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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Carl B. Hildebrandt, Springfield, MA (US);
Charles W. Hodgdon, Greenfield, MA (US);
Ronald Coburn, Spofford Lake, NH (US);
Lee Cavanaugh, Winchester, CT (US);
Yasmine A. Adham, Springfield, MA (US);
Daniel Borecki, Belchertown, MA (US);
Henry C. Ball, Greensboro, NC (US);
Savage Arms, Inc., Westfield, MA (US);
Abstract
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.