Patent ID: 11920885
Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A barrel for a rifle configured to fire a bullet from a cartridge, comprising:
an inner surface comprising rifling, the inner surface defining a bore configured to guide the bullet as the bullet is propelled through the bore by pressurized gas; and
a barrel gas port having a gas port depth extending between a port entrance defined by the inner surface of the barrel and a port exit, wherein the barrel gas port is configured to fluidically communicate with the bore and an action of the rifle;
wherein the port entrance defines a length dimension defined parallel to a longitudinal axis of the barrel and a width dimension defined perpendicular to the length dimension;
wherein the length dimension of the port entrance is greater than the width dimension of the port entrance; and
wherein a center point of the length dimension of the port entrance is located closer to a muzzle end of the barrel than a center point of a second length dimension of the barrel gas port defined between the port entrance and the port exit, the port entrance being symmetrical about the center point along the length dimension.