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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2024
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., Southport, CT (US);
Benjamin Keyes Parker, Stokesdale, NC (US);
Abstract
A firearm with side-mounted charging handle includes a longitudinal axis, a receiver, a barrel, and a bolt carrier assembly movably disposed in the receiver. The bolt carrier assembly includes a bolt carrier and a bolt disposed at least partially therein. A charging handle comprises a mounting pin member passing transversely through the bolt carrier between first and second lateral sides thereof, and a grasping member projecting transversely outwards from the first lateral side of the bolt carrier for manually cycling the bolt carrier assembly from a forward closed breech position to the rearward open breech position. A firing pin is disposed in bolt for axial movement to strike a chambered cartridge to discharge the firearm. The charging handle mounting pin member is configured to cooperate with and retain the firing pin in the bolt carrier to block withdrawal of the firing pin from the bolt carrier assembly.