Patent ID: 8042448
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A muzzle compensator comprising: a) a center bore having a center bore axis, b) an attachment region having a threaded portion and a torque receiving surface, c) a vortexing region having a plurality of vortex channels wherein each of the vortex channels each having a center axis that is offset from the center bore axis and is substantially perpendicular thereto; d) a compensator region having a first longitudinally rearward slanted surface and a second longitudinally rearward slanted surface substantially laterally opposed to the first longitudinally rearward slanted surface; defining respectively in part a first compensator port and a second compensator port; e) a first and a second counter-lift surface positioned in a first and a second lateral region respectively, the first counter lift surface and the second counter lift surface being in open fluid communication with a first and a second access vent respectively which provide open fluid communication to the center bore.