Muzzle loading rifle with centerfire cartridge ignition
OwnerJohn L. Overstreetinventor
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Abstract
A muzzleloading rifle includes an action and a barrel assembly attached to a forward end of the action. The barrel assembly includes a barrel, a barrel extension and an intervening wall. The barrel has a breach end, a muzzle end and a primary chamber at the breach end for receiving a primary charge loaded through the muzzle end. The barrel extension is attached to the breach end of the barrel and includes a casing chamber positioned rearwardly from the primary chamber. The casing chamber is configured to receive a standard ammunition casing with an integral primer therein. The intervening wall separates the primary chamber from the casing chamber. The intervening wall includes a flash hole communicating between the casing chamber and the primary chamber.
Claims19
A muzzleloading rifle, comprising:
- an action;
- a barrel assembly attached to a forward end of said action, said barrel assembly including a primary chamber for receiving a primary charge, a casing chamber positioned rearwardly from said primary chamber and including a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said casing chamber configured to receive a standard ammunition casing with an integral primer therein, and an intervening wall separating said primary chamber from said casing chamber, said intervening wall including a flash hole communicating between said casing chamber and said primary chamber, said intervening wall including a nipple which projects into said casing chamber and which has a tip which is positioned proximate said distal end of said casing chamber and thereby opposite said proximal end of said casing chamber, said casing chamber being elongate.
A muzzleloading rifle, comprising:
- an action;
- a barrel assembly attached to a forward end of said action, said barrel assembly including:
- a barrel having a breach end and a muzzle end, said barrel including a primary chamber at said breach end for receiving a primary charge loaded through said muzzle end;
- a barrel extension attached to said breach end of said barrel and including a casing chamber positioned rearwardly from said primary chamber, said casing chamber including a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said casing chamber configured to receive a standard ammunition casing with an integral primer therein;
- and
- an intervening wall separating said primary chamber from said casing chamber, said intervening wall including a flash hole communicating between said casing chamber and said primary chamber, said intervening wall including a nipple which projects into said casing chamber and which has a tip which is positioned proximate said distal end of said casing chamber and thereby opposite said proximal end of said casing chamber, said casing chamber being elongate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.