Abstract: A muzzle loading rifle has a cocking member which is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the central axis of the barrel of the rifle and has a cam mounted on the distal end thereof. When the cocking member and the cam are rotated, the cam will move the hammer from a fired position to a cocked position. Second, a cylindrical primer holder having a transverse hole therethrough is provided to retain a primer charge. The primer holder may be rotated from a firing position to a safety position while retaining the charge enclosed within the receiver of the rifle. Third, a safety lever rotates about an axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the hammer sear from a first locked position to a second unlocked position. Movement of the safety lever to the second position unlocks the sear and allows the weapon to be fired.

Abstract: A muzzle loading rifle has a cylindrical primer holder having a transverse hole therethrough which is provided to retain a primer charge. The primer holder may be rotated from a firing position to a safety position while retaining the charge enclosed within the receiver of the rifle. The back end of a breach plug engages the primer holder and an annular ring at the back of the breach plug is sized to be shearable by the breach plug at a predetermined pressure for providing an additional safety feature for the rifle. Shearing the breach plug annular ring is engineered to absorb substantial excess pressure if present.

Abstract: A muzzle loading rifle has a cocking member which is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the central axis of the barrel of the rifle and has a cam mounted on the distal end thereof. When the cocking member and the cam are rotated, the cam will move the hammer from a fired position to a cocked position. Second, a cylindrical primer holder having a transverse hole therethrough is provided to retain a primer charge. The primer holder may be rotated from a firing position to a safety position while retaining the charge enclosed within the receiver of the rifle. Third, a safety lever rotates about an axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the hammer sear from a first locked position to a second unlocked position. Movement of the safety lever to the second position unlocks the sear and allows the weapon to be fired.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying grain in a storage bin includes an elevated floor structure horizontally disposed across a storage bin. The floor includes a plurality of parallel ridges and valleys and is perforated to allow the passage of hot drying air upwardly through the floor and into any grain which is retained above the perforated floor. Each valley in the floor has holes therethrough for the passage of grain, and a plurality of cup-like grain containers are slidably positioned immediately below the valleys and are moveable horizontally from positions in communication with the valleys for receivcing grain therein to positions closed with respect to the elevated floor, but open with respect to a dry grain storage area below the elevated floor. Drive machinery is capable of continuously moving the grain containers over a range of speeds.