Handgun Optic Mount With Angled Recess For Bullet-Drop Compensation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional handgun optic mounts suffer from reduced accuracy at mid-range to long-range distances due to lower muzzle velocity and bullet trajectory influence by gravity, and existing threaded mounting apertures require thinner, weaker fasteners, compromising durability.
Innovation Solution
A handgun optic mounting system with an angled recessed surface and dual threaded apertures, featuring a single protrusion aperture and a flush aperture, allows for improved accuracy by tilting the handgun to counteract bullet drop and increased durability through larger fastener engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If threaded mounting apertures include mounting protrusions to provide additional threaded engagement, then the optic mount has greater threaded engagement, but the fastener diameter is decreased requiring thinner and weaker fasteners
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into two distinct aperture types: a first aperture with a mounting protrusion for threaded engagement, and a second aperture without a protrusion for clamping engagement. This segmentation allows each aperture to serve a specific function with optimized geometry, resolving the contradiction between threaded engagement strength and fastener diameter.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the mounting system have different qualities: the first aperture region provides threaded engagement through a protrusion, while the second aperture region provides clamping engagement through a flush surface. This local differentiation allows the fastener to have varying engagement modes along its length, maintaining strength without requiring uniform reduction in diameter.
2Measurement precision
If the recessed surface is angled to improve accuracy at longer ranges by compensating for bullet drop, then long-range accuracy is improved, but the mounting system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The recessed surface is pre-angled during manufacturing to the optimal angle (e.g., 5-25 minutes of angle) that compensates for bullet drop at extended ranges. This preliminary action embeds the correction directly into the mounting system geometry, eliminating the need for complex adjustable mechanisms or post-installation calibration procedures.
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AI summary
A handgun optic mounting system is disclosed for improving accuracy and durability with use of an optic mount to a handgun. The handgun optic mounting system includes an optic recess disposed on a handgun slide of the handgun, the optic recess having a recessed surface angled relative to an upper surface of the handgun slide, a barrel central axis, or both. Angle of the recessed surface provides compensation to bullet drop at longer ranges. The handgun optic mounting system further includes a plurality of threaded apertures extending into the recessed surface including a first aperture and a second aperture. The first aperture has a single mounting protrusion extending above the recessed surface, and the second aperture terminates flush with the recessed surface, allow a larger fastener to engage with the second aperture to create a greater clamping force with an associated optic mount.