Patent ID: 8539706
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A recoil reducing firearm system comprising: a frame adapted to be held by a user; a barrel coupled to the frame; a slide slidably received on the barrel and adapted for rearward movement in response to firing; a full-time spring operable for abating recoil during the entire rearward movement of the slide including primary and secondary portions of the rearward movement; and a recoil reducer including a housing with a part-time spring within the housing, the part-time spring operable for abating recoil during the primary portion of the rearward movement, the recoil reducer also including a pendulum coupled to the slide for linear and rotational movement, the pendulum being operable to initiate operation and compression of the part-time spring in response to movement of the slide during the primary portion of the rearward movement of the slide, the pendulum also operable in response to movement of the slide between the primary and secondary portions of the rearward movement to terminate operation of the part-time spring, the recoil reducer also including a piston operatively coupling the pendulum and the part-time spring when the slide moves during the primary portion of the rearward movement of the slide, and the recoil reducer also including projections in the housing and upper and lower raceways in the pendulum slidably receiving the projections for coupling the slide with the part-time spring.