ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,173, issued on April 29.
"Short stroke pump-action shotgun" was invented by Burak Ilgun (Atasehir/Istanbul, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a short stroke (operation distance) pump-action shotgun comprising a mechanism that reduces consequently the reloading path and reloading time approximately by 65 percent. The speed repeating faster is achieved, while firing with a pump-action shotgun and hunting rifle and furthermore, a better precision is ensured. The inventive shotgun may be a pump-action shotgun or pump-action hunting shotgun."
The patent was filed on Dec. 4, 2020, under Application No. ...