EP0437675A3 - Grooves for a gun barrel - Google Patents

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EP0437675A3
EP0437675A3 EP19900118945 EP90118945A EP0437675A3 EP 0437675 A3 EP0437675 A3 EP 0437675A3 EP 19900118945 EP19900118945 EP 19900118945 EP 90118945 A EP90118945 A EP 90118945A EP 0437675 A3 EP0437675 A3 EP 0437675A3
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grooves
gun barrel
gun
barrel
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Herbert Dr. Krumm
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Rheinmetall Industrie AG
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A21/00—Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
    • F41A21/16—Barrels or gun tubes characterised by the shape of the bore
    • F41A21/18—Grooves-Rifling

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EP90118945A 1990-01-17 1990-10-04 Grooves for a gun barrel Expired - Lifetime EP0437675B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4001130A DE4001130A1 (en) 1990-01-17 1990-01-17 ARM TUBE WITH OPTIMIZED SWIRL
DE4001130 1990-01-17

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EP0437675A2 EP0437675A2 (en) 1991-07-24
EP0437675A3 true EP0437675A3 (en) 1992-05-06
EP0437675B1 EP0437675B1 (en) 1995-01-11

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EP90118945A Expired - Lifetime EP0437675B1 (en) 1990-01-17 1990-10-04 Grooves for a gun barrel

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EP (1) EP0437675B1 (en)
DE (2) DE4001130A1 (en)

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DE4200171C2 (en) * 1992-01-07 2001-07-26 Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh Gun barrel
US5661255A (en) * 1995-11-07 1997-08-26 Briley Manufacturing Co. Weapons barrel stabilizer
US5765303A (en) * 1996-09-30 1998-06-16 Rudkin, Jr.; Henry A. Barrels for firearms and methods for manufacturing the same
DE19729294A1 (en) 1997-07-09 1999-01-14 Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh Gun barrel
DE19837534C2 (en) * 1998-08-19 2001-07-26 Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh Process for producing a large-caliber barrel weapon
US20070258783A1 (en) * 2006-05-02 2007-11-08 Bartlein Tracy M Method and apparatus for rifling a firearm barrel
US7802393B2 (en) * 2007-07-02 2010-09-28 Sjs Paintball, Lp Soft-projectile gun barrel and method for making same
KR20120088306A (en) 2011-01-31 2012-08-08 국방과학연구소 Rifling angle calculating method
US9212860B2 (en) 2013-02-28 2015-12-15 Daniel Kunau Firearm rifling
US10883785B1 (en) 2019-09-13 2021-01-05 U.S. Government As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Gun barrel equipped with alternating variable pitch rifling

Citations (5)

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GB127849A (en) * 1917-05-29 1919-06-19 Charles Wilfrid Harrison An Improvement in the Rifling of Cannon, Howitzers and other Weapons.
US3496667A (en) * 1968-01-04 1970-02-24 Olin Mathieson Choked shotgun with rifled barrel
US3616562A (en) * 1968-03-21 1971-11-02 Burgsmueller Karl Gun-barrel rifling
GB1323593A (en) * 1969-07-12 1973-07-18 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm Launcher for missiles
GB2156055A (en) * 1984-03-13 1985-10-02 Mauser Werke Oberndorf Gun barrel with a rifling/land profile

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US3525172A (en) * 1968-07-05 1970-08-25 A I M Magnum Corp Rifled bore construction for a gun barrel
US4176487A (en) * 1970-11-18 1979-12-04 Manis John R Firearm barrels and projectiles

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB127849A (en) * 1917-05-29 1919-06-19 Charles Wilfrid Harrison An Improvement in the Rifling of Cannon, Howitzers and other Weapons.
US3496667A (en) * 1968-01-04 1970-02-24 Olin Mathieson Choked shotgun with rifled barrel
US3616562A (en) * 1968-03-21 1971-11-02 Burgsmueller Karl Gun-barrel rifling
GB1323593A (en) * 1969-07-12 1973-07-18 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm Launcher for missiles
GB2156055A (en) * 1984-03-13 1985-10-02 Mauser Werke Oberndorf Gun barrel with a rifling/land profile

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
"Waffentechnisches Taschenbuch", 5. Auflage, 1980, Seiten 523-529, Rheinmetall GmbH, Düsseldorf, DE *

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DE4001130A1 (en) 1991-07-18
US5077926A (en) 1992-01-07
EP0437675B1 (en) 1995-01-11
EP0437675A2 (en) 1991-07-24
DE59008253D1 (en) 1995-02-23

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