Firearm

US12359899 - Reduced tension cartridge case with two-stage neck

Devices and methods for reducing tension force on a projectile by a neck of a cartridge case. A two-stage neck has a clearance band and an interference band, the clearance band providing a reduced retention force on the projectile relative to the interference band.

USD1084196 - Firearm compensator

USD1084197 - Muzzle brake

USD1084201 - Upper receiver for firearm

USD1084202 - Lower receiver for firearm

USD1084203 - Safety wear plate for firearm

US12352515 - Compact action with forward charging handle incorporated into an upper receiver handguard

A compact action for a firearm including an upper receiver housing incorporating a barrel. A bolt and carrier are positioned within the receiver housing so that the bolt is engaged to a rear receiver end of the barrel in a cartridge chambering position. Guide rods are supported within the housing above the barrel and extend in parallel to a rear located end plate. The carrier includes a carrier key supported by and displaceable along the guide rods between the barrel and a rearward bumper component. A gas tube extends from a forward located gas block overlaying a gas discharge aperture in the barrel to a gas key for actuating the carrier rearwardly following discharge of a ballistic from the barrel. A fixed ejector is attached to the upper receiver, in combination with machining a slot into the carrier and the bolt, such that the ejector remains static such that, upon the bolt cycling, the spent shell casing contacts the ejector, causing it to be ejected out of the upper receiver.

US12352516 - Upper receiver with bolt biasing member

A firearm is disclosed. The firearm can include an upper receiver that includes a bolt. The bolt can include at least one displaceable biasing member that is configured to bias the bolt in a forward state when the at least one biasing member is in an initial state. The bolt can also include a locking wedge that is configured to bias the at least one displaceable biasing member in the initial state. The at least one displaceable biasing member is configured to be displaced from the initial state to a displaced state when a sufficient amount of force is exerted on the at least one displaceable biasing member from the bolt so that the bolt can transition from the forward state to a backward state.

US12352517 - Detent delayed blowback system and methods

A delayed blowback system for a firearm is provided. The system includes a bolt with two detent members operatively coupled within the bolt, each detent member comprising a detent. The system further includes a recoil spring guide rod having two matching recesses on opposing sides of the recoil spring guide rod, wherein the bolt and the two detent members are coupled to and slidable along the recoil spring guide rod between a firing position and a recoil position. The firing position includes the detents resting in the matching recesses on the recoil spring guide rod in response to a round being fired, the bolt moves back and pushes the detent members back, wherein by nature of a geometry of the detents and the matched recesses, the detent members outward in opposite directions and perpendicular sliding along the recoil spring guide rail in the recoil position to complete a recoil cycle.

US12352518 - Gas operating system for low energy ammunition

A gas operating system for a firearm for use with low energy ammunition that includes a barrel having a maximum pressure experienced at a maximum pressure location when firing the low energy ammunition where a gas port is positioned distally from the maximum pressure location in a region of the barrel that experiences between 90% of the maximum pressure and 40% of the maximum pressure, a gas block on the barrel and a tube connecting the gas block to a bolt carrier, where the gas block directs energy from combustion gas pressure vented through the gas port to the bolt carrier via the tube.

US12352519 - Loaded-chamber indicator firearm trigger device

A loaded-chamber indicator firearm trigger device is provided. The device is comprised of a firearm with a trigger (or only a trigger in one embodiment), wherein the trigger is comprised of an exterior side surface with at least one indicia. The indicia is only visible outside of the frame of the firearm when the firing pin of the firearm is engaged (which causes the portion of the trigger the indicia is positioned on to move outside of the frame of the firearm). As a result, the observability of the indicia on the trigger indicates the firearm has an engaged firing pin and is ready to fire.

US12352520 - Magazine ammunition rounds detection and alert module

A module for detecting and notifying of the presence of ammunition in an ammunition magazine is provided, comprising a spring and a follower for containing and advancing ammunition within the magazine. A printed circuit board having electronics mounted thereon is mounted in a handle of a gun and includes a central processing unit with access to memory having executable instruction data thereon, at least one motion sensor for sensing motion of the printed circuit board, an eccentric motor, a connector providing remote digital access to the processor, at least one mechanism for erasing data or resetting parameters, and a battery bay for accepting a battery, at least one sensor for detecting position of the spring or follower. An amount of ammunition is thereby discerned by the central processing unit based upon the position of the spring or follower.

US12352521 - Magazine loader

A magazine loader assists in loading cartridges into a magazine of a firearm. An elongated sleeve has an open distal end and a hollow therethrough sized and shaped to receive a stack of cartridges. A collar at a proximal end of the sleeve has an enlarged opening sized and shaped to receive an open proximal end of the magazine. A plunger has a proximal end selectively receivable in the open distal end of the sleeve, and has an elongated shank slidable in the hollow of the sleeve and an enlarged head. The plunger presses the stack of cartridges through the hollow of the sleeve, out the enlarged opening of the collar and into the magazine.

US12352528 - Clamp mount system for a firearm arm brace

A device may include an elongated body comprising an opening configured to receive a receiver extension tube of a firearm. A device may include a brace body affixed distally to the elongated body and comprising a window configured to receive a clamp mount, wherein the clamp mount is configured to retain the arm brace in a fixed position on the receiver extension tube and comprises: one or more clamps comprising at least one through-hole and one or more pads, wherein the one or more pads are configured to engage with the receiver extension tube via adjustment of one or more fasteners interfacing with the at least one though-hole.

US12352529 - Holster, holster accessory, and related methods

A firearm holster has a holster body that includes a plurality of walls defining a encasement for the firearm and an opening for inserting the firearm into that encasement. The walls include an interior wall, as well as an exterior wall disposed opposite the interior wall. The holster also includes a first magnetic element disposed on the holster body, and a second magnetic element that is configured to cooperate with the first magnetic element to magnetically attract the first and second magnetic elements to one another. The second magnetic element includes a coupler for coupling the second magnetic element to an article of clothing.

US12352530 - Muzzle loading system

A muzzleloader includes a shot holding member having a first end configured to receive an object to be loaded into the muzzle and a second end; the shot holding member including a hollow shot holding chamber; and an actuator located at the first end of the shot holding member. The actuator includes a plunger having a head portion, a connector configured to connect the actuator to the first end of the shot holding member, a first O-ring configured to encircle the connector and located between the connector and the first end of the shot holding member, and a second O-ring configured to encircle the plunger and located between a head portion of the plunger and the connector.

US12352531 - Weapon anti-cant indicator

An anti-cant indicator assembly, components thereof, and associated methods. The anti-cant indicator assembly indicates the orientation of a weapon with respect to vertical. The anti-cant indicator assembly includes a mount configured to mount to the weapon, a level including a vial containing a bubble and a pivot connection connecting the level to the mount. The pivot connection is configured to permit movement of the level with respect to the mount about the pivot connection between an operational position in which the bubble can be referenced by the user for indicating orientation of the weapon with respect to vertical, and a stowed position different from the operational position. The pivot connection can include a retainer configured to releasably retain the level in at least one of the operational position or the stowed position. The level can be selectively movable with respect to the mount to calibrate the anti-cant indicator.

US12352533 - Next shot compensation system for weapons

Use of a muzzle velocity detector with a display allows for a rapid calculation of a second shot firing solution based on a first shot analysis. A doppler radar emitter and detector is located in a housing. The housing has a mount that allows it to be coupled to a hand guard on a rifle. This allows for the muzzle velocity to be detected very close to the end of the barrel. Information about the bullet can be preloaded into a ballistics calculator. The ballistics calculator can be integrated with the muzzle velocity detector or coupled wirelessly to it. The impact location of the first shot is identified and that “drift” is used with muzzle velocity and many other factors to quickly provide a compensation to be used with the sight to ensure the second shot is more accurate.

US12352545 - Reduced stiffness barrel fired projectile

In various embodiments, a projectile includes a projectile body including a tail portion, a nose portion, a barrel engaging portion between the nose portion and the tail portion, and a metal jacket that defines an exterior of the projectile that surrounds an interior solid core. In one or more embodiments the projectile includes one or more circumferential grooves defined in the interior core portion, each of the one or more circumferential grooves covered by and positioned adjacent to the metal jacket and within the barrel-engaging portion. In various embodiments, during firing of the projectile, the one or more circumferential grooves define a void that allows material of one or more of the metal jacket and interior solid core to displace into the void for reduction in radial stiffness to the projectile in the barrel engaging portion.

US12352546 - Firearm ammunition component and method of use

A firearm ammunition component comprising a projectile body having a circular cross-section and a central channel on a forward face, a nose portion forward of the projectile body, and a gas check member rearward of the projectile body. The nose includes a curved forward end, a rear end opposite the forward end, and a stabilizing element/band between the forward and rear ends extending radially outwards from at least a portion of the nose. A shank extends from the nose rear end and within the body central channel. The gas check member includes a rearward annular wall portion forming a combustion chamber. The firearm ammunition component is adapted so only the stabilizing element/band contacts the firearm bore, ensuring loading central the bore.

USD1082998 - Firearm shell holder

USD1082999 - Rifle bolt

USD1083008 - Secondary optic mount for a firearm

US12345138 - Well perforator evaluation system and method

A testing system for a shaped charge of a perforating gun, the testing system including a housing; a casing assembly located inside the housing; a perforating gun having at least one shaped charge, the perforating gun being located within the casing assembly; a sample material located within the housing, and in direct contact with the casing assembly; a wellbore accumulator in direct contact with the casing assembly and configured to supply a first fluid, at a wellbore pressure, inside the casing assembly; and a formation accumulator in direct contact with the sample material and configured to supply a second fluid, at a formation pressure, on the sample material.

US12345486 - Firearm cartridge ejector

A firearm cartridge ejector system is disclosed that may include a bolt or a bolt carrier group, and an ejector that may be configured to eject an ammunition cartridge from the firearm bolt or bolt carrier group. The ejector may further include a stem configured to engage an ejector spring, and an ejector face that may be reniform-shaped and attached to the stem and configured to engage and eject the ammunition cartridge.

US12345489 - Trigger mechanism for a firearm

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to trigger mechanisms for firearms. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the trigger mechanism can include a linkage between a striker sear and a main sear to control an amount of force exerted on the main sear by the striker sear. A portion of the force exerted on the striker sear by the striker can be exerted on the main sear through the sear linkage. In another aspect of the present disclosure, trigger mechanisms are described which additionally, or alternatively utilize one or more biasing members to provide a variable trigger pull weight.

US12345490 - Extended life composite matrix-wrapped lightweight firearm barrel

A firearm barrel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, a barrel for a firearm may be provided. The barrel may comprise a chamber, an entire geometry of which is formed to a final depth. After providing the barrel with the entire geometry of the chamber being formed to the final depth, a material modification process that modifies one or more properties of the barrel may be performed. After performing the material modification process, a composite matrix wrapping that surrounds an outer circumference of the barrel over a length of the barrel may be applied.

US12345491 - Diverging central bore for firearm sound suppressor

An apparatus and methods are provided for a front plate having a diverging central bore for firearm sound suppressors that improves noise and flash characteristics during firing a weapon. The central bore is disposed between a back surface and a front surface of the front plate. An untapered portion of the central bore extends from the back surface to a diverging portion that opens toward the front surface. The diverging portion includes a curvature profile configured to allow for more controlled expansion of high-pressure propellant gases exiting of the suppressor through the central bore. The curvature profile provides an included angle of the central bore that decreases secondary flash events accompanying the expulsion of propellant gases accompanying a fired bullet exiting the suppressor through the central bore. The curvature profile exhibits a cross-sectional area of the central bore that is proportional to a distance along the diverging portion.

US12345492 - Hybrid heterogeneous material baffle for firearm noise suppressor

Provided is a firearm noise suppressor baffle formed of at least two material zones. The zones are made of materials having dissimilar coefficients of thermal expansion from each other and have an interface substantially transverse to a bore axis. The baffle includes an annularly interrupting gap having a width. The gap is formed in at least one of the material zones and extends substantially longitudinal relative to the bore axis from an edge of the baffle.

US12345493 - Tool-less takedown bushing/compensator device for pistol

A bushing/compensator device for a firearm is provided that includes a compensator member having a first aperture having an axis that is coaxial with the axis of the barrel. A second aperture has an axis that is coaxial with the axis of the guide rod when the device is mounted on the slide. A quarter turn bayonet mount is disposed at a rear end of the first aperture that mates with a bayonet mount aperture in the slide. When the bayonet mount is locked, the axis of the second aperture is aligned with the axis of the guide rod of the pistol, and when the bayonet mount is unlocked, the device is removable from the slide. A button assembly is retained in the second aperture and includes a head at one end and a fastener at the other. The rod is slidable from a first position wherein the head is adjacent to the front end of the second aperture, to a second position wherein the second end of the rod depresses the recoil spring plug. A spring biases the rod to the first position.

US12345495 - Method of making a reliable gun

A gun has parts that slide past one another during operation. A coating is formed on at least a surface of a first part that contacts a second part. At least an upper layer of the coating is porous and comprises a thermoset polymer and a filler. One or both parts may be part of a gas-operated reloading mechanism. The coating prevents jamming by excluding particles, yielding to particles that still manage to intrude, and by providing a reservoir for lubricant. The coating reduces clearances, improves accuracy, and reduces operating temperatures. The coating excludes particles from the lubricant, effectively allowing a large volume of lubricant to be used without the drawback of trapping dirt and other contaminants in the lubricant.

US12345502 - Portable firearm safety system

A gun safety system can include a mount assembly comprising a mounting rail and a first lock mechanism, the mount assembly configured to secure the mounting rail to a support structure; and a gun safe assembly comprising an outer housing and an inner housing assembly disposed within the outer housing, the inner housing assembly including a sleeve at least partially defining a gun storage cavity, the outer housing comprising a first mounting rail guide, the first lock mechanism being accessible through the gun storage cavity in response to the gun safety system being in a docked configuration.

US12347615 - Side firearm magnet mount and method of securely holding firearm and preventing accidental discharge

The present invention provides a magnet mount for securely holding a firearm. The magnet mount includes a side mounting plate, one or more magnets are affixed to the side mounting plate, and a firearm holder. The firearm includes (a) a firearm seat, (b) a connector extending upwardly from the firearm seat and connecting to the side mounting plate, and (c) a trigger shield extending upwardly from the firearm seat. The trigger shield is configured for blocking at least 50% of a trigger accessing area of the firearm to prevent accidental discharge. Also provided is a method of securely holding a firearm using the magnet mount.

USD1081893 - Firearm

USD1081894 - Firearm

USD1081896 - Firearm grip

US12338718 - Orienting perforation gun assembly

A perforating gun assembly that orients one or more shaped charges within a well includes a housing and an orienting internal assembly configured to be disposed within a longitudinal bore of the housing. The orienting internal assembly may include at least one shaped charge holder or charge tube, a rotation support system, a detonator holder and/or a detonator. The rotation support system may be configured so that the detonator holder and/or detonator rotate together as a whole with the at least one shaped charge holder or charge tube. The rotation support system may include at least one bearing assembly, a plurality of rollers, or combinations thereof. The orienting internal assembly may be configured for gravitational orientation.

US12339079 - Firearm

A firearm is proposed, with an optical safety marking ( 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6 ) provided on the firearm ( 1 ) for clearly indicating the safety state of the firearm ( 1 ). In order to increase the safety of the firearm ( 1 ), it is proposed for the safety marking ( 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6 ) to be embodied as phosphorescent and/or fluorescent and/or radioluminescent and/or bioluminescent.

US12339081 - AK fire control mechanism

In some embodiments, a fire control mechanism comprises a hammer, a trigger and a safety. The hammer is rotatable about a hammer axis. The trigger is rotatable about a trigger axis and arranged to contact the hammer. The safety is arranged to interfere with rotation of the trigger. The safety comprises a second portion moveable with respect to a first portion.

US12339082 - Suppressor attachment system

A disclosed attachment system for a energy suppression device may include an energy suppression device and an attachment mechanism secured to the energy suppression device. The attachment device may include a first lever and a second lever, the first lever may be rotatable with respect to the second lever such that the first lever may apply a force against the second lever when in a locked position and the force may be reduced when the first lever is moved to an unlocked position. The first lever may have a slot having a width that tappers from a first end of the slot to a second end of the slot. The slot may be configured to receive a tool to apply additional force to move the first lever from the locked position to the unlocked position.

US12339083 - Firearm, an upper receiver and a bolt carrier

A firearm, comprises a bolt carrier group comprising a bolt carrier and a bolt, an upper receiver configured to carry the bolt carrier; a magazine well configured to receive a magazine; wherein the magazine is configured to house cartridges and comprise a spring exerting a force to the cartridges from the magazine towards the bolt carrier group; and a reverse movement of the bolt carrier group is configured to unload a used cartridge from the bolt and a forward movement of the bolt carrier group is configured to load a new cartridge from the magazine. The upper receiver comprises at least two receiver contact surfaces at a region defined by the bolt carrier group trajectory and the magazine well; a first receiver contact surface is at a first positive inclined angle against the force exerted by the spring, via the cartridge, to the bolt carrier group.

US12339084 - Firearm platform and method of connecting upper and lower receivers

A firearm platform and method of connecting an upper receiver to a lower receiver. The upper receiver has a pivot lug and a takedown lug with perimeter openings in opposite directions. The lower receiver has a locking member that pushes against the takedown lug which causes the upper receiver to displace forward. As a result of the forward displacement, a pivot pin in the lower receiver exerts an opposing force against the pivot lug. The locking member is displaced between a locked and unlocked position through a lever located on an exterior surface of the lower receiver. When the locking member is in the locked position, the lower receiver and uppers receiver form a connection that is tight and free from slop.

US12339085 - Customizable firearm system

A customizable firearm system includes a chassis. A barrel assembly is disposed in the chassis. The barrel assembly including a trunnion and a barrel nut assembly. The barrel nut assembly includes an outer barrel nut sleeve and an inner barrel nut sleeve receiving a barrel. The barrel nut assembly is removably disposed in the trunnion. A bolt carrier assembly is disposed in the chassis. The bolt carrier assembly includes a backplate assembly and a pair of guide rods. Each of the guide rods have a first end disposed in the backplate assembly, and a second end disposed in the trunnion. A bolt carrier slidably disposed on the guide rod.

US12339087 - Gas block for a firearm

A gas block for a firearm may include a body, a barrel bore extending from a first end to a second end of the body and configured to receive a portion of a barrel therein, a gas tube bore extending from the first end toward the second end and configured to receive a portion of a gas tube therein, a gas port extending from the barrel bore to the gas tube bore, and an alignment aperture extending from the gas tube bore to a top side of the body and coaxial with the gas port, with the alignment aperture being configured to allow visualization of alignment of the gas port with a barrel gas port of the barrel.

US12339093 - Recoil pad assembly

A recoil pad for a firearm including at least two distinct lattice layers wherein at least one of the lattice layers is comprised of a gyroid structure designed to optimize the dissipation, redirection, absorption, and other effect of the felt recoil generated by shooting a firearm, and a protector for the recoil pad to minimize pressure placed on the recoil pad and prevent deformation, misalignment, warping, undesired compression, and damage when the firearm that the recoil pad is coupled with is transported and/or stored without removing the recoil pad.

US12339094 - Attaching a grip attachment or other attachment in a recoil environment at threadless region(s)

In various embodiments, an apparatus to operate in a recoil environment includes an attachment configured to slidable couple to a firearm, the attachment including a threadless region to couple to one or more corresponding threadless regions of at least one part: wherein the attachment includes: a slidable attachment interface to restrict a coupling movement of the attachment relative to the at least one part, to a fore/aft movement; and an additional interface associated with a plunger or other retaining part, the additional interface to restrict a fore/aft position of the attachment relative to the at least one part. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

US12339098 - Enclosed reflex sight for firearms, assembly, system and method

The disclosure is related to an enclosed reflex sight for one or more firearms. The enclosed reflex sight may be provided as part of an assembly including a mounting interface. The enclosed reflex sight includes a rearward bottom portion that houses an adjustment assembly, wherein the rearward bottom portion includes a lowermost surface of the enclosed reflex sight. The enclosed reflex sight includes an upper bottom surface forward of the rearward bottom portion of the enclosed reflex sight, the upper bottom surface comprising an abutment surface for the mounting interface. When the assembly is secured to an upper mounting surface of a firearm then the lowermost surface of the rearward bottom portion of the enclosed reflex sight is closer to the upper mounting surface of the firearm than the upper bottom surface of the enclosed reflex sight.

US12339099 - Point blank delta scope reticle

A point blank delta scope reticle, wherein all range and yardage solutions (horizontal x) may be removed and/or ignored and only the vertical Y component is utlized. A vital zone of a target is viewed as a Y value and a ballistic curve can be calculated that will pass thru the determined Y value. The Y value becomes a constant in all calculations. The constant then yields one or more unique ratios that all ammunition follows since the vertical Y component is the constant. The aiming reticle includes a reticle and one or more subsequent or successive reference marks formed in an aligned fashion between the reticle and a last reference mark, wherein a relative distance between each adjacent pair of the subsequent or successive reference marks decreases as the subsequent or successive reference marks are formed from the reticle to the last of the subsequent or successive reference marks.

US12339101 - Device to capture pressure data from a weapon's foregrip during live fire

A device to capture pressure data from a weapon's foregrip during live fire, the weapon having a Picatinny accessory rail, the device comprising a plurality of sensor bodies that are mountable to the Picatinny accessory rail, each sensor body having a pressure sensitive region that can capture pressure data placed on the pressure sensitive region, each sensor body having channels that correspond to the Picatinny accessory rail, retention latch system that attaches the sensor body to the weapon; and, a communication assembly that allows data communication between the plurality of sensor bodies and a computer.

US12339107 - Metallic, non-leaded projectile for muzzle-loading firearms and methods of making and using the same

A projectile for muzzle-loading firearms is made completely from a non-lead metal or alloy. It includes a pair of grooves to incorporate O-rings around a circular cylinder. A threaded well may be bored into the forward facing of the cylinder to facilitate insertion and/or removal of the projectile from the barrel via a cooperating ramrod. The projectile is then wrapped in a cloth patch to cover the sidewalls and bottom facing of the cylinder. A method of forming a plurality of the projectiles from standardized bar stock is also contemplated.

USD1080791 - Firearm suppressor core

USD1080792 - Firearm suppressor

USD1080794 - Firearm lower receiver

USD1080795 - Shroud for mounting accessories to firearms

US12332005 - User authentication at an electromechanical gun

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating a user at gun. The gun may include an authentication manager capable of implementing logic, processing signals, or executing instructions. The authentication manager may receive first query data from a first authentication sensor of the gun, receive second query data from a second authentication sensor of the gun, perform an authentication procedure to determine whether the first query data or the second query data matches enrollment data, where a match is determined based on the first query data or the second query data and the enrollment data satisfying a similarity threshold. The authentication manager may determine that the user is authorized to operate the gun and transmit a signal in response to the determining that the user is authorized to operate the gun. The signal may cause the gun to enter an active state which allows the gun to be fired.

US12332006 - Firearm magazine retention system with positive positioning feature

A firearm magazine retention and release system providing a motion-limiting engagement between a firearm and a magazine. The magazine is provided with a catch opening. The firearm is provided with a magazine catch having a protrusion positioned to engage the catch opening. The protrusion includes one or more sloping surfaces that provide a greater vertical engagement as the protrusion is urged further into the catch opening. The result is that the protrusion engages one or more edges of the catch opening—thereby inhibiting vertical travel of the magazine with respect to the firearm.

US12332007 - Trigger block

A plurality of trigger blocks are described. Embodiments of the trigger block can be implemented as a collapsible trigger block adapted to shroud a trigger to aid in preventing accidental discharges of a firearm. The collapsible trigger block can implement a linear ratchet assembly and a stop to secure the collapsible trigger block inside a trigger guard of a firearm.

US12332008 - Firearm suppressor integrated with handguard

A suppressor assembly for a firearm having a receiver and a barrel connected to the receiver which includes a tube adapted to be coupled to the receiver and which serves as the handguard for the firearm. The tube circumferentially encloses and extends along the barrel and defines ports arranged proximate to the receiver and apertures arranged near the muzzle end. Near the ports is a modulator that adjusts the openings of the ports. Coupled to the end of the tube is noise suppression tube wherein orifices to vent propellant gases and a baffle assembly is disposed. Propellant gases expand within the expansion volume and exit the suppressor through the ports, the apertures, the orifices and through the opening for the bullet in the end cap.

US12332010 - Weapon slide cover

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun. The gun may include or be coupled with a slide cover. The slide cover may include a first slide cover recess along a latitudinal axis of the slide cover, the first slide cover recess comprising a first cavity of a first portion of the slide cover and a first cavity of a second portion of the slide cover. The slide cover may include a second slide cover recess along the latitudinal axis of the slide cover, the second slide cover recess comprising a second cavity of the first portion of the slide cover and a second cavity of the second portion of the slide cover. The slide cover may include a first retainer coupling a sight component with the slide cover such that a longitudinal axis of the sight component is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the slide cover.

US12332012 - Gas-operated firearm

A gas-operated firearm has a frame, a barrel defining a bore having a forward muzzle end and an opposed rear end defining a chamber, a bolt assembly received in the frame and operable to reciprocate between a battery position and a recoil position, the barrel defining a gas aperture communicating with the bore, a gas operating system connected to the frame, having a gas inlet, and operably connected to the bolt assembly to move the bolt assembly from the battery position toward the recoil position, and the gas inlet being forward of the gas aperture. There may be a gas conduit extending forward from the gas aperture to the gas inlet. The gas aperture may be proximate the rear end of the barrel. Unlike conventional gas-operated firearms, the barrel is free of contact with any other elements except proximate the rear end of the barrel.