Patent ID: 9612071
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A method of loading a firearm with at least one ammunition cartridge, the cartridge having a rim, a casing, and a bullet, the firearm including a loading port having a loading port width, the method comprising the steps of: providing an ammunition loading apparatus, said ammunition loading apparatus having a body including 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; 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, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness; the body having an arcuate profile perpendicular to the body width, the arcuate profile extending from the open end to at least the closed end; and a guidance member, having a guidance member width, protruding from the open end of the body; wherein the flap member is flexible and configured to adapt to the shape of the bullet; and wherein 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; placing the at least one ammunition cartridge into the ammunition loading apparatus with the rim in the track member and the bullet in the flap member; aligning the guidance member within the loading port with the at least one ammunition cartridge in loading orientation; applying a downward pressure to the casing of the at least one ammunition cartridge through the access slot; and transferring the at least one ammunition cartridge from the apparatus to the firearm.