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Bore light

  • US 5,551,182 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1994
  • Issued: 09/03/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A light for illumination of the bore of a gun, the light including the following elements:

  • a sleeve of a diameter less than the bore of the gun, the sleeve having a first end and a second end, the sleeve being sized to receive therein a battery having a conductive terminal at each end;

    a light bulb having a filament therein for producing light when electric current passes therethrough, the light bulb having a threaded case electrically connected to one end of the filament and a central conductive button at the base end of the light bulb, the button being electrically insulated from the case and the button being electrically connected to the other end of the filament;

    the sleeve having at the first end a threaded receptacle for receiving the threaded case of the light bulb with the conductive button positioned to engage one conductive terminal of a battery included in a case and to produce light at the first end of the sleeve,means for selectively completing an electrical circuit between the battery and the light bulb, said completing means at least in part pressing the battery into engagement with the light bulb; and

    a rubber bumper attached to and projecting beyond the second end of the sleeve and positioned to engage the breech mechanism after passage of the light through the gun'"'"'s bore,whereby the bore light may be turned on by actuating the completing means and then caused to pass down the bore of a muzzle loading gun to illuminate it.

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