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US 4,888,901 AGranted
Firearm
AssigneeK. W. Thompson Tool Company, Inc.
InventorsKendrick L. French, Mark C. Laney
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Abstract
Muzzle-loading firearm which ignites the powder by means of a percussion cap located on a nipple coaxially of the bore, a venting passage directing gas laterally of the nipple.
Claims4
A firearm, comprising:
- (a) a receiver,
- (b) a barrel mounted in the receiver and having a bore to receive a projectile,
- (c) a chamber element mounted on the rear end of the barrel and having a generally cylindrical chamber facing down the barrel coaxially of the bore, and
- (d) a nipple mounted at the rear end of the chamber element and having a primer bore which is coaxial of the bore and the chamber, wherein a venting passage extends through the chamber element and the receiver to the exterior from the axis of the bore to both exterior sides of the receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.