Patent ID: 8375618

Claim:
A muzzle-loading, shoulder-fired grenade launcher, comprising: a barrel having a muzzle end and a chamber end opposite the muzzle end, the barrel configured to receive a grenade therein via the muzzle end; a chamber end plate disposed over the chamber end of the barrel; a plurality of radially disposed screws securing the chamber end of the barrel to the chamber end plate such that the chamber end plate is fixed relative to and closes the chamber end of the barrel; an action extending from the chamber end plate, the action having a chamber end plate attachment end and a stock attachment end opposite the chamber end plate attachment end; an electrical firing contact disposed in the chamber end plate; an electrical trigger switch depending from the action, the trigger switch communicating electrically with the firing contact; a coil spring electrical conductor physically disposed between the electrical firing contact and the trigger switch; an electrical slide safety switch disposed in series with the trigger switch and the firing to contact, the safety switch being disposed upon the action; an electrical power source disposed within the action, the electrical power source communicating electrically with the trigger switch, the safety switch, the firing contact, the trigger switch, the safety switch, and the power source defining an electrical circuit; a first indicator light disposed in series with the safety switch, the first indicator light indicating the status of the safety switch; a second indicator light disposed in series with the trigger switch, the second indicator light indicating the status of the electrical circuit; an electrical power status indicator disposed upon the action, the electrical power status indicator communicating electrically with the electrical power source; and a stock extending from the stock attachment end of the action.