Patent ID: 7059235

Claim:
A muzzle stabilizer for a rapid-fire repeating firearm comprising: a tubular body comprising two or more gas vents, wherein a first gas vent, nearest to a first end of the tubular body, has an angle that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tubular body, and a second gas vent, nearest to a second end of the tubular body, has an angle that is non-parallel to the angle of the first gas vent; an attachment flange connected to the second end of the tubular body, the attachment flange having a coupler adapted to mate with a corresponding coupler on the end of the muzzle of the firearm; a gas regulator threadedly engaged with the first end of the tubular body such that rotation of the gas regulator adjusts the venting of gas through at least one of the two or more gas vents, the threaded engagement of the gas regulator and tubular body comprising a thread pattern of 28 or more threads per inch; and a spring indent biased into the interior of the tubular body, wherein the gas regulator comprises six or more circumferentially arranged index grooves for incrementally engaging the spring indent.