Patent ID: 6647653
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: F41C

Abstract:
A firing element for use with a firearm having a barrel with a breech plug at a rearward end of the barrel, and a nipple extending rearwardly from the breech plug, comprising:an elongated cylindrical body member having a forward and a rearward end, a rearward portion of the body member of greater diameter, a forwardmost portion of the body member of reduced diameter, a shoulder portion on the body member between the forwardmost and the rearward portions dwelling in a plane perpendicular to a center elongated axis of the body member, and an elongated bore extending between the forward and the rearward end wherein a percussion element is received in the rearward end of the bore and the nipple is received in the forward end of the bore such that a forward end of the percussion element is in alignment with the nipple.