US Patent Issued to 3D Defense on April 21 for "Opposing force recoil reduction in a firearm" (Missouri, West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,425, issued on April 21, was assigned to 3D Defense LLC (Lavalette, W.va.).

"Opposing force recoil reduction in a firearm" was invented by Darren J Booth (Lavalette, W.va.) and Steven Clark Butterfield (Carthage, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm which provides recoil reduction using the kinetic energy of the hammer to cancel a portion of the bolt's recoil after a round has been fired. After the bolt starts to move rearward in response to the detonation, the hammer's forward kinetic energy is transferred onto the bolt by striking it at the moment the bolt starts to travel rearward or after the bolt has started its rearwar...