ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,374, issued on May 27, was assigned to Sabatti S.p.A. (Gardone Val Trompia, Italy).

"One-piece gunstock of advanced composite material for firearm and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Bernardino Merelli (Parre, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-piece gunstock for firearm and the relevant manufacturing method are described, said one-piece gunstock being composed of a frame (1) having two half-shells (1a, 1b) extended longitudinally and defining a recess inside the frame (1), a plurality of seats (31,32) and a space (42) for housing respective mechanical components formed between said half-shells and delimited by ...