| CPC F41C 23/16 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |
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1. A device for forming a secondary handguard mount on a firearm, where the firearm comprises an upper receiver that can be brought into a partially dismantled state from a lower receiver by tilting about a front takedown pin, or brought into a dismantled state by removing a pin, the device comprising:
a clamping connector comprising at least one clamping element and at least one abutment;
wherein the clamping element is configured such that when connecting or removing the handguard, an elastic deformation of at least one part of the clamping element can take place relative to a rest position; and
when in a mounted state, there is a resiliently prestressed contact with the abutment or at least a partial accommodation in the abutment;
such that when in the mounted state, there is a resilient clamping connection formed between the handguard and the upper receiver or between the handguard and a barrel mount connected to the upper receiver.
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