US Patent Issued to 22 EVOLUTION on July 8 for "Compact action with forward charging handle incorporated into an upper receiver handguard" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,515, issued on July 8, was assigned to 22 EVOLUTION LLC (Columbia, Mo.).

"Compact action with forward charging handle incorporated into an upper receiver handguard" was invented by Seth Channing McMinn (Columbia, Mo.) and John L. Overstreet (Fayette, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact action for a firearm including an upper receiver housing incorporating a barrel. A bolt and carrier are positioned within the receiver housing so that the bolt is engaged to a rear receiver end of the barrel in a cartridge chambering position. Guide rods are supported within the housing above the barrel and extend in parallel to a rear located ...