| CPC F41A 5/24 (2013.01) | 18 Claims |
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1. A gas-operated firearm comprising:
a frame;
a barrel defining a bore having a forward muzzle end and an opposed rear end defining a chamber;
a bolt assembly received in the frame and operable to reciprocate between a battery position and a recoil position;
the barrel defining a gas aperture communicating with the bore;
a gas operating system connected to the frame, having a gas inlet, and operably connected to the bolt assembly to move the bolt assembly from the battery position toward the recoil position;
the gas inlet being forward of the gas aperture;
including a gas conduit extending forward from the aperture to the gas inlet, the gas conduit serially intervening between the gas aperture and the gas inlet.
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