FIREARM HAVING AN INTEGRAL COMPENSATOR
A Glock compensator integral with a barrel, and a slide assembly allow escaping gases to dampen recoil associated with firing a Glock firearm. The Glock barrel is removed from the front of the firearm allowing for the integrated compensator at the front of the firearm. Various features, including a lock design, debris port, swept back side ports, height offset, nose ring design and mass-reducing rear cutout, result in an efficient and effective integrated compensator suitable for 4 th and 5 th generation Glock firearms. The compensator and barrel may be fabricated from the same piece of billet.
1 . A firearm comprising:
a slide assembly;
a compensator and barrel combination removably joined to said slide assembly;
said compensator including a swept back side port on each side thereof, said swept back side ports configured to direct escaping gases rearward to dampen recoil associated with firing said firearm; and
wherein an internal bottommost surface of said compensator is below a bottom surface of a bore of said barrel allowing gases to escape downward and out of said side ports.
2 . The firearm of claim 1 wherein said compensator includes cutouts positioned rearward of said swept back side ports, said cutouts serving as debris ports when adjacent to said slide assembly.
3 . The firearm of claim 2 wherein said compensator and barrel combination interfaces with said slide assembly at points above and below said debris ports.
4 . The firearm of claim 1 wherein said compensator and barrel combination are formed of a single piece of material.
5 . The firearm of claim 2 wherein said compensator and barrel combination interfaces with said slide assembly at points above and below said debris ports.
6 . A firearm comprising:
a slide assembly;
a compensator and barrel combination removably joined to said slide assembly;
said compensator including an upper port, said upper port including a beveled front edge and beveled rear edge, said beveled rear edge elevated relative to said beveled front edge; and
wherein an internal bottommost surface of said compensator is below a bottom surface of a bore of said barrel allowing gases to escape downward and out of side ports.
7 . The firearm of claim 6 wherein said compensator further includes a swept back side port on each side thereof, said swept back side ports configured to direct escaping gases rearward to dampen recoil associated with firing said firearm.
8 . The firearm of claim 6 wherein said compensator includes cutouts positioned rearward of said swept back side ports, said cutouts serving as debris ports when adjacent to said slide assembly.
9 . The firearm of claim 8 wherein said compensator and barrel combination interfaces with said slide assembly at points above and below said debris ports.
10 . The firearm of claim 6 wherein said compensator and barrel combination are formed of a single piece of material.
11 . The firearm of claim 8 wherein said compensator and barrel combination interfaces with said slide assembly at points above and below said debris ports.
12 . A firearm barrel and compensator combination comprising:
a pair of swept back side ports on each side of said compensator, said swept back side ports configured to direct escaping gases rearward to dampen recoil associated with firing a firearm incorporating said barrel and compensator combination;
an upper port in said compensator, said upper port including a beveled front edge and beveled rear edge, said beveled rear edge elevated relative related to said beveled front edge; and
wherein an internal bottommost surface of said compensator is below a bottom surface of a barrel bore allowing gases to escape downward and out of said side ports
13 . The firearm barrel and compensator combination of claim 12 further comprising an interface configured to contact a slide assembly.
14 . The firearm barrel and compensator combination of claim 12 wherein said firearm compensator and barrel combination are formed of a single piece of material.
15 . The firearm barrel and compensator combination of claim 12 wherein said firearm compensator and barrel combination interfaces with a slide assembly at points above and below debris ports.