Patent ID: 6820533
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
An improved bolt action rifle comprising, in combination:a stock; a receiver mounted in said stock; a trigger assembly mounted in said receiver; a receiver ring located at a forward end of said receiver; a barrel located at a forward end of said receiver ring; a bolt enclosed within said receiver and said receiver ring and adapted to travel forward and rearward within said receiver and said receiver ring; wherein said bolt further comprises an inner bolt sleeve and an outer bolt sleeve surrounding said inner bolt sleeve; at least one locking lug slot located within said inner bolt sleeve; wherein said locking lug slot is concave; at least one locking lug having an upper portion and a lower projection wherein said upper portion is dimensioned to be retained within a cavity in said outer bolt sleeve and wherein said lower projection is dimensioned to be mounted within said locking lug slot; wherein said lower projection is convex; wherein said lower projection has a dovetail shape when viewed in cross-section from an end thereof and wherein said locking lug slot has a mating dovetail shape when viewed in cross-section from an end thereof; and wherein said upper portion is dimensioned to contact a mating recessed area within said receiver ring during axial movement of said inner bolt sleeve relative to said outer bolt sleeve.