A MUZZLE LOADER BARREL HAVING A COUNTER BORE TO FACILITATE LOADING OF A SLUG

摘要

A rifled muzzle loader barrel having a cylindrical counterbored muzzle and with the counterbore having a diameter substantially equal to an outer diameter defined by the rifling and substantially equal to an outer diameter of a slug of the desired calibre for that barrel and also being of a length sufficient to facilitate proper alignment of an appropriate calibre slug as it is inserted into the muzzle end of the barrel. The invention also relates to a slug loading tool for facilitating loading the muzzle loader and gas exhaust holes for creating a force opposing a recoil force of the barrel upon being discharged.