US 11,754,366 B2
Muzzle loader upper receiver for AR pattern rifle
Richard Hamilton, Duchesne, UT (US)
Assigned to UINTAH PRECISION LLC, Duchesne, UT (US)
Filed by UINTAH PRECISION LLC, Duchesne, UT (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,216.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,510, filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0236032 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F41C 9/08 (2006.01); F41A 3/74 (2006.01); F41A 3/66 (2006.01)
CPC F41C 9/08 (2013.01) [F41A 3/66 (2013.01); F41A 3/74 (2013.01); F41C 9/085 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A muzzle loader AR upper receiver comprising:
a muzzle loader AR upper receiver configured to be coupled with an AR lower receiver, the muzzle loader AR upper receiver including a body with a barrel opening, the body having a bolt opening with a handle slot extending therefrom through the body with a bolt rest slot extending from the handle slot;
a muzzle loader bolt in the bolt opening in the muzzle loader AR upper receiver, wherein the muzzle loader bolt is mostly cylindrical from a breach plug end to a proximal end, wherein the muzzle loader bolt is rotatable and longitudinally slidable within the bolt opening;
a bolt handle protruding laterally from the muzzle loader bolt and extending through the handle slot in the AR upper receiver, wherein actuation of the bolt handle between the handle slot to the bolt rest slot rotates the muzzle loader bolt in the bolt opening; and
a muzzle loader barrel coupled to the barrel opening of the muzzle loader AR pattern upper receiver.