Muzzle-loading firearm with pivoting block action
AssigneeBlackpowder Products, Inc.
InventorsInigo Lizarralde, Julian Echeberria
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Abstract
A muzzle-loading firearm having a barrel and a pivoting firing mechanism. The barrel has a breech plug, a pivoting junction axle. and a blocking axle, and the firing mechanism has a trigger, hammer, striker and notch. The firing mechanism is pivotally attached to the barrel at the pivoting junction axle and the blocking axle is movably aligned in the notch. When the firing mechanism is pivoted, it is guided by the blocking axle in the notch ensuring sufficient clearance between said firing mechanism for easy placement of a percussion cap.
Claims16
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising:
- a barrel;
- a breach plug situated in a rear end of the barrel and adapted to receive a percussion cap;
- a pivoting block mounted for pivotal motion relative to the barrel and having a firing mechanism mounted thereto, the firing mechanism including a striker for striking the percussion cap, a hammer for driving the striker, and a trigger for tripping the hammer, the pivoting block being pivotal between a blocked position for firing and an unblocked position for providing access to the breech plug for removing a spent percussion cap and replacing it with a fresh percussion cap;
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- a trigger guard pivotally mounted to the pivoting block for movement between three positions:
- a locked position locking the pivoting block in its blocked position;
- an unlocked, blocked position in which the pivoting block is still in its blocked position, but the pivoting block is ready to be moved therefrom;
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- an unlocked, unblocked position in which the pivoting block has been unblocked, providing access to the breech plug,
- and wherein rotation of the trigger guard from the unlocked, blocked position to the unlocked, unblocked position causes the pivoting block to move from its blocked position to its unblocked position.
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising:
- a barrel;
- a breach plug situated in a rear end of the barrel and adapted to receive a percussion cap;
- a pivoting block having a firing mechanism mounted thereto, the firing mechanism including a striker for striking the percussion cap, a hammer for driving the striker, and a trigger for tripping the hammer, the pivoting block being pivotal between a blocked position for firing and an unblocked position for providing access to the breech plug for removing a spent percussion cap and replacing it with a fresh percussion cap;
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- a lever movably mounted to the pivoting block for movement between a locked position locking the pivoting block in its blocked position, an unlocked, blocked position, and an unlocked, unblocked position, and wherein movement of the lever from the unlocked, blocked position to the unlocked, unblocked position moves the pivoting block from its blocked position to its unblocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.