ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,607, issued on Oct. 20.
"Ballistic multi-part chamber locking assembly" was invented by Joshua May (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improvements in a ballistic with a multi-part chamber locking assembly is disclosed to allow the casing ejection and reloading sequence to be temporarily slowed down to capture the optimum amount of ignited gun powders expanding gas, prior to the round exiting the barrel. Large slide component(s) of a firearm are replaced with a multi-part chamber locking assembly. This negates the requirement for a round to move laterally after moving vertically. The round only moves vertically thus mitiga...