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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Whg Properties, Llc, North Wales, PA (US);
William H. Geissele, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);
Cory Morris, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
WHG PROPERTIES, LLC, North Wales, PA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are extractors, bolt assemblies, firearms, and related methods, devices, and assemblies. A firearm extractor includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an axis defined between the first end and the second end, and a pivot portion between the first end and the second end. The extractor may include a notch defined at the inner side of the extractor at an axial location between the pivot portion and the first end that, in operation, engages a cartridge casing having a diameter greater than a casing of a 5.56 NATO cartridge or other platform-standard cartridge. A thickness of the extractor in at least one location defined at the axial location of the notch disposed radially inward of one or more lugs of a barrel or a barrel extension during cycling of the bolt may be greater than 0.019 inches.