Firearm support devices and related methods
View Patent ↗A firearm support device includes a carriage movably coupled to a base structure. Movement of the carriage is restricted to a single axis of direction. The firearm support device may also include an attachment feature for mounting a portion of a firearm and a striker assembly for triggering a projectile. A firearm support device may include a carriage slidably coupled to rails of a base structure restricting movement of the carriage to a single axis of direction. The firearm support device may also include an attachment feature for mounting a firearm and a biasing feature coupled to the carriage and the base structure biasing the carriage in an initial position. A method of testing a firearm may include removing a barrel from a firearm, mounting the barrel to a support device, restricting the barrel to a single axis of movement, and firing a projectile with a firing pin.
1. A firearm support device comprising:
a base structure comprising:
at least two rails; and
a plurality of rail mounts coupled to and extending from a surface of the base structure, wherein each rail of the at least two rails is coupled to the base structure by at least two rail mounts of the plurality of rail mounts;
a carriage having a first surface positioned adjacent to the surface of the base structure and a second, opposing surface positioned relatively further away from the surface of the base structure than the first surface, the carriage comprising at least two bearing assemblies coupled to and extending from the second surface of the carriage, the at least two bearing assemblies slidably coupled to the at least two rails of the base structure, each of the at least two bearing assemblies slidably coupled to a rail of the at least two rails to restrict movement of the carriage to a single axis of direction relative to the base structure, wherein the carriage is positioned between the at least two rails and the base structure, and wherein the carriage is further positioned between the at least two bearing assemblies and the base structure;
an attachment feature coupled to and extending from the second surface of the carriage for mounting at least a portion of a firearm to the carriage, wherein the attachment feature is positioned on the carriage to fix a longitudinal axis of a barrel of a firearm mounted thereto parallel with and between longitudinal axes of each of the at least two rails; and
a biasing feature biasing the carriage in a first position relative to the base structure, the biasing feature coupled to the carriage and to the base assembly;
a striker assembly for triggering a projectile loaded into a portion of a firearm; and
a striker holder coupled directly to the carriage and configured to cooperatively receive a portion of a housing of the striker assembly within the striker holder and position the striker assembly relative to the attachment feature.
2. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the striker assembly comprises a housing, a firing pin, and a triggering element, the triggering element configured to displace the firing pin into contact with a projectile loaded in the portion of a firearm.
3. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the firing pin and the triggering element of the striker assembly are configured to displace along the single axis of direction.
4. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the striker holder comprises a hole to receive a portion of a firearm.
5. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the attachment feature comprises a clamp for receiving a portion of a firearm.
6. The firearm support device of claim 5 , wherein the clamp comprises a deformable clamp having a recess and a flexible bushing disposed in the recess for receiving at least one of a barrel of a firearm and an action of a firearm.
7. The firearm support device of claim 6 , further comprising a flash tube coupled to the at least one of the carriage and the base structure, the flash tube at least partially surrounding a portion of the at least one of a barrel of a firearm and an action of a firearm.
8. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the base structure includes a plurality of holes configured to receive a plurality of fasteners to secure the base structure to a support structure.
9. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the attachment feature comprises a clamp coupled to the carriage, the clamp having a semicircular shape to extend around a portion of a firearm.
10. The firearm support device of claim 9 , wherein the clamp is configured to extend around a forend of a firearm.
11. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the firearm support device is configured to couple to the at least a portion of a firearm at only one location.
12. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the striker holder is configured to position a firing pin of the striker assembly adjacent to a portion of a firearm.
13. The firearm support device of claim 1 , wherein the attachment feature comprises a mount coupled to the carriage, the mount sized and configured to receive an accessory rail of a firearm.
14. A method of testing a firearm, the method comprising:
removing a barrel from a firearm;
mounting the barrel to the carriage of the firearm support device of claim 1 ;
restricting the barrel to a single axis of movement; and
firing a projectile from the barrel of the firearm with the striker assembly.