Patent ID: 6574898
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
A firearm frame and barrel assembly comprising; a frame member having a forwardly open threaded bore, a barrel shroud member having a shroud bore therethrough and an axially elongated barrel sleeve threadably engaged in assembly with said frame member within said threaded bore and having an axially forwardly projecting portion extending from said frame member and into said shroud bore, said barrel sleeve having a rifled bore extending in an axial direction therethrough and including rifling grooves, said barrel sleeve having a muzzle portion disposed within and complementing a forward end portion of said shroud bore and terminated by a generally radially disposed and forwardly facing substantially smooth uninterrupted annular muzzle surface surrounding a muzzle end of said rifled bore, said axially forwardly projecting portion being disposed along its entire axial length within said barrel shroud member, and retaining means concealed within said shroud bore for securing said barrel shroud member in assembly with said barrel sleeve and said frame member when said barrel sleeve is threadably engaged in assembly with said frame member.