Patent ID: 7162823

Claim:
A firearm, comprising: a barrel; a receiver operably connected to said barrel; a stock; a first connector connected to one of said receiver and said stock; a second connector connected to the other one of said receiver and said stock; and a locking member extending generally transverse to a long axis of said firearm, wherein said first and second connectors connect said receiver to said stock by a dovetail locking arrangement, and said locking member secures said first connector relative to said second connector, said first connector comprises an engagement lug having a generally transverse recess, said engagement lug forming a part of said dovetail locking arrangement, said second connector comprises a dovetail recess adapted to receive said engagement lug and forming part of said dovetail locking arrangement, and a generally transverse receiving aperture extending through said second connector, wherein said locking member is adapted to be received in said receiving aperture, and said firearm is in an assembled state when said engagement lug is disposed within said dovetail recess and said locking member is received in said receiving aperture and abuts said generally transverse recess of said engagement lug.