US Patent Issued to Ardesa on May 20 for "Rifles and muzzle loading rifles receiving propellant charge with an extended primer cap in a bolt action configuration, and method of loading" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,950, issued on May 20, was assigned to Ardesa S.A. (Zamudio-Vizcaya, Spain).

"Rifles and muzzle loading rifles receiving propellant charge with an extended primer cap in a bolt action configuration, and method of loading" was invented by Angel Calvete (Zamudio-Vizcaya, Spain), Thomas F. Hall (Higganum, Conn.), John Myles (Quaker Hill, Conn.) and Ryan Nicholas (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bolt action rifle having a receiver; a bolt in slidable communication within said receiver, having an elongated body and a bolt head at a first end, and an exposed bolt face with a primer recess cavity having a base with a forw...