Gun loading device
View Patent ↗A gun loading device comprising a base member having a socket to receive the muzzle of a firearm to be loaded with a charge of powder and/or a bullet, a storage cylinder provided with a plurality of bores in a circular pattern which receive such charges and is rotatable about a fixed axis attached to the base member, an upper inlet member having an opening through which a plunger is perpendicularly slideable to push, sequentially, the charges of powder in the bores through a discharge opening in the base member, and multiple posts connecting the base and inlet members together, in a non-twistable configuration, with the cylinder being rotatable therebetween. Quick-releasable latch members preferably are used to secure the connecting member respectively to the base and inlet members, as well as render the elements readily disassembled for cleaning, and the preferred material from which the components of the device are formed is synthetic resin, such as “LEXAN” or A.B.F.
1. A gun loading device operable to charge a gun with at least one of powder or a projectile, comprising:
a cylinder including a plurality of parallel bores each adapted to receive a measured charge of at least one of powder or a projectile, and upper and lower bore collars for parallel alignment and stabilization of said bores;
a lower base member having a guide for positioning said device upon said gun's muzzle, said lower base member also having a discharge opening alignable with said guide through which charges are dispensed into the muzzle of said gun;
an upper inlet member having an inlet aperture for admitting charges into the parallel bores of said cylinder, said cylinder being rotatably mounted between said upper inlet member and said lower base member;
a plunger perpendicular operatively seated in said upper inlet member for pushing said charges out of said bores and through the discharge opening in said lower base member into the muzzle of said gun;
a plurality of stabilizing posts extending between said lower base and upper inlet members to secure said lower base and upper inlet members in a spaced relation with said cylinder rotatably mounted there between.
2. The gun loading device according to claim 1 wherein said plunger is slideably seated in said upper inlet member.
3. The gun loading device according to claim 2 further comprising retention means to maintain said plunger in a fully retracted position, whereby rotation of said cylinder is unimpeded by said plunger.
4. The gun loading device according to claim 1 further comprising locating means to ensure proper alignment between any one of said plurality of parallel bores and said discharge opening in said lower base member.
5. The gun loading device according to claim 1 further comprising locating means to ensure proper alignment between any one of said plurality of parallel bores and said inlet aperture in said upper inlet member.
6. The gun loading device according to claim 1 wherein said guide is detachably attached to said lower base member.
7. The gun loading device according to claim 1 wherein said cylinder is detachably mounted between said upper inlet member and said lower base member.
8. The gun loading device according to claim 1 further comprising three stabilizing posts.