Heat-deflecting cover for firearm

A cover for a barrel of a firearm, comprising:

• a cover body that is sized and dimensioned to cover at least an upper portion of a barrel of a firearm having one or more sights, the body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the body having an upper portion, the body being coupleable to the firearm below the one or more sights, the body having one or more exhaust ports that are disposed in the upper portion of the body and that are laterally spaced apart from the one or more sights when the body is coupled to the firearm, the barrel having left and right laterally outermost edges, an entirety of the one or more exhaust ports being disposed laterally outside the left and right laterally outermost edges of the barrel, the one or more exhaust ports being disposed entirely above a centerline of the body as measured in a vertical direction, wherein the upper portion of the body has an outwardly extending flange, the flange having one or more downward bends that at least partially define at least one of the one or more exhaust ports.

A cover for a barrel of a firearm, comprising:

• a cover body that is sized and dimensioned to cover at least an upper portion of a barrel of a firearm having one or more sights, the body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the body having an upper portion, the body being coupleable to the firearm below the one or more sights, the body having one or more exhaust ports that are disposed in the upper portion of the body and that are laterally spaced apart from the one or more sights when the body is coupled to the firearm, the barrel having left and right laterally outermost edges, an entirety of the one or more exhaust ports being disposed laterally outside the left and right laterally outermost edges of the barrel, the one or more exhaust ports being disposed entirely above a centerline of the body as measured in a vertical direction, wherein the upper portion of the body has left and right laterally outer edges and one or more upward bends in one or more of the left and right laterally outer edges, the one or more upward bends at least partially defining at least one of the one or more exhaust ports and extending inward from the one or more of the left and right laterally outer edges.

A cover for a barrel of a firearm, comprising:

• a cover body that is sized and dimensioned to house a barrel of a firearm having one or more sights, the body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the body having an upper portion and a lower portion, the body being coupleable to the firearm below the one or more sights, the body having one or more intake ports that are disposed in the lower portion of the body, and the body having one or more exhaust ports that are disposed in the upper portion of the body and that are laterally spaced apart from the one or more sights when the body is coupled to the firearm, the one or more exhaust ports being fluidly coupled to the one or more intake ports through an interior of the cover body, wherein the upper portion of the body has left and right laterally outer edges and one or more upward bends in one or more of the left and right laterally outer edges, the one or more upward bends at least partially defining at least one of the one or more exhaust ports and extending inward from the one or more of the left and right laterally outer edges in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal and lateral axes of the body.

A cover for a barrel of a firearm, comprising:

• a cover body that is sized and dimensioned to house a barrel of a firearm having one or more sights, the body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the body having an upper portion and a lower portion, the body being coupleable to the firearm below the one or more sights, the body having one or more intake ports that are disposed in the lower portion of the body, and the body having one or more exhaust ports that are disposed in the upper portion of the body and that are laterally spaced apart from the one or more sights when the body is coupled to the firearm, the one or more exhaust ports being fluidly coupled to the one or more intake ports through an interior of the cover body, wherein the body has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the longitudinal axis of the body being laterally central to the body and extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, and the body has a top surface that has left and right laterally outer edges that extend from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, the top surface of the body being lower along the longitudinal axis of the body than at the left and right laterally outer edges.