Abstract: A firearm compensator includes an upper section comprising a lower section. The upper section has vents and a muzzle. The lower section, connected to the upper section, includes attachment ports. A mount is removably attached to the firearm compensator and includes a platform and one or more support. The platform includes one or more coupling points. One or more supports are attached to the platform. The one or more supports include one or more coupling points removably attached to the one or more attachment ports of the firearm compressor. A system includes a firearm compensator and a thumb rest. The thumb includes an arm comprising a stage, and one or more arm junction points.

Abstract: A pistol comprising of a frame, a slide operable to reciprocate with respect to the frame, a barrel connected to the slide, with a cylinder defining a plurality of chambers connected to the slide to reciprocate with the slide, and operable to rotate with respect to the slide. The frame defines an ammunition compartment including an upper most ammunition position. The cylinder has a first chamber registered with the barrel, and a second chamber registered with the upper most ammunition position, such that in response to a cartridge in the first chamber discharging, the slide reciprocates to a recoil position to eject the cartridge case and to cause the upper most cartridge to enter the second chamber. In response to return of the slide to battery, the cylinder rotates to register the second chamber and cartridge, to alignment with the barrel for subsequent discharge.

Abstract: Provided is a firearm noise suppressor having a baffle chamber unit with at least one dimpled recess on an outer surface thereof. An identification band with identifying indicia thereon is placed on the baffle chamber unit over the at least one dimpled recess, and an area of the band is deformed into the dimpled recess to prevent the removal of the band without a machining process.

Abstract: A firearm accessory mounted to a firearm accessory rail and allowing adjustment of the accessory relative to the firearm accessory rail includes an indexing member having a tab structured to engage with one of the series of slots of the firearm accessory rail, and having two or more indexing slots, the two or more indexing slots spaced apart from one another at a distance less than the regular pitch interval of the accessory rail, and a single clamp having a crossmember structured to engage with one of the two or more indexing slots, the single clamp structured to simultaneously secure the accessory and the indexing member to the firearm accessory rail in a single clamping action.

Abstract: A firearm operating system includes a housing, a central pivoting member disposed within the housing, a trigger including a portion disposed within the housing and a portion extending outside the housing such that the portion of the trigger within the housing includes a hole and at least one finger that extends in a first direction from the hole. Due to movement of the trigger, the at least one finger presses against the central pivoting member to cause the central pivoting member to rotate.

Abstract: Unmanned systems, and primarily vehicles, and in most embodiments unmanned aerial systems (UAS), as well as novel guided and unguided munitions are presented herein. to the two combine to present unmanned weaponized systems that not only carry weapons functionality, but allow for advanced observation and reconnaissance. These unmanned systems are largely directed toward military applications where the weaponized unmanned system may be forward deployed to allow human warfighters to remain at long range distances from the potential targets, and to provide surveillance, target identification and tracking, general reconnaissance information, and the like, while also providing weaponized attack capabilities. The unmanned systems may, in some embodiments, include advanced command and control capabilities for communication between the system and the remote, rear-positioned warfighter, and between separate elements of the unmanned system.

Abstract: A receiver assembly for a breaching tool has an upper receiver with female fittings in the form of side flanges at the front and back that connect to the lower receiver's male fittings in the form of a front center post and back sidewalls. The post fits between the front side flanges and the back sidewalls fit between the back side flanges. Apertures in the front side flanges are aligned with an aperture in the center post, and apertures in the back sidewalls align with the back side flanges, and takedown pins extend through the aligned apertures. The flanges can include cutback angles which engage with a front riser in the lower receiver's sidewalls and with rear bosses extending outward from the lower receivers sidewalls. A protrusion in the upper receiver's magazine well only allows a magazine with a notch at its top, front end to engage with the well.

Abstract: A weapon attachment riser system for a weapon includes a riser assembly including a base housing, which defines an interior compartment, and a housing cover secured to the base housing. The base housing is configured to be detachably secured to a powered weapon accessory interface on the weapon and the housing cover is configured to be detachably secured to an accessory device. A circuit assembly includes a flexible circuit substrate disposed within the interior compartment. The circuit assembly includes a first electrical connector configured to detachably engage a complementary weapon rail interface port on the powered weapon accessory interface through an aligned opening in the housing base and a second electrical connector configured to detachably engage a complementary accessory interface port on the accessory device through an aligned opening in the housing cover.

Abstract: An air gun assembly includes a gun tube and a pressure tube assembly. The gun tube defines a first aperture. The pressure tube assembly includes a fill block and a cylinder coupled to each other. The fill block defines a second aperture and the cylinder defines a chamber configured to contain compressed gas. The air gun assembly includes a pin disposed through the first aperture and the second aperture to couple together the fill block and the gun tube. The pin defines a channel. The air gun assembly also includes a valve assembly attached to the pin and at least partially disposed inside of the channel. The valve assembly is configured to selectively allow fluid communication into the chamber via the channel.

Abstract: A protective shield comprises a shield body. The shield body comprises a shield panel having a first and second face defining a threat side in a threat direction and a protected side in a protected direction opposite the threat side and threat direction, respectively, and having opposite panel edges and an edging covering at least part of the panel edges. The shield body further comprises connectors for mounting, in particular removably mounting, one or more accessories to the shield body on the threat side. At least some of the connectors are arranged on the threat side and/or at least one of exposed and exposable on the threat side, and at least partly accommodated in the edging.

Abstract: One example apparatus includes a shaped charge, and an overmold that includes one or more layers surrounding a portion of the shaped charge. The overmold may contact, and conform to, a case within which the shaped charge is received, and the overmold may further contact, and conform to, a cartridge wall within which the shaped charge and the overmold are positioned. An electrical or electronic component may be partly embedded in the overmold.

Abstract: A suppression device includes a body including an outermost external surface of the suppression device, a first end, and a second end; a core configured to be inserted into the body and including a baffle; and a bore extending completely through and along a longitudinal axis of the suppression device, wherein porosity is a fraction of a volume of pores per volume of mass in a material of the suppression device, a structure of the pores is not random, and the porosity of a portion of the core including the baffle is different than the porosity of a portion of the body.

Abstract: A scope ring for attaching a rifle scope to a mounting rail of an armament includes a lower component that is attached onto the mounting rail and an upper component that is fastened to the lower component to define and extend along an outer perimeter of a scope ring through-hole that receives and holds the scope. The upper component member extends at least one hundred eighty (180) degrees along the perimeter but is constructed to enable a scope to be received into the scope ring or be removed from the scope ring if the scope ring extends more than one hundred eighty (180) degrees to present a slimmer profile. The upper component can be attached to different compatible lower components that enable the scope ring to define different scope ring heights.

Abstract: A suppressor assembly is disclosed. The suppressor can comprise an outer tube defining a barrel axis, a first endcap configured to couple to a barrel of a firearm at a first end of the outer tube, and a spacer assembly in the outer tube. The spacer assembly can be positioned and/or captured between the first endcap and an exit side of the outer tube. The spacer assembly can comprise a plurality of spacers comprising a plurality of small and large diameter baffles oriented in different desirable positions within the spacer assembly. The baffles and spacers can be constructed from different materials so the weight of the baffles are greater than the weight of the spacers.

Abstract: A heat retardant system for covering a barrel of a firearm is disclosed. The system comprises a tubular sleeve with innermost and outermost layers, first and second end portions each having an opening, and a fastener for securing the sleeve to the firearm. The tubular sleeve spans substantially the entire barrel, enhancing heat management. The innermost layer comprises a heat tolerant material that forms a retardant channel enveloping the barrel. Additional features include a first section on the outermost layer covering portions of the inner layer, vents for improved heat dissipation, and a rigid stabilizer to maintain the sleeve's upright position. An elastic cord fastener and a unique configuration with a cutout facilitate attachment to firearm components. This system is adaptable for various firearm designs, significantly improving heat management while maintaining barrel accessibility and safety during use.

Abstract: A pistol stabilizer platform includes a platform member including multiple mounting provisions, a forward handgun clasping assembly secured to the platform member at a first one of the multiple mounting provisions, and a rear grip abutment member secured to the platform member at a second one of the multiple mounting provisions. The platform member is located only on one side of the handgun placed in the pistol stabilizer platform.

Abstract: A handgun may include a slider-integrated active illumination sight. By integration of electrical connectors into the slider that conduct power from a rear powered sight to a front sight mounting area, a light source inside the front sight can emit light to the shooter's eye and make the front sight visible in any light condition. In combination with actively illuminated rear sight marks, the user now sees three evenly illuminated aiming marks. Alternatively, light can be conveyed from the rear unit to the front aiming marks by means of fiber optics.

Abstract: A firearm optics mount is configured to position an optic device on a firearm in a position offset from vertical alignment above the barrel when the firearm is in the vertical position. The canted mount includes a base, a support, and an optic mount at the end of the support. The support is configured to offset the optic between 5 and 30 degrees from vertical alignment with the barrel when the firearm is vertically positioned. The support may be configured to offset the optic between 12 and 22 degrees. The base of the mount may include a rear sight. The optic mounted to the firearm via the canted mount may be a primary or only optic of the firearm. The mount may vertically align a bullet drop feature of an optic with the centerline of the barrel when the firearm is canted to position the optic vertically above the barrel.

Abstract: A low profile rail mounting system, comprises an adaptor for mounting an accessory on a firearm rail. The adaptor can include flexible material such that the adaptor can be snapped into position to mount the adaptor on the firearm rail. The adaptor includes opposite grooves that receive the firearm rail to maintain the adaptor on the rail.

Abstract: A firearm receiver cover and closure assembly that allows the cover to be moved between respective open and closed positions relative to an underlying receiver. The closure assembly includes a latch that defines a latch button that cooperates with a latch button opening formed in the cover. Cooperation of the latch with the receiver and the cooperation of the latch button with the latch opening formed in the cover provide fixed and repeatable vertical and lateral positioning of the cover relative to the underlying receiver, without adjustment or operation of a centering mechanism or structure, during each closing of the cover relative to the underlying receiver.