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ApparatusRelated Patent Categories: Firearms, Revolvers, Magazine-fed CylinderApparatus description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060123684, Apparatus. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application claims the benefit of PCT Patent Application Serial No. PCT/GB02/01017, filed Mar. 13, 2002, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gun comprising a magazine for holding a plurality of projectiles, a body, a trigger mechanism for triggering the firing of a projectile from said magazine, a barrel for receiving and ejecting the fired projectile from said magazine, a barrel for receiving and ejecting the fired projectile, a traversing mechanism for advancing said magazine stepwise and unindirectionally through a transverse aperture through said body, said magazine being arranged to be loaded with said projectiles from the front of said magazine into a plurality of chambers each having an opening at said front of said magazine, a propellant-material-receiving, rearward portion and a projectile-receiving, forward portion, the arrangement being such that, if a double charge of propellant material is loaded in said chamber, a projectile then loaded in said chamber would extend beyond said front of said magazine so that said magazine would be prevented from advancing through said transverse aperture. [0003] Owing to this aspect of the present invention, it is possible for shooters interested in a muzzle-loading style of shooting with cylindrical bullets to do so in a multi-shot manner. In addition, the firing of a cylindrical bullet when a chamber has been "double-charged" with excess propellant material, which can lead to dangerous consequences when using highly volatile smokeless propellants, cannot occur. [0004] The magazine can take the form a linearly displaceable, load block or a rotary cylinder. [0005] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is approved in combination: [0006] a gun comprising a magazine for holding a plurality of projectiles, a body, a trigger mechanism for triggering the firing of a projectiles from said magazine, a barrel for receiving and ejecting the fired projectile, a traversing mechanism for advancing said magazine stepwise and unidirectionally through a transverse aperture through said body, said magazine being arranged to be loaded with said projectiles from the front of said magazine into a plurality of chambers each having an opening at said front of said magazine, a propellant-material-receiving, rearward portion and a projectile-receiving, forward portion, [0007] propellant material in said rearward portion, and [0008] a cylindrical bullet in said forward portion [0009] Owing to this aspect of the present invention, it is possible for shooters interested in a muzzle-loading style of shooting with cylindrical bullets to do so in a multi-shot manner. [0010] According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gun comprising a magazine for holding a plurality of projectiles, a body, guiding surface portions of said body and serving to guide linearly advance of said magazine through a transverse aperture through said body, a trigger mechanism for triggering the firing of a projectile from said magazine, a barrel for receiving and ejecting the fired projectile, a traversing mechanism for advancing said magazine stepwise and unidirectionally through said transverse aperture, said magazine being arranged to be loaded with said projectiles from the front of said magazine. [0011] Owing to this aspect of the present invention, it is possible for shooters interested in a muzzle-loading style of shooting with a magazine in the form of a rectangular chamber block to do so in a multi-shot manner. [0012] According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided dosing apparatus for a firearm, comprising a container for receiving flowable material, a receiving device having therein a hole of a predetermined volume and for filling with material from said container, and an outlet through which the predetermined volume of said material in said hole leaves said apparatus, said receiving device being displaceable to move said hole between said container, where said hole is filled with said material, and said outlet, where the material in said hole is fully discharged. [0013] According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of loading a firearm with flowable material, comprising delivering said material from a container into a hole of a predetermined volume to fill said hole with said material, displacing said hole from said container to an outlet leading towards said firearm and fully discharging said material from said hole into said outlet. [0014] Owing to these aspects of the invention, it is possible for a shooter to load an accurate amount of the material into the firearm, not only reliably, but also rapidly. [0015] According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided dosing apparatus comprising a container for receiving flowable material, a receiving device having therein a hole of a predetermined volume and for filling with material from said container, and an outlet through which the predetermined volume of said material in said hole leaves said apparatus, said receiving device being displaceable to-and-fro to move said hole between said container, where said hole is filled with said material, and said outlet, where the material in said hole is fully discharged. [0016] Owing to this aspect of the invention, it is possible to provide a relatively simple dosing apparatus. [0017] According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus for inserting a primer into a projectile housing for a gun, comprising a primer supporting device, a primer inserting device and a projectile housing supporting device at respective opposite sides of said primer supporting device, and an operating device to operate said primer inserting device to force a primer in said primer supporting device into a projectile housing supported by said projectile housing supporting device. [0018] According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of inserting a primer into a projectile housing for a gun, comprising supporting said primer in a primer supporting device, supporting said projectile housing in a projectile housing supporting device, and causing a primer inserting device to force said primer into said projectile housing. [0019] Owing to these aspects of the invention, it is possible for a shooter to insert quickly a new primer. [0020] The projectile housing can be, for example, a cartridge, a rectangular load block or a cylinder. [0021] According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus for removing a used primer from a magazine for a gun, comprising a magazine supporting device, and a primer removing device operable to remove said primer from said magazine. [0022] According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of removing a used primer from a magazine for a gun, comprising supporting said magazine in a magazine supporting device and operating a primer removing device to remove said primer from said magazine. Continue reading about Apparatus... 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