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US 4,536,983 AGranted
Reloader for muzzle loaders
OwnerDaniel J. Fryinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to reloading devices for muzzle loading rifles or muskets in general, and more specifically to a construction, wherein a frangible sheet of material is used to maintain the powder and ball in their proper orientation, due to the frictional engagement between two cooperating elements, one of which houses a plunger that can be actuated to tear the sheet of material, and introduce the charge and projectile into the barrel of a firearm.
Claims7
A reloading device used to deposit a ball, a charge of powder, and at least a portion of a frangible membrane, into the bore of a muzzle loading firearm, wherein the reloading device comprises:
- a plunger chamber, comprising an elongated hollow cylinder dimensioned to receive the ball and the charge of powder, and having a shallow reduced dimater portion on its exterior surface, and a projection extending outwardly from the shallow reduced diameter portion,
- a plunger member slideably disposed in the plunger chamber, and
- a locking collar having an internal recess dimensioned to receive the said projection on the plunger chamber, to join the locking collar and the plunger chamber together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.