Heat Sink Rail System

Abstract

A method and apparatus providing for a rail system which further acts to cool a firearm. Wherein said cooling process acts by the passage of air through fins of the apparatus. Whereby said method and apparatus provides for a cooling mechanism which does not inhibit the firearm from attaching accessories.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The application relates to a method and apparatus for a handguard rail system on a firearm with heat dissipating qualities.[0003]2. Prior Art[0004]Presently, most modern automatic small projectile weapons, including machine guns, rifles, and sub-machine guns, use a handguard made of aluminum or other metals with standard picatinny rails in order to mount rifle accessories, such as a flash light, scope, red dot, laser, vertical grip and others.[0005]Though these rails are convenient for mounts and attachments, these Aluminum and metal constructed handguards conduct heat which transfers from the barrel, chamber and gas block to the hand of the shooter quickly, as aluminum and other metals have superior heat conducting ability. To prevent pain or burning during use, shooters must wear gloves or other protection. Though wearing gloves or other protection can keep the shooter's hands safe from the issues of overheating that ...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is about a way to cool down a firearm rail system to prevent the gun from getting too hot. The technical effect of this innovation is to improve the reliability and performance of firearms by preventing malfunctions caused by overheating.

Problems solved by technology

Though wearing gloves or other protection can keep the shooter's hands safe from the issues of overheating that accompany present embodiments of the prior art, the excessive heat will transfer to the accessories on the rail and cause failure on the electronic components.

This method can cause the barrel to overheat, which will shorten the barrel's effective life, make the weapon less accurate and reliable in its shooting and may cause dangerous cook-off (projectile fires automatically).

This method is useful in preventing the user from hurting himself or herself, but does not cool the barrel itself and can in some cases cause more rapid overheating of the barrel.

Cooling the barrel is as important if not more important than protecting the shooter's hand from painful heat because overheating the barrel will shorten the barrel's effective life, make the weapon less accurate and reliable in its shooting and may cause dangerous cook-off (projectile fires automatically).

If the shooter grasps the rail system which is firmly attached to the barrel at both ends, the shooter's grip will affect the firing of the firearm negatively, therefore reducing accuracy or potentially damaging the barrel.

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