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US 6,305,113 B1Granted
Muzzle-loading rifle with a side nipple assembly and takedown breech
AssigneeArdesa, S.A.
InventorAngel Calvete
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Abstract
The barrel (2) and the breech (8) are coaxially screw mounted within a tubular casing (9), and therefore said casing (9) not only stands as an interconnection between these elements, but reinforces the same substantially, allowing the use of more tilan one gunpowder pellet (16), a throttling (13) being established between the two casing (9) are at which the nipple assembly (15) is located on said casing, being thus laterally arranged. The rifle may thus, with the classic lateral nipple assembly, be easily taken down to be cleaned. lt is moreover fitted with an additional safety (36) which allows the cocked position with safety to be fall silently changed to the cocked position without safety, which is particularly appropriate when the rifle is used as a hunting weapon.
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A muzzle-loading rifle having a side nipple assembly, a trigger and takedown breech, said rifle comprising:
- a stock, a barrel and a breech which are coaxially mounted on the stock and may be taken down in order to be cleaned,
- a firing and safety mechanism comprising a hammer, a cam, a shuttle, a safety and a safety spring all connected to a plate, said safety having a front end and a rear end, said hammer mounted on said cam and driven by said shuttle upon firing, which cam is engaged by said safety, said safety spring holding said safety in a safety position or in a firing position with respect to said cam,
- said firing and safety mechanism fiurther comprising a pivoting lever pivotable between a first position and a second position, said pivoting lever being mounted on the plate and attached to a shaft, said shaft having an inner end that leads into a semicylinder overlying the safety, said semicylinder having a flat portion and a rounded portion,
- wherein when said pivoting lever is in said first position, the safety is in a safety position with respect to said cam, the rear end of the safety abuts on the semicylinder and the front end of the safety is prevented from disengagement with said cam, and
- wherein when said pivoting lever is in said second position, the flat portion of the semicylinder faces the safety, the safety is in a firing position with respect to said cam, and said safety is disengageable from said cam upon pulling the trigger, such that both the cam and the hammer may fall pushed by the shuttle, and
- wherein said hammer is capable of being cocked prior to pulling the trigger only when said pivoting lever is in said secon d position due to an upward movement of said rear end of said safety to ward said semicylinder during cocking of said hammer.
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A muzzle-loading rifle having a side nipple assembly and takedown breech, said rifle comprising:
- a stock, a barrel and a breech which are coaxially mounted on the stock and may be taken down in order to be cleaned,
- a firing and safety mechanism comprising a hammer, a cam, a shuttle, a safety and a safety spring, said hammer mounted on said cam and driven by said shuttle upon firing, which cam is engaged by said safety, said safety spring holding said safety in a safety position or in a firing position with respect to said cam,
- a tubular casing having a first threaded sector for the breech and a second threaded sector for the barrel, said breech and said barrel being respectively threadingly engaged with said sectors, and
- a throttling provided between said first and second threaded sectors at which the side nipple assembly is positioned, said side nipple assembly having a nipple,
- wherein the nipple of said nipple assembly is laterally arranged with respect to the barrel for receiving the hammer, the hammer is also laterally arranged with respect to the barrel.
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A muzzle-loading rifle having a side nipple assembly, a trigger and takedown breech, said rifle comprising:
- a stock, a barrel and a breech which are coaxially mounted on the stock and may be taken down in order to be cleaned,
- a firing and safety mechanism comprising a hammer, a cam, a shuttle, a safety and a safety spring all connected to a plate, said safety having a front end and a rear end, said hammer mounted on said cam and driven by said shuttle upon firing, which cam is engaged by said safety, said safety spring holding said safety in a safety position or in a firing position with respect to said cam,
- a tubular casing having a first threaded sector for the breech and a second threaded sector for the barrel, said breech and said barrel being respectively threadingly engaged with said sectors,
- a throttling provided between said first and second threaded sectors at which the side nipple assembly is positioned, said side nipple assembly having a nipple, wherein the nipple of said nipple assembly is laterally arranged with respect to the barrel for receiving the hammer, the hammer is also laterally arranged with respect to the barrel,
- said firing and safety mechanism further comprising a pivoting lever pivotable between a first position and a second position, said pivoting lever being mounted on the plate and attached to a shaft, said shaft having an inner end that leads into a semicylinder overlying the safety, said semicylinder having a flat portion and a rounded portion,
- wherein when said pivoting lever is in said first position, the safety is in a safety position with respect to said cam, the rear end of the safety abuts the semicylinder and the front end of the safety is prevented from disengagement with said cam, and
- wherein when said pivoting lever is in said second position, the flat portion of the semicylinder faces the safety, the safety is in a firing position with respect to said cam, and said safety is disengageable from said cam upon pulling the trigger, such that both the cam and the hammer may fall pushed by the shuttle, and
- wherein said hammer is capable of being cocked prior to pulling the trigger only when said pivoting lever is in said second position due to an upward movement of said rear end of said safety toward said semicylinder during cocking of said hammer.
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