Patent ID: 6578462
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A radial venting baffled muzzle brake for reducing a momentum of a recoiling component of a gun, comprising:a main body secured to a primary baffle for providing a first muzzle gas braking stage; a plurality of attachment standoffs; and a secondary baffle integrally secured to the primary baffle by means of the attachment standoffs for providing a second muzzle gas braking stage; wherein the primary baffle includes at least four axisymmetric gas exhaust ports that are generally uniformly and symmetrically formed and separated by an equal number of similarly shaped plates, to deflect and to permit exhaust gases to escape, at least in part, to ambient atmosphere in a generally uniform way, peripherally around the first muzzle gas braking stage; and wherein exhaust gases that do not escape through the first muzzle gas braking stage are redirected by the secondary baffle, to escape to the ambient atmosphere through the second muzzle gas braking stage, resulting in a reduced recoil force.