Patent ID: 7832323

Claim:
A suppressor for use with a firearm having a barrel with a muzzle and a bore, the suppressor comprising: an outer casing having a rearward end and a forward end; an evacuator assembly for receiving the muzzle of the firearm carried by the outer casing; an expansion chamber defined between the outer casing and the evacuator assembly; and the evacuator assembly including: a nozzle having a rearward end for receiving and engaging the muzzle of the firearm and a forward end having a bore for alignment with the bore of the firearm; an evacuator defining a central chamber at a rearward end thereof and a bore extending forwardly through a forward end thereof; a plurality of slots formed in the evacuator proximate the rearward end establishing gaseous communication between the central chamber of the evacuator and the expansion chamber; and the nozzle is received within the central chamber of the evacuator and positioned with the bore at the forward end of the nozzle extending forwardly past the plurality of slots formed in the evacuator.