Firearm slide with an integrated flash hider

• US 9,995,550 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2017
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Agency Arms LLC
• Original Assignee: Agency Arms LLC
• Inventors: Shelton, Derek Hunter, Niswander, Randy Paul, Parks, Michael Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdosh, Samir
• Application Number:
  US15/402,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20170299315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 89 142, 89 143, 89198
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 21/34 Flash dampers
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 3/64 Mounting of breech-blocks; Accessories for breech-blocks or breech-block mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 3/66 Breech housings or frames; Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 5/02 recoil-operated

Abstract

A firearm slide is disclosed. The firearm may include a slide and a flash hider integrally formed into an end of the slide.

Claims

1. A firearm slide for a firearm, comprising:

a slide; and

a flash hider integrally formed into an end of the slide, wherein the flash hider comprises a bore forming an internal cavity, and wherein a barrel extends into the bore after the firearm ha been discharged.

2. The firearm slide of claim 1, wherein the flash hider comprises a plurality of ports in communication with the bore.

3. The firearm slide of claim 2, wherein the plurality of ports comprises elongated axial slots.

4. The firearm slide of claim 3, wherein the elongated axial slots are angled.

5. The firearm slide of claim 2, wherein the plurality of ports comprises elongated radial holes.

6. The firearm slide of claim 1, wherein a muzzle end of the barrel is disposed adjacent to the bore before the firearm is discharged.

7. The firearm slide of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the bore expands outward towards the end of the slide.

8. The firearm slide of claim 1, wherein a muzzle end of the barrel is disposed adjacent to a first end of the internal chamber before the firearm is discharged.

9. The firearm slide of claim 1, further comprising a front sight hole disposed in the slide.

10. The firearm slide of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ribs disposed within the bore.

11. A firearm slide, comprising:

a slide; and

a flash hider integrally formed into an end of the slide, wherein the flash hider comprises,

a first elongated slot angled downward and disposed on a first side of the slide; and

a second elongated slot angled upward and disposed on a second side of the slide.

12. The firearm slide of claim 11, wherein a forward portion of the first and second elongated slots is angled downward.

13. The firearm slide of claim 11, further comprising internal ribs disposed within the flash hider.

14. A firearm slide for a firearm, comprising:

a slide; and

a flash hider integrally formed into an end of the slide, wherein the flash hider comprises a bore forming an internal cavity, wherein a muzzle end of a barrel is disposed adjacent to a first end of the internal chamber before the firearm is discharged, and wherein the barrel extends into the internal chamber after the firearm has been discharged.

15. A firearm slide, comprising:

a slide;

a flash hider integrally formed into an end of the slide; and

a front sight hole disposed in the slide.

16. A firearm slide, comprising:

a slide;

a flash hider integrally formed into an end of the slide, wherein the flash hider comprises a bore forming an internal cavity; and

a plurality of ribs disposed within the bore.