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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Brett Curry, Chicopee, MA (US);
Richard Mikuta, Easthampton, MA (US);
Brett Curry, Chicopee, MA (US);
Richard Mikuta, Easthampton, MA (US);
Smith & Wesson Corp., Springfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for releasably attaching a compensator assembly adjacent a muzzle end of a barrel of a firearm. The compensator assembly includes an attachment means on its rear end. The barrel has a firing axis and includes a threaded end opposite the muzzle end and defines a recess formed adjacent the muzzle end. The firearm itself has a frame defining a threaded aperture. The method includes moving the attachment means into engagement with the recess; tensioning the attachment means within the recess in a direction substantially parallel to the firing axis; inserting a mating tool into the muzzle end of the barrel; rotating the barrel via the mating tool, thereby causing the threaded end of the barrel to threadedly engage with the threaded aperture; and halting the rotation of the barrel via the mating tool when a predetermined torque is achieved.