Patent ID: 6318015
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A combination of a weapon barrel and a holder assembly for supporting a collimator of a field adjusting device on said weapon barrel; said weapon barrel having a barrel axis and a muzzle; said holder assembly comprising(a) a holder sled having(1) an underface;(2) a dovetail guide provided in said underface; said dovetail guide having(i) a length;(ii) a front;(iii) a rear; said front and said rear bounding said length; and(iv) lateral guide faces converging toward one another; and(3) a first groove provided in said underface and extending transversely to said length;(b) a dovetail receiver block affixed to said weapon barrel in a region of said muzzle; said dovetail receiver block having lateral guide faces converging toward one another;(c) means affixed to said weapon barrel for defining a second groove extending transversely to said barrel axis; said holder sled being removably mountable on said weapon barrel by sliding said dovetail guide onto said dovetail receiver in a direction parallel to said barrel axis until an installed state of said holder sled is reached; in the installed state the lateral guide faces of said dovetail guide and the lateral guide faces of said dovetail receiver block are in a wedging relationship and said first and second grooves are in alignment with one another to form a passage; and(d) a wedge block insertable into said passage and having converging sides for urging said holder sled into said installed state and for axially immobilizing said holder sled on said weapon barrel.