PRECISION BOLT ACTION SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE

摘要

A rifle has a receiver, a cartridge chamber connected to the receiver, and a bolt slideable longitudinally in the receiver, the bolt is engageable with a cartridge in the chamber. A bolt carrier is slideable longitudinally in the receiver to move the bolt into and out of engagement with a cartridge in the cartridge chamber, and a bolt handle is connected to the bolt carrier. The bolt handle is positionable in a manual position extending from one side of the rifle to permit manual firing of the rifle and in a semiautomatic position about 180 degrees different from the manual position and extending from the other side of the rifle to permit semiautomatic firing of the rifle. The position of the bolt carrier may be changed between the manual and semiautomatic positions without removing the bolt carrier from the rifle.

主权项

1. A rifle comprising:
a receiver; a cartridge chamber connected to the receiver; a bolt slideable longitudinally in the receiver, the bolt being engageable with a cartridge in the cartridge chamber during firing of the cartridge; and a bolt carrier slideable longitudinally in the receiver to move the bolt into and out of engagement with a cartridge in the cartridge chamber, the bolt carrier being positionable between a manual position in which the bolt carrier is locked with respect to the receiver to prevent the bolt from moving rearward immediately after firing of the cartridge except by manual action of the user to move the bolt carrier and bolt rearward, and a semiautomatic position in which the bolt carrier is unlocked with respect to the receiver to enable the bolt carrier and bolt automatically to slide longitudinally with respect to the receiver immediately after firing of the cartridge.