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This work presents a recently-patented mechanical buffer design to reduce bolt carrier bounce in the M4 and M16 rifles. The buffer includes a main outer spring to store the energy in a rearward-traveling bolt carrier and a nested spring coupled to a mass to counter the rebound or “bounce” resulting in the impact of a forward-traveling bolt carrier. A dynamic model of the mechanical buffer is included to demonstrate bolt bounce and the mechanical buffer concept.
Keywords: Mechanical buffer, bolt bounce, spring-mass system, M4 carbine, M16 rifle
Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering
Title: Reducing Rifle Bolt Carrier Bounce
Volume: 3 Issue: 2
Author(s): Kevin Russell
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Keywords: Mechanical buffer, bolt bounce, spring-mass system, M4 carbine, M16 rifle
Abstract: This work presents a recently-patented mechanical buffer design to reduce bolt carrier bounce in the M4 and M16 rifles. The buffer includes a main outer spring to store the energy in a rearward-traveling bolt carrier and a nested spring coupled to a mass to counter the rebound or “bounce” resulting in the impact of a forward-traveling bolt carrier. A dynamic model of the mechanical buffer is included to demonstrate bolt bounce and the mechanical buffer concept.
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Russell Kevin, Reducing Rifle Bolt Carrier Bounce, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering 2010; 3 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2212797611003020140
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2212797611003020140 |
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