	US 12,442,614 B2
	Method of making a training firearm
Kevin Parsons, Appleton, WI (US); and Jilene H. Beyer, Neenah, WI (US)
Assigned to Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc., Appleton, WI (US)
Filed by Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc., Appleton, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/413,164.
Application 18/413,164 is a continuation of application No. 17/150,215, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,946,715.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200898 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41A 33/00 (2006.01); B29C 39/10 (2006.01); B29C 69/00 (2006.01); B29K 705/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)

CPC F41A 33/00 (2013.01) [B29C 39/10 (2013.01); B29C 69/004 (2013.01); B29K 2705/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/777 (2013.01)]

21 Claims

1. A method of forming a firearm, or a replica of the firearm, the method comprising:

creating a training magazine mold of a magazine, or of a replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;

pouring a training magazine material into the training magazine mold of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, and letting the training magazine material harden;

positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in an open cavity mold; and

forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold with the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold;

wherein the open cavity mold comprises a first permanent open cavity mold and a second permanent open cavity mold;

wherein the step of positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold further comprises positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm in one of the first and second permanent-open cavity molds, the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, being pre-hardened or being coated to inhibit fusing of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, with a material from which the firearm or the replica of the firearm is being molded;

inserting a weight into one of the first and second permanent open cavity molds;

wherein the step of forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold further comprises pouring the material into each of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, to create right and left side poured replicas, respectively, of the right and left sides of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;

combining the right and left side poured replicas to fuse them together;

withdrawing the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, from the combined right and left side poured replicas, leaving a magazine well in a space where the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, had been located before being withdrawn.