Patent ID: 8397417
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. In a rifle construction comprising a stock and an action, the stock adapted to be joined to the action by screw-type fasteners, the action having a lower metal surface and the stock having an upper non-metal surface, the improvement comprising solid strips or pads of resilient material having an adhesive backing for securing said strips or pads to selected portions of the upper surface of said stock, said strips or pads providing a resilient mating interface between said action and said stock wherein said pads or strips are spaced apart from each other on said upper surface leaving gaps therebetween such that voids are created between the stock and the action; and wherein said screw-type fasteners each have a head, a distal end and a shank, the shanks being constructed so as to permit the fasteners to flex in directions normal to said shank in response to forces acting in directions normal to said shank so as to permit the action to seat in the stock without binding or cocking.