Muzzle loading apparatus

Apparatus for loading a premeasured charge of propellant and a ball in a muzzle loaded firearm, the apparatus comprising a plunger assembly for receiving said charge and said ball, and a mounting and loading assembly attached to the plunger assembly for mounting on the muzzle loaded firearm and depositing said charge and said ball thereinto, said firearm being a rifle, said porpellant being black powder, and said plunger assembly comprising a plunger slidingly contained within a plunger housing, the mounting and loading assembly comprising a platform having release means for acting in cooperation with said plunger to deposit said charge and said ball into said rifle and having a recess for conformingly mounting the apparatus on the barrel of said rifle held in an upright position, said plunger housing comprising an elongated block having a longitudinal bore, said plunger having a handle for manual sliding extension and retraction of the plunger within said longitudinal bore, said platform having a platform bore in register with said longitudinal bore, and said release means separating said longitudinal bore from said platform bore, said platform having a trough extending through said platform bore, said release means comprising a slide cover strip slidable within said trough to separate and close off said longitudinal bore from said platform bore, said apparatus further including holding means for releasably holding a percussion cap for use with said rifle.