Patent ID: 7748306

Claim:
A method for releasably attaching a compensator assembly adjacent a muzzle end of a barrel of a firearm, said compensator assembly having an attachment means on a rear end of said compensator assembly, said barrel having a firing axis and including a threaded end opposite said muzzle end and having a recess formed adjacent said muzzle end, and said firearm having a frame defining a threaded aperture formed therein, said method comprising the steps of: moving said attachment means into engagement with said recess; inserting a mating tool into said muzzle end of said barrel; rotating said barrel via said mating tool, thereby causing said threaded end of said barrel to threadedly engage with said threaded aperture; and further rotating said barrel to tension said attachment means within said recess in a direction substantially parallel to said firing axis; halting said rotation of said barrel via said mating tool when a predetermined torque is achieved.