US Patent Issued on March 25 for "Recoil reduction system" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,207, issued on March 25.

"Recoil reduction system" was invented by Robert Duane Hill (Madison, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved recoil reduction system comprises a forward body, a friction spring, a rear body, a bolt, and, optionally, a bumper. When in forward battery, the said friction spring is compressed to a preloaded operating point by the bolt. In embodiments, when a weapon equipped with the improved recoil reduction system is fired, the front body is impacted by the bolt carrier group of the weapon and the rear body moves aft and strikes the rear of the shoulder stock of the weapon, compressing the friction spr...