US Patent Issued to Defense Research and Development on Dec. 23 for "Modular bolt action rifle with bearings" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,244, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Defense Research and Development LLC (Dallas, Ga.).

"Modular bolt action rifle with bearings" was invented by Swetal K. Patel (Dallas, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure presents a modular bolt action rifle system with roller bearings having an upper receiver assembly housing a barrel, a lower receiver assembly comprising an AR-style fire control system and a magazine well, a bolt carrier group assembly including a bolt carrier, top roller bearings and side roller bearings, and a handguard assembly, wherein the lower receiver assembly and its AR-style fire control and mag...