Patent ID: 9335107
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: F41A

Claim Text:
1. An ammunition loading apparatus for retaining ammunition having a bullet and a rim opposite the bullet and for loading the ammunition into a firearm having a loading port with a width, the ammunition apparatus comprising: a body having a body width, an open end, a closed end opposite the open end, a track member extending between the open end and the closed end along one side of the body, a flap member opposite the track member, and an access slot between the track member and the flap member, the access slot extending from the open end towards the closed end, wherein the closed end extends laterally from the access slot and away from the open end; the open end having a first thickness and the closed end having a second thickness, whereby the first thickness is greater than the second thickness; the body has an arcuate profile perpendicular to the body width, the arcuate profile extending from the open end to at least the closed end; a guidance member, having a guidance member width, protruding from the open end of the body; wherein the body is configured to retain the bullet of the ammunition within the flap member and the rim of the ammunition within the track member; whereby the flap member is flexible and configured to adapt to the shape of the bullet; and whereby the guidance member width is configured to be less than the loading port width of the firearm and the body width is configured to be greater than the loading port width of the firearm.