Muzzle brake for firearm
AssigneeCape AeroSpace
InventorCharles Richard Poff, Jr.
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Abstract
A firearm muzzle brake for utilization for a projectile surrounded by a sabot includes an outer housing, a baffle received within the outer housing and having a bore extending therethrough, and an inner core received within the bore of the baffle and having a bore extending therethrough. The bore of the core has a first section having a diameter that is adapted to allow a sabot to partially tear away from an associated projectile as the projectile and sabot travel through the first section of the bore of the core, and a second section having a second diameter that is adapted to hold the sabot in close contact with the projectile as the projectile travels through the second section of the bore of the core.
Claims39
A firearm muzzle brake for utilization with a projectile surrounded by a sabot, comprising:
- an outer housing;
- a baffle received within the housing and having a bore extending therethrough;
- and
- an inner core received within the bore of the baffle and having a bore extending therethough;
- wherein the bore of the core has a first section having a diameter that is adapted to allow a sabot to partially tear away from an associated projectile as the projectile and the sabot travel through the first section of the bore of the core, and a second section having a second diameter that is adapted to hold the sabot in close contact with the projectile as the projectile and the sabot travel through the second section of the bore of the core.
A firearm for delivering a projectile surrounded by a sabot, comprising:
- a barrel having a longitudinally extending bore adapted to receive a projectile surrounded by a sabot;
- a muzzle break attached to the barrel and adapted to receive the projectile and the sabot therefrom, the muzzle break comprising:
- an outer housing;
- a baffle received within the housing and having a bore extending therethrough;
- and
- an inner core received within the bore of the baffle and having a bore extending therethough;
- wherein the bore of the core has a first section having a diameter that is adapted to allow the sabot to partially tear away from an associated projectile as the projectile and the sabot travel through the first section of the bore of the core, and a second section having a second diameter that is adapted to hold the sabot in close contact with the projectile as the projectile and the sabot travel through the second section of the bore of the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.