Firearm Configuration For Reducing Recoil

摘要

Disclosed is a firearm configuration for a handgun. The firearm configuration is designed to reduce the recoil forces encountered by a user upon firing the weapon. Recoil forces are reduced by lowering the firearm's center of mass and by aligning a recoiling mass with the user's arm and trigger finger. The various detail of the present disclosure, and the manner in which they interrelate, will be described in greater detail hereinafter.

主权项

1. A firearm configuration (10) for reducing recoil forces encountered by the user of a firearm (12), the firearm configuration (10) being triggered by the user's trigger finger, the firearm configuration comprising:
an upper housing (14), the upper housing including a barrel (16) and a firing assembly (18) arranged along a first axis (24), the upper housing (14) having a recoil mass (22) with an opening; a lower housing (26) slidably interconnected to the upper housing (14), a trigger (28) and trigger assembly (32) positioned within the lower housing (26), the trigger assembly (32) being interconnected to the firing assembly (18), the trigger assembly (32) being used to selectively actuate the firing assembly (18) and fire the firearm (12), the lower housing (26) further including a guide rod (42) and recoil spring (44) extending through the opening in the recoil mass (22) and arranged upon a third axis (46) below and parallel to the first axis (24), the recoil mass (22) adapted for linear movement along the recoil rod (42) continuously parallel to the first axis (24) and in alignment with the trigger (28); wherein after firing the firearm (12), the upper housing (14) slides back with respect to the lower housing (26) and the recoil mass (22) slides along the guide rod (42) thereby compressing the recoil spring (44), and wherein the recoil of the firearm (12) is reduced by positioning the recoil mass (22) substantially in line with the user's trigger finger or arm.