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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2024
Whg Properties, Llc, North Wales, PA (US);
William Geissele, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);
Frank Robinson, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Dave Duhaime, Ivyland, PA (US);
WHG Properties, LLC, North Wales, PA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to a barrel for a firearm. In various embodiments, a barrel comprises an inner surface defining a bore configured to guide a projectile as the projectile is propelled through the bore by pressurized gas; and a barrel gas port having a gas port depth extending between a port entrance defined by the inner surface of the barrel and a port exit, wherein the barrel gas port is configured to fluidically communicate with the bore and an action of the firearm; wherein the port entrance defines a length dimension defined parallel to a longitudinal axis of the barrel and a width dimension defined perpendicular to the length dimension; and wherein the length dimension of the port entrance is greater than the width dimension of the port entrance. Various embodiments are directed to a firearm comprising the exemplary barrel.