ADJUSTABLE FREE-FLOAT FOREND/HANDGUARD MOUNTING ASSEMBLY

摘要

An adjustable free-float forend/handguard mounting assembly for a small arms weapon, for attaching a forend/handguard to the small arms weapon. The assembly includes a barrel nut having internal female threads at a forward end and internal female threads at an opposite rearward end and having a plurality of radial utility holes. The assembly further includes a jam ring having internal cylindrical surfaces and having a plurality of threaded radial mounting holes, a washer, and a jam bolt having a hollow cylindrical body with a rearwardly extending externally male threaded portion and a forward external collar portion. The jam ring is rotatingly supported on its internal cylindrical surfaces for free rotation about the male threaded portion and the forward external collar portion of the jam bolt. The washer and the jam ring have similar internal diameters and are each similarly mounted on the jam bolt. The rearwardly extending externally male threaded portion of the jam bolt is adapted to engage with the internal female threads at the forward end of the barrel nut.

主权项

1. An adjustable free-float forend/handguard mounting assembly for a small arms weapon, for attaching a forend/handguard to the small arms weapon, comprising:
a barrel nut having internal female threads at a forward end and internal female threads at an opposite rearward end and having a plurality of radial utility holes; a jam ring having internal cylindrical surfaces and having a plurality of radial mounting holes; and a jam bolt having a hollow cylindrical body with a rearwardly extending externally male threaded portion and a forward external collar portion, wherein the jam ring is rotatingly supported on its internal cylindrical surfaces for free rotation about the male threaded portion and the forward external collar portion of the jam bolt, wherein the jam ring is mounted on the jam bolt, and wherein the rearwardly extending externally male threaded portion of the jam bolt is adapted to engage with the internal female threads at the forward end of the barrel nut.