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US 5,511,334 AGranted
Lock-action muzzle loader
AssigneeHenry C. Ball
InventorsHenry C. Ball, Millard C. Marion
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Abstract
A muzzle-loading firearm having a breech loading receiver including a locking mechanism movable between an open position and a locked position; a barrel having a breech end engaging the receiver and a bore extending from the barrel's breech end; and a firing module receiving plug positioned within the barrel's breech, the plug including a chamber axially aligned with the barrel bore to receive an ejectable firing module having an igniter within a chamber.
Claims40
A muzzle-loading firearm, said firearm comprising:
- (a) a breech loading receiver including a locking mechanism movable between an open position and a locked position;
- (b) a barrel having a breech end engaging said receiver and a bore extending from said breech end for receiving a powder charge;
- (c) a firing module insertable within the breech end of said barrel, said module comprising an igniter chamber, an igniter within said chamber, and a flame bore extending from said igniter chamber toward the bore of said barrel;
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- (d) a firing module receiving plug within the breech of said barrel, wherein said firing module receiving plug within the breech of said barrel includes a module receiving chamber axially aligned with the bore of said barrel and a flame bore extending from said module receiving chamber to the bore of said barrel and wherein said firing module is tapered at its forward end at a given angle and said module receiving plug is tapered at a complementary angle to said given angle at its forward end.
2 more elements
A muzzle-loading firearm, said firearm comprising:
- (a) a breech loading receiver including a locking mechanism movable between an open position and a locked position;
- (b) a barrel having a breech end engaging said receiver and a bore extending from said breech end for receiving a powder charge;
- (c) a firing module receiving plug within the breech of said barrel, wherein said firing module receiving plug within the breech of said barrel includes a module receiving chamber axially aligned with the bore of said barrel and a flame bore extending from said module receiving chamber to the bore of said barrel;
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- (d) a firing module insertable within said module receiving plug within the breech end of said barrel, said firing module including:
- (i) a generally cylindrical body having a back end and a front end;
- (ii) an igniter chamber at the back end of said body;
- and (iii) an axially aligned flame bore extending from said igniter chamber to the front end of said body and wherein said firing module is tapered at its forward end at a given angle and said module receiving plug is tapered at a complementary angle to said given angle at its forward end.
5 more elements
A muzzle-loading firearm, said firearm comprising:
- (a) a breech loading receiver including a locking mechanism movable between an open position and a locked position;
- (b) a barrel having a breech end engaging said receiver and a bore extending from said breech end for receiving a powder charge;
- (c) a firing module receiving plug within the breech of said barrel;
- (d) a firing module insertable within said module receiving plug within the breech end of said barrel, said firing module including:
- (i) a generally cylindrical body having a back end and a front end, wherein the front end of said body is tapered inwardly;
- (ii) an igniter chamber at the back end of said body;
- and (iii) an axially aligned flame bore extending from said igniter chamber to the front end of said body;
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- (e) an ejector adapted to eject said firing module from said receiver.
6 more elements
A muzzle-loading firearm, said firearm comprising:
- (a) a breech loading receiver including a locking mechanism movable between an open position and a locked position;
- (b) a barrel having a breech end engaging said receiver and a bore extending from said breech end for receiving a powder charge;
- (c) a firing module receiving plug within the breech of said barrel;
- (d) a firing module insertable within said module receiving plug within the breech end of said barrel, said firing module including:
- (i) a generally cylindrical body having a back end and a front end;
- (ii) an igniter chamber at the back end of said body, said igniter chamber being adapted to receive a replaceable primer;
- and (iii) an axially aligned flame bore extending from said igniter chamber to the front end of said body;
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- (e) an ejector adapted to eject said firing module from said receiver.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.