Patent ID: 7059074

Claim:
A muzzle-loading firearm comprising: a barrel having a front end corresponding to a muzzle of the barrel, and a rear end; a frame part arranged to receive the barrel and to be connected to the barrel, a breech plug arranged at the rear end of the barrel, said breech plug having a rear end arranged to receive a primer, and a front end; a firing pin housing arranged adjacent to the rear end of the breech plug, said firing pin housing housing a firing pin in a longitudinal firing pin channel of said firing pin housing, whereby the firing pin is arranged displaceable between a front position and a rear position in said firing pin channel; the firing pin housing being pivotally connected to the frame part such as to be pivotable in a plane perpendicular to the barrel, between a closed position in which the firing pin housing covers the rear end of the breech plug with the firing pin channel aligned with said breech plug, and an open position in which the firing pin housing does not cover the rear end of the breech plug.