Firearms – Muzzle loaders
Patent
1997-10-31
1999-11-30
Johnson, Stephen M.
Firearms
Muzzle loaders
42 16, F41C 908
Patent
active
059920742
ABSTRACT:
A muzzle-loading firearm having a bolt, a receiver, a striker mounted in the bolt and a breech plug or other part of the receiver carrying a percussion cap in which the bolt has an extension engageable with the breech plug to prevent inadvertent engagement of the striker and percussion cap when the plug is not properly seated. Further, the bolt extension may prevent bolt locking when the plug is not properly seated.
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McGarry James
Ruger William B.
Johnson Stephen M.
Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc.
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