| CPC F41C 9/085 (2013.01) | 4 Claims |
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1. A bullet loading tip for a muzzleloading firearm, comprising:
a stem defining threads adapted to selectively couple with corresponding threads defined by one or more of a ball starter and a ramrod;
a platform coupled to the stem, the platform defining a cup with a floor and sidewalls projecting from a periphery of the floor; and
a cushion composed of neoprene selected to be softer than a bullet disposed in a barrel of the muzzleloading firearm, the cushion being retained in the cup between the sidewalls in a position abutting the floor and the sidewalls, the cushion defining a concave depression configured to receive a nose of the bullet;
wherein:
the stem, the platform, and the cushion are complementarily configured with the barrel of the muzzleloading firearm to insert into the barrel with the cushion abutting the bullet disposed in the barrel;
the bullet loading tip is configured to press the bullet down the barrel to a seated position at the end of the barrel when the bullet loading tip is urged down the barrel; and
the concave depression and the neoprene composition of the cushion cooperate to apply pressure to the bullet in the seated position without deforming the bullet by redistributing compressive force from the bullet loading tip on the bullet over lateral surfaces of the nose of the bullet and by the cushion compressing because it is softer than the bullet to absorb compressive force from the bullet loading tip on the bullet.
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