Ordnance – Automatic – Convertible gun operation
Patent
1993-08-20
1997-09-02
Carone, Michael J.
Ordnance
Automatic
Convertible gun operation
42 6902, 89139, F41A 1932
Patent
active
056635222
ABSTRACT:
The M60 semi-automatic rifle (SAR) is a near clone of the U.S. military M60 machinegun, except the rifle is a modified version of the military gun. The M60 semi-automatic rifle differs functionally because it fires a single round with each pull of the trigger and fires with a closed bolt as opposed to multiple rounds fired with each pull of the trigger and firing from an open bolt of the M60 machinegun. Unique to the M60 SAR is a sear and interupter that travels with the bolt and is readily removable as an assembly, a firing pin that will indent the primer without operating rod assistance, and a design that has the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms approval for sale to Class 1 licensed dealers. The M60 semi-automatic rifle allows the military arms collector to have a functional near clone of the military machinegun without the expense and nuisance of registering a fully automatic machinegun.
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