Patent ID: 8302340
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A bolt action for a firearm having a barrel with a bore therein comprising: a receiver body having a forward and a rear aperture connected by a central bore therethrough, and a loading port in communication with said central bore for accepting a cartridge, and having a plurality of forward and rear conical seat surfaces proximate said forward and rear apertures; a bolt body having a forward and a rear end, a plurality of locking lugs disposed on the forward end thereof for engaging said forward conical surfaces of said receiver body and having a plurality of splines extending radially outwardly from the rear end thereof; a floating bolt handle for engaging said rear conical surfaces of said receiver body when said handle is rotated, said bolt handle having a central aperture with a plurality of grooves therein for engaging said plurality of splines of said receiver body; and a conical disk spring and a bolt handle clutch disposed between said conical disk spring and said bolt handle for pressurizing said bolt handle as said handle is rotated to a closed position, thereby centering said bolt body in said receiver body as said forward and rear conical seat surfaces are engaged by said bolt body.