Firing mode selection apparatus (US Patent 5251533)

Patent number: 5251533 Granted: 1993-10-12 Filed: 1992-06-08 Inventors: Mark Layton (Orem, UT, US)

Abstract

A firing mode selector apparatus enables a rifle to be selected into one of four different modes in a logical sequence from safe to semi-automatic to burst to full automatic or vice versa. The selector lever of the rifle is configured to receive a modified sear leg which is oriented substantially diagonally and is biased against the selector sear cam. The selector lever contains cam depressions which are cut from the selector