Patent ID: 7627974
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A bolt and extractor assembly for a firearm comprising: (a) a bridged extractor spring which consists of two helical coils and a connecting bridge wire; (b) a bolt having a firing pin bore disposed in said bolt along a longitudinal axis; an opening in said bolt for receiving an extractor; a pair of spring wells that are disposed around said firing pin bore and a pocket that connects said pair of spring wells; an extractor that resides within said opening in said bolt and said extractor having a proximal end and a distal end, said extractor being pivotably coupled to said bolt; and a firing pin reciprocally carried in said firing pin bore; (c) said bridged extractor spring being positioned within said pair of spring wells and said pocket connecting said pair of spring wells, and whereby (d) said bridged extractor spring straddles the firing pin and biases said distal end of said extractor towards said bolt face.