Patent ID: 9134081
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. An adjustable guide rod assembly for adjusting a tensile force on a spring internal to a pistol, the guide rod assembly comprising: an elongated guide member, the guide member being disposed to at least partially pass through a firearm guide channel, the guide member comprising a proximal end, the proximal end being disposed to abut against a guide channel proximal end, the guide member further comprising a distal end, the distal end being disposed to at least partially protrude from a guide channel distal end, the guide member further comprising a disc-shaped flange; a spring, the spring comprising a central channel with a portion of the guide member passing through, the spring disposed in a lateral-restraining relationship with the guide member, the spring abutting the flange, wherein the distal end is turnable by hand to adjust a distance between the distal end and the flange thus altering a length of the spring and the tensile force on the spring; wherein the spring is operable to transfer a tension to a firearm slide member, the tension being operable to help minimize lateral movement of the firearm slide member, wherein rotatable engaging the guide member with the spring adjusts a length that the distal end distends forward of the guide channel; wherein a recoil of the firearm during discharge of a projectile is at least partially minimized; and wherein a velocity of a projectile discharged from a firearm projectile chamber is increased with alteration of the length of the spring.