Savage Arms, Inc.

Charles W Hodgdon

Ronald Coburn

Henry C Ball

Lee Cavanaugh

Carl B Hildebrandt

Yasmine A Adham

Daniel Borecki

A muzzle-loading firearm is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the muzzle-loading firearm includes a receiver having a locking mechanism; a barrel having a breech end, a bore and a muzzle end; a primer carrier for transporting a primer to the breech end of the barrel prior to firing and for extracting the primer from the breech end of the barrel after firing; and a breech plug in the breech end of the barrel, wherein the breech plug receives the primer from the primer carrier. In the preferred embodiment, the primer carrier includes a horseshoe-shaped primer holder attached to the locking mechanism.

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Greenfield, MA, United States of America

Charles W Hodgdon