Patent ID: 6604311
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
In a lever-operated muzzle-loading firearm comprising:a) a stock for manipulating the firearm and a barrel having a bore extending therethrough, the barrel bore having a breech-end and a muzzle-end, the breech-end of the barrel supporting a removable chamber having a rearward cavity for positioning a primer; b) a rearward barrel lug attached to the barrel for supporting a rotatable breechblock and a rotatable lever; c) a pin mounted on the barrel lug about which the breechblock pivots rearwardly and downwardly from a locked position to an open position; d) a pin mounted on the barrel lug about which the lever pivots for moving the breechblock from the locked position to the open position; e) linking means for connecting the lever and the breechblock to permit the breechblock to be moved by the lever rearward and downward from the locked position to the open position and for the breechblock to be moved upward and forward from the open position to the locked position; f) a firing mechanism supported on the breechblock having a trigger, a hammer, and a firing pin assembly for detonating the primer and discharging the firearm; g) a ramrod for facilitating loading of a powder charge and a projectile; and h) a storing means for carrying the ramrod with the firearm.