Muzzle-loading firearm with pivoting block action
AssigneeBlackpowder Products, Inc.
InventorsInigo Lizarralde, Julian Echeberria
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Abstract
A muzzle-loading firearm having a barrel and a pivoting firing mechanism. The barrel has a breech plug, a pivoting junction axle. and a blocking axle, and the firing mechanism has a trigger, hammer, striker and notch. The firing mechanism is pivotally attached to the barrel at the pivoting junction axle and the blocking axle is movably aligned in the notch. When the firing mechanism is pivoted, it is guided by the blocking axle in the notch ensuring sufficient clearance between said firing mechanism for easy placement of a percussion cap.
Claims39
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising:
- a barrel;
- a breach plug situated in a rear end of the barrel and adapted to receive a percussion cap;
- a pivoting block mounted for pivotal motion relative to the barrel and having a firing mechanism mounted thereto, the firing mechanism including a striker for striking the percussion cap, a hammer for driving the striker, and a trigger for tripping the hammer, the pivoting block being pivotal between a blocked position for firing and an unblocked position for providing access to the breech plug for removing a spent percussion cap and replacing it with a fresh percussion cap;
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- a trigger guard pivotally mounted to the pivoting block for movement between three positions:
- a locked position locking the pivoting block in its blocked position;
- an unlocked, blocked position in which the pivoting block is still in its blocked position, but the pivoting block is ready to be moved therefrom;
- and
- an unlocked, unblocked position in which the pivoting block has been unblocked, providing access to the breech plug,
- and wherein rotation of the trigger guard from the unlocked, blocked position to the unlocked, unblocked position causes the pivoting block to move from its blocked position to its unblocked position.
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising:
- a barrel;
- a breach plug situated in a rear end of the barrel and adapted to receive a percussion cap;
- a pivoting block having a firing mechanism mounted thereto, the firing mechanism including a striker for striking the percussion cap, a hammer for driving the striker, and a trigger for tripping the hammer, the pivoting block being pivotal between a blocked position for firing and an unblocked position for providing access to the breech plug for removing a spent percussion cap and replacing it with a fresh percussion cap;
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- a lever movably mounted to the pivoting block for movement between a locked position locking the pivoting block in its blocked position, an unlocked, blocked position, and an unlocked, unblocked position, and wherein movement of the lever from the unlocked, blocked position to the unlocked, unblocked position moves the pivoting block from its blocked position to its unblocked position.
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising:
- a barrel having:
- a breech plug;
- a pivoting junction axle;
- and
- a blocking axle;
- a pivoting firing mechanism having:
- a trigger;
- a hammer;
- a striker;
- and
- a notch;
- wherein the pivoting firing mechanism is pivotally attached to the barrel at the pivoting junction axle;
- wherein the blocking axle is slidably positioned in the notch;
- and
- wherein pivoting of the firing mechanism to an unblocked position is guided by the blocking axle in the notch and provides substantial clearance to the breach plug for the placement of a percussion cap.
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising:
- a barrel having:
- a breach plug inserted substantially at the back end of the barrel;
- a trigger guard blocking axle;
- and
- a pivoting junction axle;
- a pivoting firing mechanism having:
- a lineal striker which is substantially in line with the breach plug and substantially at the rear end of said barrel;
- a lineal striker spring substantially between the striker and the breach plug;
- a hammer having:
- a strike end, which is substantially behind the lineal striker and rotationally in line with the striker;
- a middle portion having:
- a hammer protuberance;
- and
- a set back uncocking support;
- a hammer lever portion having:
- a hammer safety notch;
- and
- a hammer cocked notch
- a hammer spring, wherein a first end of the spring is in contact with the hammer protuberance;
- a trigger having:
- a trigger uncocked lever;
- a trigger shooting lever;
- and
- a trigger safety lever;
- a trigger spring;
- and
- a trigger guard having:
- a pivot-guiding notch, wherein the trigger guard blocking axle is slidingly positioned within the pivot-guiding notch;
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- wherein the combination of the pivot-guiding notch and the trigger guard blocking axle directs the pivoting of said firing mechanism in respect to said barrel.
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising:
- a barrel having:
- a breach plug inserted substantially at the back end of the barrel;
- a blocking axle;
- and
- a pivoting axle;
- a pivoting firing mechanism having:
- a trigger;
- a trigger spring;
- a hammer;
- a hammer spring
- a lineal striker;
- and
- a striker spring;
- a trigger guard having a guiding notch;
- wherein the firing mechanism is pivotally attached the pivoting axle;
- and
- wherein the firing mechanism slides within the guiding notch at the blocking axle.
A firearm comprising:
- a barrel having a pivot axle and a blocking axle;
- a firing mechanism having a guiding notch wherein the firing mechanism is pivotally affixed to said barrel about the pivot axle;
- and
- wherein the guiding notch directs the pivoting action of the firing mechanism.
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising a barrel, a firing mechanism pivotally affixed to said barrel and movable between a closed position and an open position, and a hammer pivotally coupled to the firing mechanism, said hammer being movable between an uncocked position and a cocked position, wherein the hammer cannot be moved to its cocked position when the firing mechanism is in its open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.