Patent ID: 7926216
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: F41C

Abstract:
1. A recoil suppression system comprising: a recoil absorption assembly having an elongated body portion with a forward end and a rearward end with a generally flat mounting plate having an outer periphery, the mounting plate disposed transversely to the elongated body portion at the rearward end thereof, the elongated body having a cavity formed therein, the cavity being open at the rearward end of the elongated body portion, the mounting plate having a rearward projecting flange located within the outer periphery of the mounting plate, the recoil absorption assembly being received in a cavity formed within a firearm stock when the mounting plate is mounted on a rear end of the firearm stock; a recoil housing having a rearward end, a forward end, and having a recoil plate at the rearward end with a forward projecting flange having an outer periphery, the forward projecting flange being at a periphery of the recoil plate, the recoil plate and forward projecting flange forming a cavity closed at the rearward end of the recoil housing and shaped similarly to the mounting plate and its rearward projecting flange, a piston ram member projecting forwardly from and being normal to the recoil plate, the piston ram member being receivable in the cavity of the elongated body portion and slidingly attached to the recoil absorption assembly for reciprocal movement in the cavity, the rearward projecting flange being received in the recoil housing cavity when the piston ram is attached to the recoil absorption assembly; and a recoil reduction means configured to oppose the movement of the piston ram into the cavity of the elongated body, wherein the recoil suppression system is configured to be received by the stock of a firearm, and wherein at least a portion of the outer periphery of the mounting plate is larger than the outer periphery of the forward projecting flange.