| 摘要 |
My invention provides a fully-loaded device which is carried by a sportsman in an easily-accessible position for quick reloading of a muzzle-loading rifle. The device comprises a cylinder rotatably carried by a base member, the cylinder having a plurality of elongated openings which are open all the way through the same, and one elongated opening that is closed at its bottom end. The base has an upper flat surface which mates with a lower flat surface of the cylinder, and an off-center opening adapted to be aligned with any one of the elongated openings. The base also has a side opening so that the end of the rifle barrel may be inserted for alignment with the off-center opening. The fully open elongated openings are each adapted to contain black powder, a patch and a ball, while the bottom-closed elongated opening may be used for the storage of tools or the like, or for the storage of flashpan powder in the event the rifle is of the flintlock type. The loading device may be used with either percussion cap or the flintlock rifles and has provision for carrying a plurality of percussion caps, each held within a silicone seal. Indexing means control the revolution of the cylinder so that any one of the elongated openings may be axially aligned with the off-center opening in the base. The powder, patch and ball contained within a fully-open elongated opening may thus be transferred to the gun barrel by means of a conventional ram rod.
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