Barrel stabalizing and recoil reducing muzzle brake
View Patent ↗A muzzle brake for high power rifles, hand guns, machine guns, and artillery, exhibiting barrel stabilization and recoil reduction, by capturing gasses against a caliber specific orifice end plate and redirecting these gases both out of the muzzle brake, and into the muzzle brake to fill the partial vacuum left by the exiting high pressure gases, by way of Major truncated socket forms, and to a lesser extent, with the use of Minor truncated socket forms, and their associated vent ports in an asymmetrical pattern that balances barrel lift, and recoil against the expected and recovered gases.
1. A muzzle brake for controlling recoil in a firearm, the muzzle brake comprising:
a body member defining a substantially cylindrical inner cavity having a central axis, the body member comprising:
a rear portion defining a rearward surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity, the rear portion defining an internally-threaded first cylindrical through opening extending along the central axis of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity;
a front wall defining a forward surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity and a second through opening extending through the front wall along the central axis of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity; and
a side wall defining a curved side surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity;
the inner cavity being configured to be cylindrical having a smooth bore inner surface that has a uniform diameter between the rearward surface and front wall, and the inner cavity extending outwardly from the central axis to have a greater circumference than the second through opening; and
a first plurality of bores extending into an external surface of the side wall and at least partially through the curved side surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity, each of the first plurality of bores comprising an outer portion having a substantially cylindrical shape and forming an external vent port of the body member and an inner portion having a hemispherical shape, each inner portion of each of the first plurality of bores at least partially intersecting the substantially cylindrical inner cavity to form a truncated nozzle portion having a leading edge extending along the curved side surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity;
whereby when fluid is forced forward through the first cylindrical through opening and into the substantially cylindrical inner cavity, the leading edge of each of the first plurality of bores diverts fluid against the hemispherical inner portion of the bore and outward of the body member through the vent port of the bore, thereby urging the body member forward.
2. The muzzle brake of claim 1 , wherein the body member is integrally formed as a single piece construction.
3. The muzzle brake of claim 2 further comprising:
a second plurality of bores extending into the external surface of the side wall, at least partially through the curved side surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity and into the front wall, each of the second plurality of bores comprising an outer portion having a substantially cylindrical shape and forming an external vent port of the body member and an inner portion having a hemispherical shape, each inner portion of each of the second plurality of bores at least partially intersecting the forward surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity to form a truncated nozzle portion having a leading edge extending along a rearward edge of the second through opening;
whereby when fluid is forced forward through the first cylindrical through opening and into the substantially cylindrical inner cavity, the leading edge of each of the second plurality of bores diverts fluid against the hemispherical inner portion of the bore and outward of the body member through the vent port of the bore, thereby urging the body member forward.
4. The muzzle brake of claim 3 , wherein the outer portion of each of the bores of the first and second plurality of bores defines a central axis extending radially outwardly from the central axis of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity.
5. The muzzle brake of claim 4 , each central axis of each outer portion of each of the bores of the first and second plurality of bores extending outwardly and rearwardly at an angle between 90 degrees and 135 degrees to the central axis of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity.
6. The muzzle brake of claim 5 , each central axis of each outer portion of each of the bores of the first and second plurality of bores extending outwardly and rearwardly at an angle of 105 degrees to the central axis of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity.
7. The muzzle brake of claim 6 , wherein the first plurality of bores is disposed in an evenly spaced, radially skewed array about the curved side surface of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity, the array defining a plurality of incremental rows along the central axis of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity.
8. The muzzle brake of claim 7 , wherein the second plurality of bores is disposed in an evenly spaced, radially skewed array about the second through opening.
9. The muzzle brake of claim 8 , wherein the second through opening is sized to correspond to a bore of a firearm muzzle.
10. The muzzle brake of claim 9 , the second through opening having a forward portion defining an outwardly flared chamfer.
11. The muzzle brake of claim 10 , the chamfer of the forward portion of the second through opening defining a 60 degree angle with a front surface of the front wall.
12. The muzzle brake of claim 11 , wherein the first through opening is sized to correspond to external threads of the firearm muzzle, whereby when the first through opening is threadably received onto the external threads of the firearm muzzle, the central axis of the substantially cylindrical inner cavity is aligned with a center line of the bore of the firearm muzzle.
13. The muzzle brake of claim 12 , the body member defining a rear annular surface extending outwardly from the first through opening and configured to abut a portion of the firearm muzzle when the first through opening is threadably received onto the external threads of the firearm muzzle.