Patent attributes
A gas block system including at least some of a firearm barrel having a barrel conical shoulder, wherein a threaded gas block attachment area is formed proximate a gas block attachment area of the barrel, and wherein a barrel gas port is formed within at least a portion of the gas block attachment area of the barrel; a gas block having a gas block barrel borehole with a tapered proximal shoulder and a tapered distal shoulder, the gas block having a gas block gas port; and a gas block nut having a threaded gas block nut aperture portion and a tapered extension portion extending from the gas block nut, wherein the gas block nut is configured to secure the gas block to the barrel such that the tapered proximal shoulder is abutted against the barrel conical shoulder and the tapered distal shoulder is abutted against the tapered extension portion.