ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,322, issued on July 29, was assigned to Mustang Industrial Design Inc. (Dallas).
"Auto-loading firearm with selectable live fire and training modes" was invented by Brian Bascom (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-loading firearm having a live fire mode, in which the firearm operates to discharge, and a training mode in which the firearm does not discharge. In the training mode, the firearm provides for resetting the trigger after simulated firing of the firearm."
The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/471,142.
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