Receiver for firearm

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1999-10-13

2001-04-10

Carone, Michael J. (Department: 3641)

Firearms

Stock or barrel connectors

Receiver to stock

Reexamination Certificate

active

06212814

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to apparatus for removing the magazine well from a semi-automatic weapon and providing the weapon with a single shot loading capability.
Semi-automatic firearms capable of firing a large number of rounds in a short period of time are readily available at affordable prices to the general public. Misuse of these rapid fire weapons, however, is of growing concern, particularly among law enforcement people. Most semi-automatic weapons can accept magazines holding twenty or more rounds, thus providing law breakers, terrorists and the like with unprecedented firepower. Attempts are presently being made to make the use of detachable magazines in association with this type of weapon illegal.
Many of these semi-automatic weapons are sold to sportsmen for hunting or target shooting purposes and accordingly there is no need for a large detachable magazine. No one to date, however, has attempted to remove the magazine well from a semi automatic weapon and allow for single shot operation of these potentially dangerous weapons.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to eliminate the magazine well of a semi-automatic weapon and make it impractical to reconvert the weapon to accept a a detachable magazine.
It is a further object of the present invention to eliminate the high capacity firepower of a semi-automatic weapon.
A still further object of the present invention is to eliminate magazine feeding of a semi-automatic weapon and replace it with manual reloading capability, without adversely effecting the automatic ejection operation of the weapon.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a retrofit unit for an automatic weapon which converts the weapon to single shot use.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an apparatus that can be easily installed into the receiver of an existing semi-automatic weapon that will eliminate the magazine well and limit the receiver to single shot use.
These and other objects of the present invention are attained by apparatus for retrofitting a semi-automatic weapon of the type equipped with a detachable magazine for bringing cartridges one at a time into the receiver of the weapon where the cartridges are fed into the barrel chamber by a bolt. The receiver of most automatic weapons includes an upper section that is a permanent part of the weapon and a lower section that is adapted to receive the magazine and which can be removed from the weapon.
One form of the invention involves a replacement for the removable lower receiver section of the weapon that converts the weapon from a semi-automatic weapon to a hand loaded single shot weapon suitable for use as a target rifle or for varmint hunting where a single shot is all that is generally required. A second form of the invention involves a magazine that can be permanently secured in the magazine of the weapon. The magazine is equipped with apparatus for converting the weapon from a magazine weapon to a single shot weapon.


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