Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
102439000 | Projectile structure | 63 |
20080196616 | Projectiles and methods for forming projectiles - A bullet for a firearm includes a rear unit that comprises substantially a solid structure. Additionally, the bullet includes a front unit separate and discrete from the rear unit. The front unit defines a cavity and at least a portion of the rear unit is secured in the cavity of the front unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20080202372 | Cartridge for a firearm - The present invention overcomes the limitations of the prior art by providing a centerfire rifle cartridge with a case having a head having a rim, a body extending from the head to a tapered shoulder, and a neck extending from the shoulder and defining a mouth receiving a bullet. The body has a straight external surface free of a protruding belt, and has a maximum diameter sized to closely fit for operation within a standard action of magnum width. The cartridge has an overall length sized to closely fit for operation within a standard action such as a short action or a long action. | 08-28-2008 |
20090064887 | Cartridge - A cartridge is described having a cartridge casing ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090114112 | SPECIAL PURPOSE SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION - A multi-piece projectile for a small arms cartridge includes a metal cup that has a bore, a plastic sheath having a through hole and a high-density core. The cup is a cylindrical metal structure having a bore. The sheath is a cylindrical end and a conical end and a through hole. The core is a cylindrical structure having conical end and a blunt end. The projectile is assembled by placing the core in the through hole of the sheath and then pressing the sheath into the bore of the cup. The assembled projectile is attached to the cartridge by crimping the cup to the orifice in the end of the cartridge casing after it is filled with the propellant. When the projectile is fired all of the components remain coupled together but break apart upon impact with a target. Because the core has a higher mass than the other components the components separate very easily, the majority of the kinetic energy remains in the core. Once separated from the other components, the core is able to penetrate through various protective materials. | 05-07-2009 |
20090139423 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PROPELLANT CHARGES FOR HIGH- VELOCITY PROJECTILES, PROPELLANT CHARGES PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD, AND STICK PROPELLANT INTENDED FOR THE METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of producing propellant charges ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090211483 | CARTRIDGE FOR M16/AR15 RIFLES - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a cartridge design that includes a bullet having a larger diameter than the 0.224 inch bullet currently included in the 223 Remington or 5.56 mm NATO cartridge and a case that has substantially the same base diameter as the case currently included in the 223 Remington or the 5.56 mm NATO cartridge. The overall length of the disclosed cartridge is substantially similar to the overall length as the 223 Remington or the 5.56 mm NATO cartridge. | 08-27-2009 |
20090288572 | HUNTING BULLET COMPRISING AN EXPANSION RING - The invention relates to the field of ammunition for hunting guns. | 11-26-2009 |
20100132579 | GASTIGHT ELECTRICAL BUSHING AND ITS USE IN A PROJECTILE - A projectile in which the metallic base body itself is used as a ground wire and only the signal line is passed through the inside of the base body so that it is insulated by a suitable bore of the base body. The signal line is insulated from the ground wire by a coating of an electrically insulating material applied to the base body, before the signal line is introduced into the bore. The two ends of the signal line are provided with connecting contacts, which preferably can be screwed at least partially into the base body and are mounted in such a way that they are insulated from the base body. To allow contacting of the ground wire, which is formed by the base body itself, the front end and the rear end of the base body are provided with coating-free blind bores. | 06-03-2010 |
20100236441 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100300320 | Projectile Device and Method for Targeted Vehicle Tracking - An invention in which a projectile device is deployed from a compressed air firing system that, upon impact of the projectile device into a target, the projectile device embeds itself in the intended target's outer surface or material. In one application, a GPS receiver and transmitter provided within the projectile device relays position data to a receiving apparatus that is monitored by a stationary or mobile conveyance. In another application, the projectile device, may include remotely operable explosives which are preferably triggered once the target is an area where the explosives can be detonated with minimal collateral damage. | 12-02-2010 |
20110067592 | INDUSTRIAL AMMUNITION - A projectileless ammunition system ( | 03-24-2011 |
20110067593 | NON-LETHAL PROJECTILE AMMUNITION - Non-lethal ammunition for a riot gun assembles a bi-chambered projectile body and an impact nose, the assembly being spin-stabilized and nose-heavy such that the nose will impact first at the target. The rearward end of the assembly is mounted into the forward end of a shell casing having a high-energy gas expansion chamber, the mounting forming a low-pressure chamber at the rearward end of the projectile. A cup-shaped multi-port gas diffuser plug, spaced from the projectile body, directs burnt propellant gases from the expansion chamber into the low-pressure chamber to expel the projectile at a relatively low velocity. A sleeve interiorly of the gas diffuser plug closes the ports and is degraded by the burnt gases to provide a complete burning of the propellant. | 03-24-2011 |
20110083575 | REDUCED FIRING SIGNATURE WEAPON CARTRIDGE - A reduced signature weapon cartridge is provided which, when fired, produces little or no muzzle blast or noise signature. In particular, a reduced signature weapon cartridge of the present invention comprises a movable piston disposed within the cartridge, disposed in between the high pressure chamber and the projectile. When fired, propellant gases rapidly force the piston forward within the cartridge case, thereby launching the projectile at a subsonic velocity, thereby eliminating the conventional noise signature associated with supersonic velocities. Thereafter, the propellant gases are slowly released from the cartridge case via perforations formed within the piston, grooves formed in the periphery of the piston, or via a gap between the piston and cartridge wall, thereby reducing or eliminating the conventional muzzle blast. | 04-14-2011 |
20110214582 | High velocity ammunition round - A sub-caliber bullet with an aerodynamic shape has long-range accuracy due to a high muzzle velocity and reduced time of flight to a target. The bullet has a forward portion, a mid-portion and an aft portion. The forward portion has a density in excess of 10/cm | 09-08-2011 |
20110252997 | ARMOR-PENETRATING TWO-PART BULLET - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a “two-part bullet” consisting of a projectile body and penetrator. In an embodiment the penetrator is composed of steel, hardened steel or tungsten carbide. The bullet projectile body is homogenously composed of copper, gilding metal alloy (copper and zinc), brass, bronze, or similar material. | 10-20-2011 |
20110259231 | Drag Effect Trajectory Enhanced Projectile - A projectile includes a cartridge and a hollow bullet. A propellant fills the cartridge and the hollow bullet to increase the velocity of the bullet when fired. The hollow bullet has a flattened leading end and an annular ring is secured to the flattened leading end in the center of the flat region. The flattened leading end and the annular ring move a center of pressure forwardly so that a center of pressure is forward of a center of gravity of the bullet when the bullet is in flight. In a second embodiment, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart slits is formed in a trailing end of the hollow bullet, creating a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart fins that flare radially outwardly upon impact with a soft target. | 10-27-2011 |
20110290141 | Subsonic small-caliber ammunition and bullet used in same - A bullet for use with a small caliber rifle comprises a jacket and a lead core provided within the jacket. The jacket is drawn from a copper alloy material. A bearing surface portion of the jacket has a nominal thickness less than about .010″ and the copper alloy material of at least the bearing surface portion of the jacket has a nominal hardness that is substantially greater than an as-drawn hardness of the copper alloy material of the bearing surface portion of the jacket. | 12-01-2011 |
20110290142 | Subsonic small-caliber ammunition and bullet used in same - A bullet comprises a casing engaging segment, a rifling leade mating segment, and a tip segment. The rifling leade mating segment has a frusto-conical shape tapering from a first diameter at a first end portion thereof to a second diameter at a second end portion thereof. The rifling leade mating segment extends from a first end portion of the casing engaging segment. The tip segment extends from the second end portion of the rifling leade mating segment. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter. | 12-01-2011 |
20120012023 | REMOTE SETTING FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS IN A PROJECTILE FOR CHAMBERED AMMUNITION - A fuze setting circuit in an artillery or tank shell having a case with a press-fitted head assembly is provided with an electromechanical fuze-wiring link that is completed electrically by mechanical assembly of a tracer-carrying projectile on the shell casing, and by the rotational attachment of a programmable fuze onto the projectile. | 01-19-2012 |
20120060715 | LESS LETHAL AMMUNITION - In one embodiment, a less lethal munition including a ring airfoil projectile. The flight trajectory of the projectile has increased accuracy resulting from the aerodynamic stabilization of the projectile. In some embodiments, the projectile is both aerodynamically stabilized and spin stabilized. | 03-15-2012 |
20120085258 | CARTRIDGE AND BULLET WITH CONTROLLED EXPANSION - A bullet or a cartridge containing a bullet having an elongated body with a forward end and an opposed rear end. The body has an intermediate cylindrical portion between the rear and forward ends, and the front end of the body defines a cavity. A resilient nose element is received in the cavity. The nose element may be an elastomer, and may be a cylindrical body. The cavity may be a cylindrical bore, and the nose element may be closely encompassed within the bore. The forward end of the nose element may be flat, and may be flush with the forward end of the body. | 04-12-2012 |
20120152144 | Deformable High Volocity Bullet - A round of ammunition for an assault rifle or the like includes a cartridge and a bullet or projectile. The cartridge includes a rear portion and a forward portion with a reduced diameter while the rear portion is dimensioned to fit into the breach of a rifle and defines a hollow chamber or interior volume for a mass of gun powder and primer. The forward portion of the cartridge joins a bullet. The bullet includes a bullet shaped rounded lead tip and an aerodynamically shaped forward portion including a tapered shell and a solid cylindrically shaped lead middle portion. The forward portion also includes an axial steel rod between the tip and the middle portion. The bullet also includes a rear portion including a tapered shell surrounding a second hollow chamber with a small opening in the distal part of the bullet. | 06-21-2012 |
20120152145 | PROJECTILE FOR USE WITH A RIFLED BARREL - A multi-component projectile is disclosed. The multi-component projectile is designed for use with a rifled barrel and is configured to, upon exiting the rifled barrel, utilize the spinning forces imparted on the projectile while in the barrel to expand until the multi-component projectile achieves a predetermined pattern that is larger than an area of the barrel from which the projectile was fired. Methods of manufacturing the multi-component projectile are also disclosed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120192751 | Reduced Energy Training Cartridge for Straight Blow Back Operated Firearms - The present invention discloses a reduced energy training cartridge for use in a straight blowback operated firearm having a barrel with firing chamber, the cartridge comprising a cartridge case being defined by a rear portion with an external groove, a front portion having a velocity reduction structure and a wall with an outer surface and an inner surface, a sabot slideably engaged within the cartridge case, the sabot having a rear portion with an outside diameter substantially equal to the inside diameter of the inner surface of the cartridge case and which contains a gas sealing and braking structure and a primer disposed in the rear portion of the cartridge case where, upon percussion of the primer, the cartridge case rapidly slides relative to the sabot until such point when the velocity reduction structure of the cartridge case engages with the sealing and braking structure of the sabot, thereby stopping further movement of the cartridge case relative to the sabot, The present invention also contemplates using a metallic case in combination with a non-metallic or polymer sabot. | 08-02-2012 |
20120216697 | Liquid Missile Projectile For Being Launched From A Launching Device - A liquid missile for being projected from a launching device which includes a liquid charge combined with a non-rigid flight integrity component. The flight integrity component allows the liquid charge to be launched at increased speeds and distances by inhibiting substantial break-up of the liquid charge during flight. | 08-30-2012 |
20120216698 | Low Shrapnel Door Breaching Projectile System - A modified 40 mm grenade round designed to breach doors without throwing a significant amount of shrapnel into a building's interior or back toward the shooter. The modified round includes a forward extension on the ogive. The extension is rigidly connected to a thrust column which transmits an impact load directly from the ogive's nose cap to the striker on the fuse assembly. This configuration detonates the explosive charge within the projectile while the explosive is still well outside the door. This early detonation throws a pressure wave again the door's exterior, forcing the door inward. | 08-30-2012 |
20120240807 | Less Than Lethal Cartridge - A less than lethal cartridge for a projectile which when fired has a velocity which will not kill an individual struck by the projectile. The less than lethal cartridge has a rim which is deeper or thicker than a rim on a conventional lethal cartridge. The caliber of the cartridge is also selected so that regular lethal ammunition is not available in this caliber. The preferred caliber of the less than lethal cartridge is .490. The less than lethal cartridge contains a polymeric projectile or alternatively, a sealed filled polymeric pouch containing shot therein. | 09-27-2012 |
20120266772 | TANDEM NESTED PROJECTILE ASSEMBLY - A projectile assembly | 10-25-2012 |
20130014664 | NARROWING HIGH STRENGTH POLYMER-BASED CARTRIDGE CASING FOR BLANK AND SUBSONIC AMMUNITION - A high strength polymer-based cartridge casing includes an upper component of polymer, a bullet of a standard weight, a lower component of polymer, and an insert. The upper component has a shoulder portion and an upper component inner wall has a first slope extending from the shoulder. The lower component has a lower component inner wall having a second slope. The upper and lower component inner walls form a propellant chamber; and the first and second slopes reduce a volume of the propellant chamber. The reduced volume of the propellant chamber permits only enough propellant to propel a bullet engaged in the cartridge casing at subsonic speeds. | 01-17-2013 |
20130025490 | THREE COMPONENT BULLET WITH CORE RETENTION FEATURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE BULLET - A three component bullet with an improved core retention feature and a method of manufacturing the bullet is described including a cylindrical jacket having an open end and a closed end containing a malleable metal core which is forced into a forming die having a bottleneck shaped interior resulting in a bottleneck shaped pre-form wherein the outside diameter of the open-ended forward portion of the jacket is smaller than the outside diameter of its closed rearward portion. The open end of the pre-form may be dropped through or forced through a malleable locking band of appropriate height, diameter and wall thickness. A relatively tight-fitting punch enters the open end of the pre-form generating sufficient axial force against the face of the metal core to radially swell the core and subsequently portions of the jacket fore and aft of the locking band, thereby securing the locking band in place while at the same time producing an inwardly-extending annular band of jacket material which embeds itself into the core material with the result that the core is permanently locked inside the jacket. | 01-31-2013 |
20130087063 | CARTRIDGE AND BULLET - A liquid-filled bullet has a bullet cap and a bullet base with a cavity therebetween, the cavity containing a liquid. The bullet base has a chamfer and an extension above the chamfer where the base mates with the bullet cap. The bullet cap is deformed and the cavity content released inside a target by pressure of the chamfered portion of the bullet base deforming the bullet cap. | 04-11-2013 |
20130092041 | Bullets With Lateral Damage Stopping Power - Ammunition which includes a bullet having an effective caliber that is larger than its nominal caliber, comprised of a bullet body with a longitudinal cavity in the forward end, and one or more bores extending from the cavity to bore openings on the exterior of the bullet. In use, target media is gathered in the cavity and ejected under force through the bore openings, increasing the damage done by the bullet. Optional embodiments include filled, irritant payload, and jacketed embodiments. | 04-18-2013 |
20130098258 | WEAPON CARTRIDGE - A cartridge for a small arms weapon, comprising a cover for housing a projectile; a metal cap at a rear end of the cover; a propellant charge located inside the cover at the rear thereof; and a gas seal element located inside the cover adjacent to the propellant charge and having an annular sealing formation projecting rearwardly towards the propellant charge and being outwardly deformable on detonation of the propellant charge for sealing against an internal surface of the cover. The metal cap has a rim extending longitudinally over a portion of the external surface of the cover for supporting the cover where the sealing formation first seals against its internal surface. | 04-25-2013 |
20130167747 | BULLET WITH CHAMBER SEALING STRUCTURE AND AMMUNITION COMPRISING SAME - A round of ammunition for use in a 5.56 NATO-specification chamber comprises a cartridge casing and a bullet having a casing engaging segment, a sealing band and a groove. The sealing band encircles the casing engaging segment. The casing engagement segment of the bullet is engaged within a bullet receiving opening of the cartridge casing with a rear surface of the sealing band abutting a front edge of the cartridge casing. The groove encircles the casing engagement segment. A rear portion of the sealing band intersects a front portion of the groove. A front face of the sealing band is substantially flat. An angle of the front face of the sealing band is approximately the same as an angle of a neck-to-throat transition portion of the 5.56 NATO-specification chamber. | 07-04-2013 |
20130220160 | FLECHETTE DELIVERED RFID - An identification device such as an RFID is delivered and embedded in a target by flechette means for target tracking and identification. | 08-29-2013 |
20130263754 | Ammunition Rounds for Observance of Religious Beliefs and a Method of Hunting - An ammunition round and method of hunting is provided that allows a hunter of the Muslim faith to hunt with a firearm and ensure the flesh of the hunted animal is halal. The ammunition rounds include a shotgun pellet, shotgun slug, handgun round, and rifle round having sharpened edges designed into their body structure to induce a cutting or slicing operation upon impact with a game animal. The shotgun pellets comprise raised cutting surfaces or a defined bi-pyramidal shape having cutting edges and intersection thereon. The shotgun slug, handgun round, and rifle round of the present invention comprise leading ends having cutting surfaces forming sharpened edges. These cutting surfaces include a plurality of sharpened extension members extending from the round leading end, or different surface geometries to create a cutting interface upon contact with a target animal. | 10-10-2013 |
20130284045 | AMMUNITION - An ammunition capable of improving flying speed, shooting range, flight velocity, and straightness of a bullet by reducing the air resistance of the bullet due to the eddy flow of air generated at the rear portion of the bullet is provided. The wad of the ammunition includes a pressing portion having a through hole in which the cylindrical surface of the bullet is inserted, a coupling surface closely contacted to the vertical surface of the bullet, and a pressing surface extending from the through hole; and a cover portion having an inner peripheral surface which extends from the coupling surface of the pressing portion in the thrust force acting direction to cover a part of the circumferential surface of the streamlined tail portion of the bullet, and an outer peripheral surface which extends from an outer periphery of the pressing portion substantially parallel to the cylindrical surface of the bullet. | 10-31-2013 |
20140000471 | BALLISTIC SEALING, COMPONENT RETENTION, AND PROJECTILE LAUNCH CONTROL FOR AN AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY | 01-02-2014 |
20140190364 | PROJECTILE ASSEMBLY WITH STABILIZATION/OBTURATION ENHANCEMENT - A projectile assembly comprises a base portion for receiving projectiles such as slugs and has an associated pusher plate at a rear end thereof for minimizing or controlling deformation of the rear end of the base portion during firing. The pusher plate has a disc with one or more axially extending projections that extend axially into the rearward end of the base portion thereby reinforcing the base portion and upon firing providing uniform axial deformation and/or obturation of the base portion with respect to a firearm barrel. The projectile assembly may be, for example, part of a shotgun shell slug cartridge, and provides enhanced accuracy over the prior art. | 07-10-2014 |
20140230680 | LESS THAN LETHAL PROJECTILE AND AMMUNITION - A less than lethal projectile comprising a shell body made of elastic material and accommodating a plurality of separate pellets encapsulated therewithin. | 08-21-2014 |
20140318402 | POLYMER PROJECTILE HAVING AN INTEGRATED DRIVING BAND - A lightweight projectile having an integrated driving band positioned around the exterior of the polymer base of the projectile for engaging the rifling of a barrel to impart spin stabilization to the projectile. The driving band protrudes from the polymer base to minimize the contact between the polymer base and the rifling to reduce friction between the barrel and the projectile as the projectile is fired. The reduced friction allows the lightweight projectile to be propelled with minimal propellant force while still retaining the ballistic advantages of a spin stabilized projectile. | 10-30-2014 |
20140326155 | FRANGIBLE PROJECTILE - A frangible projectile includes a sintered mass of a plurality of copper or copper alloy plated iron or iron alloy core particles. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326156 | Light Weight Projectiles - A non armor piercing monolithic composite projectile includes a high temperature polymer and a filler material. The filler material is intimately dispersed throughout the high temperature polymer such that the projectile is uniform in appearance and composition and a portion of the filler forms a portion of an outer surface of the body. The projectile is preferably lead-free. | 11-06-2014 |
20140331883 | TECHNIQUES UTILIZING HIGH PERFORMANCE ARMOR PENETRATING ROUND - An armor penetrating round includes an elongated core portion (e.g., a hollow tool steel core) defining a front end, an aft end, and a central cavity which extends from the aft end toward the front end. The central cavity has (i) an aft cross-sectional diameter adjacent the aft end and (ii) a front cross-sectional diameter adjacent the front end, the aft cross-sectional diameter being larger than the front cross-sectional diameter. The armor penetrating round further includes a slug portion (e.g., a pre-compacted pellet of powdered metal) which is disposed within the central cavity adjacent the aft end, and an outer jacket (e.g., a copper jacket) which extends around the elongated core portion to operate as an interface between the armor penetrating round and a gun barrel when the armor penetrating round is fired through the gun barrel. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331884 | 40MM DOOR-BREACHING GRENADE - The invention provides a short-range, self-propelled, non-fragmenting breaching device to breach a wide variety of doors and barricades with high efficiency, high gunner safety and low collateral damage. The invention also provides a method of preparing the breaching device and a method of breaching a target using the breaching device. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331885 | THREE COMPONENT BULLET WITH CORE RETENTION FEATURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE BULLET - A three component bullet with a core retention feature and a method of forming the bullet is described. The bullet can include a jacket surrounding a core and a locking band disposed around a circumference of the jacket and the core. The locking band can be received in a circumferential depression formed in the jacket and the core such as by compressing the core to cause the core and the jacket to expand radially fore and aft of the locking band. The circumferential depression can include shoulders that are in compressive engagement with the locking band to help secure the locking band in place. The circumferential depression can include an inwardly-extending annular band of jacket material which embeds itself into the core material with the result that the core is locked inside the jacket. | 11-13-2014 |
20150027334 | SPECIAL CARTRIDGE (VARIANTS) - The invention relates to a weapon intended for fighting games, mainly for paintball, namely to special cartridges containing painting liquid. The special cartridge contains a cartridge case | 01-29-2015 |
20150040790 | Disk-shaped Bullet, Bullet Case and Firearm with Rectangular Barrel for Disk-shaped Bullet - A firearm is provided that includes a receiver, a stock, an elongated barrel and a muzzle. The barrel extends from the receiver to the muzzle and has a rectangular internal bore extending from the receiver to the muzzle. The internal bore has two short sides and two long sides A plurality of teeth extends along one of the short sides within the internal bore. A disk-shaped bullet titling within the internal bore may be tired from the firearm. A bullet case having a rectangular orifice is provided to chamber the disk-shaped bullet for propulsion through the rectangular internal bore of the firearm. | 02-12-2015 |
20150122142 | NARROWING HIGH STRENGTH POLYMER-BASED CARTRIDGE CASING FOR BLANK AND SUBSONIC AMMUNITION - A high strength polymer-based cartridge casing includes an upper component of polymer, a bullet of a standard weight, a lower component of polymer, and an insert. The upper component has a shoulder portion and an upper component inner wall has a first diameter extending from the shoulder. The lower component has a lower component inner wall having a second diameter. The upper and lower component inner walls form a propellant chamber; and the first and second diameters reduce a volume of the propellant chamber. The reduced volume of the propellant chamber permits only enough propellant to propel a bullet engaged in the cartridge casing at subsonic speeds. | 05-07-2015 |
20150330752 | SPECIAL CARTRIDGE (VARIANTS) - The invention relates to a weapon intended for fighting games, mainly for paintball, namely to special cartridges containing painting liquid. The special cartridge contains a cartridge case | 11-19-2015 |
20150354930 | EXPANDING SUBSONIC PROJECTILE AND CARTRIDGE UTILIZING SAME - An expanding subsonic projectile has a body that has a meplat and at least partially defines a hollow bore having a bore diameter. An insert is disposed at least partially in the bore. The insert includes an insert axis; a tip disposed on the insert axis; a leading section extending from the tip towards the meplat, wherein the leading section has an expanding section diameter along the insert axis from the tip towards the meplat; and a waist extending from the leading section towards the meplat. The waist has a contracting waist diameter along the insert axis from the leading section towards the meplat. | 12-10-2015 |
20160018199 | Advanced Modular Ammunition Cartridges and Systems - Modular cartridges are disclosed that can be initially assembled, disassembled, and reprocessed by hand. The cartridge case is suitable for use with a variety of projectile designs and weights and for use with a range of propellant amounts and primer types. The variety of projectiles and range of propelling forces permits the present invention to provide cartridges for all types of uses, including indoor and outdoor target shooting, training, non-lethal self-protection, and lethal uses. The cartridges include a case, a projectile, a primer, and a selectable amount of propellant (if any), and primer housing insert” and which is configured to be releasably attached to the striking end of the case and to contain the primer and the desired amount of propellant. | 01-21-2016 |
20160091288 | NECKLESS CARTRIDGE - A cartridge with a composite cartridge case includes a projectile with an ogee-shaped tip and a bottom end ending in a base, a flangeless tubular case delimiting a chamber accommodating a propulsive powder, closed at a first longitudinal end by a base with a primer and at the second end opposite to the first, by the base of the projectile, a part of the flangeless tubular case fitting snugly around part of the projectile and having itself, at least in part, a frustoconical external shape, the cartridge being characterized in that: the chamber accommodating the propulsive powder includes, at the projectile end, a reduction in its diameter over all or part of the periphery thereof down to the diameter of the base of the projectile, the ratio between the length of the tip of the projectile and the maximum diameter thereof is greater than or equal to 2.9. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091290 | LEAD FREE FRANGIBLE IRON BULLETS - The invention relates to sintered iron bullets having increased frangibility (or which can be easily fragmented) and to the materials and processes for the manufacture of such bullets. The bullets of the present invention are typically made from iron powder (including powdered iron from scrap iron) which are pressed to form a briquette and then sintered under conditions so as to obtain bullets with the desired level of frangibility. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the bullets are resin or plastic impregnated and then coated to facilitate lubricity and prevent corrosion. | 03-31-2016 |
20160131463 | Training Projectile and Training Cartridge - The invention relates to a training projectile ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160131465 | A PROJECTILE BODY AND CORRESPONDING AMMUNITION ROUND FOR SMALL ARMS OR A LIGHT FIREARM - A projectile ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160161232 | LONGITUDINALLY SECTIONED FIREARMS PROJECTILES - The present invention relates to longitudinally sectioned bullets and methods that pertain to a projectile structured to be discharged from a firearm and comprising at least two separable longitudinal body sections and at least one binding element that holds the at least two longitudinal body sections together, such as before impact with a target. Said projectile is thus capable of controlled fragmentation against a soft target. Said projectile is adapted to also contain at least one supplemental payload deliverable to a target to further damage said target. | 06-09-2016 |
20160169645 | PROJECTILE WITH AMORPHOUS POLYMER TIP | 06-16-2016 |
20160252336 | COMPOSITE PROJECTILE AND CARTRIDGE WITH COMPOSITE PROJECTILE | 09-01-2016 |
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20180023932 | TRACER AMMUNITION | 01-25-2018 |
20190145745 | NOISE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMALL CALIBER AMMUNITION | 05-16-2019 |
20220136811 | CARTRIDGE WITH COMBINED EFFECTS PROJECTILE - A cartridge comprising a bullet, the bullet providing a radially expanding array of bullet fragments upon entering a target and also providing an increase in effective surface area of the bullet within the target by structural features that facilitate tumbling or mushrooming in the target. In an embodiment a pair of axial core members are aligned in a bullet jacket with the forward core member being segmented with separation junctures formed by engaged faces of adjacent segments. Impact causing fracturing of the segments from a base portion. | 05-05-2022 |