Patent ID: 6209249
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A bolt for a bolt action firearm, the firearm having a bolt runway, the bolt runway having a diameter and including a number of locking lug channels, said bolt comprising:a front portion having a plurality of locking lugs corresponding to the number of locking lug channels, each of the number of locking lugs having a width, and a front boss having a plurality of raised sections corresponding to the number of locking lugs, each of said plurality of raised sections having a width and being axially aligned with each of said plurality of locking lugs, said front portion further having a major diameter defined by said plurality of raised sections, and a minor diameter corresponding to said front boss between said raised sections;a rear portion having a bolt handle and a rear boss, said rear boss encircling said bolt and having a diameter; anda central portion extending between said front portion and said rear portion, said central portion having a diameter smaller than the major diameter of said front boss and the diameter of the rear boss, wherein the diameter of the rear boss is equal to the major diameter of the front boss.