Walter J Makauskas from 6 Dogwood Dr, Waterbury, CT 06712, Phone: 2037585368

Convertible Shotgun
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US Patent:

46011234, Jul 22, 1986
Filed:

Jan 10, 1984
Appl. No.:

6/569748
Inventors:

Thomas F. Swearengen - Burton SC
Walter J. Makauskas - Prospect CT
Assignee:

O. F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. - North Haven CT
International Classification:

F41C 708
F41C 1708
F41C 2300
US Classification:

42 72
Abstract:

A sporting shotgun from which the stock and forearm have been removed is partially encapsulated within a clamshell housing assembly which includes a stock and pistol grip and which substantially alters the appearance of the shotgun. Projections within the housing assembly block a safety member on the gun in an inoperative position. A recoil beam attached to the receiver of the shotgun and contained with the butt end of the stock functions as a recoil absorber and also cooperates with a cup-shaped butt plate to retain the butt end portion of the housing in assembly. The trigger of the shotgun is encapsulated within the stock and connected by a trigger connecting assembly to an auxiliary trigger associated with the pistol grip.

Walter J Makauskas