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(43) Date of publication: 28.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/44 (21) Application number: 96945203.0 (22) Date of filing: 10.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F42B 8/ 16( . ) F42B 12/ 74( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/019940 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/027447 (31.07.1997 Gazette 1997/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 25.01.1996 US 19960011053P (71) Applicant: Remington Arms Company, Inc. Madison, NC 27025-0700 (US)	(72) Inventor: STONE, Jeffrey, W. Elizabethtown, KY 42701-9318 (US) (74) Representative: Jones, Alan John, et al  CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)