Device for affixing a muzzle brake to a weapon barrel
US6450079B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A21/36
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A weapon barrel muzzle brake (5) with elements for fixing the muzzle brake to a weapon barrel (4) having a forward muzzle end face with external coupling threading (9) in the external surface of the forward end of the barrel, and an externally cylindrical rest surface (7) between the external threading and the muzzle end face, the muzzle brake (5) having internal coupling threading (13) for engaging external coupling threading on a weapon barrel, a radially extending rest wall (15) for abutting the end face (10) of a weapon barrel muzzle, and an internally cylindrically rest surface (14) for fitting snugly over an external rest surface on a weapon barrel, and locking stop elements (16-19) for preventing rotation of the muzzle brake with respect to a weapon barrel.
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