Firearm and chassis system

摘要

A chassis system and firearm including a chassis having a forward end terminating in a barrel support member, a rearward end, and a cavity defined by the chassis intermediate the forward end and the rearward end. A receiver with attached barrel is received in the cavity, and the barrel is received in the barrel support member. A handguard including a rearward end having a split therein and movable between a normally expanded configuration and a contracted configuration is carried over and encircling the barrel. The rearward end is slidably received over the barrel support member in the expanded configuration and securely engaged to the barrel support member in the contracted configuration.

主权项

1. A chassis system for use on a firearm having a barrel extending from a receiver with an attached trigger assembly, the chassis system comprising:
a chassis including a forward end terminating in a barrel support member, a rearward end, and an open top accessing a cavity defined by the chassis intermediate the forward end and the rearward end for receiving a receiver with attached trigger assembly therein, the open top extending to and including the barrel support member, with a portion at a rearward end of a barrel receivable by the barrel support member through the open top at the barrel support member; and a handguard positionable over and completely encircling the barrel without contacting the barrel and in a free floating arrangement, the handguard including a rearward end, the rearward end received over and attached directly to the barrel support member.