on the right-hand side thereof, and 3. detent means carried by said
magazine and said butt and releasably holding said magazine in
position in said well, said detent means comprising
a. a plurality of spring-loaded detent noses carried by said
magazine and interlocking with said butt,
b. detent recesses formed in said butt and disposed in said
well,
c. access recesses formed in the right-hand surface of said
butt,
d. said detent noses interlocking with said detent recesses and
being spring-urged into said detent recesses, and
e. finger bars laterally protruding into said access recesses and
operatively connected to said detent noses, the finger bars being
operable from the outside of said butt to force said detent noses
out of said detent recesses.
2. A rifle as set forth in claim 1, in which said butt comprises a
liner defining said well and formed with said detent recesses.
3. A rifle as set forth in claim 1, in which
said spring-urged noses, and bars are provided on opposite sides of
said magazine and
said detent recesses and access recesses are provided on opposite
sides of said well.
4. A rifle as set forth in claim 1, in which
said magazine is formed with a cartridge discharge opening and
contains a plurality of cartridges, one of which is nearest to said
cartridge discharge opening, and
said butt comprises a portion which bulges into said well and bears
on said one cartridge.
Description
This invention relates to a rifle which comprises a quickly
detachable magazine and a butt formed with a well for receiving a
spare magazine.
Rifles provided with quickly detachable magazines have the
advantage that is not necessary to load individual cartridges but
the empty magazine can be replaced in a single manner by a full
spare magazine.
A rifle is known in which the spare magazine can be inserted into a
well which is accessible from the rear end face of the butt and
which can be closed by a separate hinged plate. This design has the
disadvantage that the spare magazine is not sufficiently fixed in
the well in the butt and causes a disturbing rattling noise when
the rifle is being carried and moved. It is essential to avoid such
noise in a sporting rifle. The fact that the well is accessible
from the rear end face of the stock has also the disadvantage that
it is not possible to provide the butt with a cap of rubber or the
like elastic material although such cap is often desired and could
serve also as a recoil absorber. Finally, it is difficult to open
the hinged plate which closes the well and to pull out the spare
magazine out of the butt to the rear when this is required because
the rifleman can use only one hand for this purpose, the other hand
holding the rifle near its center of gravity. The same
disadvantages are inherent in another known rifle, in which the
well which is formed in the butt, accessible from the rear and
closed by a hinged plate receives a cartridge clip holding a
plurality of cartridges rather than a bar-shaped magazine.
It is an object of the invention to eliminate these disadvantages
and provide a rifle which comprises a quickly detachable magazine
and in which the insertion of the spare magazine into the recess
formed in the butt and the removal of the spare magazine from said
well are facilitated. Another object of the invention resides in
that the magazine is held in position in the well so that there
will be no disturbing noise. Finally, it should be possible to
provide the butt with an elastic butt cap, if desired, in spite of
the fact that the butt accommodates the spare magazine.
These objects are accomplished according to the invention in that
the well is formed in the butt on the right-hand side thereof and
is adapted to be closed by the drum-shaped magazine, which conforms
to the surface of the butt and which has a spring-loaded detent
device, by which it is held in position in the well. Because the
well is formed on the right-hand side of the butt, the rear end
face of the butt remains free for the provision of an elastic butt
cap. The provision of the well on that side of the butt facilitates
the manipulation because the rifle is held near its center of
gravity by the left hand, as a rule, so that the right-hand side of
the butt is within convenient reach of the right hand. The detent
device holds the magazine in position in the well formed in the
butt so that the magazine cannot generate rattling noise. Because
the detent device is carried by the magazine itself, it can easily
be actuated when the magazine is gripped by hand and there is no
need to provide any levers, springs or the like on the butt.
Because the magazine closes the well and conforms to the surface of
the butt, it is not necessary to provide a hinged plate, a cover or
the like and there is no disturbing protruding part. Another
advantage is due to the fact that the same detent device can be
used to hold the spare magazine in the well in the butt and to hold
the magazine in charging position adjacent to the breech of the
rifle.
In a development of the invention, the detent device consists of
noses, which are spring urged in an outward direction to enter
detent recesses formed in the well or in a well liner and adapted
to be forced back from the locking position by finer bars, which
laterally protrude into access recesses formed in the butt. Hence,
the finger bars can be engaged by the right hand so that these bars
are forced together whereby the noses are disengaged from the
detent recesses and the magazine can then be withdrawn from the
butt. During this operation, it is sufficient to hold the rifle
with the other hand in the usual position whereas that other hand
need not perform any actuation. The magazine cannot be
inadvertently pulled out of the butt because this would require an
exertion of oppositely directed pressures to the finger bars on
both sides. Such pressure can only be exerted if the finger bars
are directly engaged by hand.
Adjacent to the cartridge discharge opening of the magazine, a
bulge forcibly engaging the uppermost cartridge may be provided in
the well. As the magazine is inserted, the magazine spring is
slightly prestressed so that the magazine is held by force in the
well and is slightly urged out of the well when the detent device
has been released. This facilitates the withdrawal of the
magazine.
The subject matter of the invention is shown by way of example on
the drawing, in which
FIG. 1 is a side elevation showing the butt of a sporting rifle and
a spare magazine inserted in said butt.
FIG. 2 is on a larger scale a transverse sectional view taken on
line II--II of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is also on a larger scale a longitudinal sectional view
taken on line III--III in FIG. 2.
A butt 1 of a sporting rifle is provided with a butt cap 2 of
rubber. That cap serves also as a recoil absorber. The butt 1 is
also provided with a cheek 3 for engagement with the cheek of the
shooting rifleman. On the right-hand side of the butt, opposite to
the cheek, a well 4 is formed in the butt 1 and provided with a
liner 5. A spare magazine 6 can be accommodated in the well 4.
The magazine is provided with a detent device, which serves to hold
the magazine 6 in position in the well 4 and in another well, not
shown, which is formed in the stock of the rifle adjacent to the
breech. Two bars 7 are inserted in the drum-shaped magazine 6 on
opposite sides thereof and are biased outwardly by respective
springs 8 (FIG. 3). The forward end portion 9 of each bar 7
interlocks with an associated undercut portion formed by an oblique
bore 9 of the magazine. The rear portions 17 of the bars 7 are held
in a recess formed by a removable magazine end cover 10. Each bar 7
has at its forward end a nose 11 which under the action of the
spring 8 snaps into a detent recess 12 formed in the well liner 5.
The bars have finger bar portions 13, which are spaced behind the
noses 11 and laterally protrude to some extent into access recesses
14 formed in the butt.
When both finger bar portions 13 of the spare magazine 6 are
engaged by hand and these bar portions are forced together against
the force of the springs 8, the noses 11 will emerge from the
detent recesses 12 and the magazine can be laterally withdrawn from
the butt. All these operations can be performed with one hand.
In accordance with FIG. 2, the liner 5 forms a bulge 16, which is
disposed adjacent to the cartridge discharge opening 15 of the
magazine 6 and bears on the uppermost cartridge 18 of the inserted
magazine and forces that cartridge back to stress the magazine
spring, which is not shown. As a result, the magazine is forcibly
held in the well 4. Cartridge follower 19 feeds the cartridges
during shooting.
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