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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322297 | Cannelured frangible projectile and method of canneluring a frangible projectile A method of canneluring a frangible projectile includes the steps of rotating the projectile at a high speed, and cutting the cannelure into the projectile to form a frangible cannelured projectile. To ensure that the body is not damaged during cutting, the cutting ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7299750 | Partial fragmentation and deformation bullets having an identical point of impact Especially in hunting, the choice of bullets has to be such that it is in keeping with the wild animals to be hunted. According to the desired effect on the target, deformation bullets or partial fragmentation bullets are used. Since both types of bullets are differ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299733 | Bullet with spherical nose portion A bullet includes a frontward facing aperture. Contained within the aperture is a relatively hard bullet frontal element that provides advantageous bullet impact performance. In one embodiment, the frontal element is a steel sphere that provides advantageous penetra... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7210411 | 4.6 mm small arms ammunition A round of ammunition for firing from a gun having a rifled barrel, especially a small arms weapon. The projectile (1) forming a part of the round is of steel or other material having a Vickers Hardness value not less than 550, and has a coating (13) o... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201104 | Lead attached sabot slug A sabot and a firearm round for a firearm. The sabot includes a compression section defining a payload receiving chamber. The payload chamber receives a slug to form the firearm round. Additionally, the sabot includes a solid section connected to the compression sec... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178462 | Projectile with members that deploy upon impact A projectile includes members that deploy upon impact with a target. The projectile includes a nose piece with a portion that shears off upon impact with the target, causing the nose piece to be pushed inside the projectile. As the nose piece is pushed inside the pr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171905 | Hollow point bullets and methods of fabricating the same A hollow point bullet and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. An example hollow point bullet includes a recess opened at a tip of the bullet that includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion opens to the tip of the bullet and has a sq... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162942 | Bullet A plated hallow point bullet has a metallic plating which completely encapsulates a metallic core. A core precursor is formed having a nose compartment. A metallic coating is applied to the precursor to completely encapsulate the precursor. The coated precursor is m... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7127996 | Dimpled projectile for use in firearms A projectile for use in firearms and of the type having on one end a hemispherical tip which communicates at its base with a nose segment which then attaches to a cylindrical body terminating in a surface whose width represents the diameter of the aforementioned cyl... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7059233 | Tungsten-containing articles and methods for forming the same Tungsten-containing articles and manufacturing processes for tungsten-containing articles. The articles may include firearms projectiles, such as shot, shot slugs, bullets, big game bullets, lead-equivalent bullets, black powder bullets, etc.; radiation shields; and... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036433 | Ammunition projectile having enhanced aerodynamic profile A projectile 10 for gun ammunition of a size not greater than 50 caliber comprising a solid metal jacket 82 of generally cup-shaped geometry and having a closed end 102 and an open end 88, a core 84 formed from a mixture of metal p... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6964232 | Bullet with spherical nose portion A bullet includes a frontward facing aperture. Contained within the aperture is a relatively hard bullet frontal element that provides advantageous bullet impact performance. In one embodiment, the frontal element is a steel sphere that provides advantageous penetra... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945088 | Multi-fragment impact test specimen A multiple fragment impact test specimen, and a method for using it in multiple fragment impact tests against a target, is disclosed. The test specimen comprises two or more fragments fixed to one or more connecting members so that the fragments are held at a fixed ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935243 | Bullet A plated hollow-point bullet has a metallic plating which completely encapsulates a metallic core. A core precursor is formed having a nose compartment with an inwardly extending cavity. A metallic coating is applied to the precursor to completely encapsulate the pr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6805057 | Bullet for optimal penetration and expansion A bullet for law enforcement and personal defense use capable of meeting current FBI and IWBA standards and comprised of a jacket of malleable metal having a cylindrical side wall, tapered nose portion, an open forward end, and a plurality of deep longitudinally ext... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6776101 | Fragmenting bullet A bullet that has a controlled fragmentation on impact with a target. The bullet includes a generally cylindrical body having a nose, a mid-portion and a heel. The body includes an aperture that starts at the nose, extends past the mid-portion of the bullet and ends... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6694888 | Frangible bullet A frangible hollow point bullet is disclosed. The bullet (or slug) is formed from a frangible material such as sintered copper to provide a bullet-shaped body. A plurality of coaxial, substantially cylindrical cavities having progressively decreasing bore... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6230630 | Aerodynamic projectiles and methods of making the same An aerodynamic projectile, preferably a non-lethal projectile, including a projectile shell having an aerodynamic structure and a controlled center of gravity which exhibits improved aerodynamics and resulting accuracy and which fractures in a predetermin... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6158350 | Lightweight enhanced velocity bullet The instant invention is a lightweight enhanced velocity bullet consisting of a hollow cylindrically shaped metal jacket component made of brass, the body of which is filled nearly to capacity with a malleable tin-copper-silver alloy material and with the... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6148731 | Expansion projectile An expansion projectile (1) with a projectile body (2) forms a central arbor (3) at its end face and a collar (4) coaxially surrounding the arbor (3), where the collar (4) has an outer shape (6) tapering towards the free collar edge (5), and between colla... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6105506 | Sabot slug for shotgun A sabot bullet having a jacket bullet body and a nonrotable sabot segments. The jacketed bullet has forward end portion, torso, and rear end portion. The forward end portion is constructed of multi-metals, having a tapered nose, hollow point with grooves ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6070532 | High accuracy projectile A projectile having improved accuracy when fired over long ranges is formed from a monolithic block of a copper alloy. Proceeding from a nose to a heel of the projectile, is a fore portion with arcuate side walls, a body portion of substantially constant ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6016754 | Lead-free tin projectile There is provided a lead-free projectile suitable for use as a bullet to be fired from a pistol or rifle. The projectile has a metallic jacket enveloping a metallic core. The core is formed from a high purity tin and has deformation properties similar to ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5943749 | Method of manufacturing a hollow point bullet A method of manufacturing a hollow point bullet is disclosed. A cavity is formed in an end portion of a slug of generally solid material. A plurality of grooves are formed on an outer surface of the end portion of the slug. A slit is cut through a portion... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5811723 | Solid copper hollow point bullet A solid copper hollow point bullet is disclosed wherein the effective expansion is about two times the original diameter. Over expansion and curling under of the petals formed upon impact with a target media is minimized and controlled by external stress ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5528990 | Oxide coated jacketed bullet A full metal jacket hollow point bullet is disclosed which has a portion of the jacket extending within the hollow open front end of the bullet. The portion of the jacket in the hollow front end has a plurality of radial slits and reinforced pointed prong... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5515787 | Tubular projectile An improved tubular projectile is described wherein an effective balance has been obtained between the design parameters of reduced mass/reduced aerodynamic drag, flight characteristics, and high energy transfer upon impact. An elongate tubular projectile... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5471719 | Air gun pellet forming method An air gun pellet is formed to include providing a pellet member having a conical skirt, to include a pellet head along a pellet axis, with a skirt cavity directed into the skirt and a head cavity directed into the head coaxially aligned along the axis, w... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5385101 | Hunting bullet with reinforced core A controlled expanding small caliber bullet is disclosed which comprises a partition-type bullet, a rear cavity filled with a dense core and a high strength insert between the core and the body in the forward portion of the rear cavity.... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5357866 | Jacketed hollow point bullet and method of making same A jacketed hollow point bullet having a lead core and the method of making same with the core having a downwardly extending cavity having side portions terminating adjacent the peripheral edge of the jacket, with slits being formed in the peripheral edge ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5339743 | Ammunition system comprising slug holding sabot and slug type shot shell An ammunition system having a sabot with spaced segments forming a cavity for receiving a slug, the segments have projections that interlock on a ledge on the slug. The sabot segments are undercut to facilitate the segments bending outwardly to release th... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5333552 | Hunting bullet with reinforced core A controlled expanding small caliber bullet is disclosed which comprises a partition-type bullet with an empty hollow point, a rear cavity filled with a dense core and a high strength insert between the core and the body in the forward portion of the rear... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5275110 | Vented projectile A small arms projectile containing a series of vents or apertures in a geometric arrangement such that the projectile's leading edge is capable of penetrating the target without structural failure and depositing the majority of its residual energy in the ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5263418 | Hollow point sabot bullet A sabot bullet is disclosed having a front conical part and a rear conical part converging towards each other and joined by an integral interconnecting part having a smooth outer surface joining with the adjacent ends of the conical front and rear parts. ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5259320 | Intermediate article used to form a bullet projectile or component and a finally formed bullet A bullet is manufactured by providing a slug of metal having an end face and applying an axial force against the end face of sufficient magnitude to form an axially outwardly opening first cavity. Thereafter a second force is applied against the first cav... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5214237 | Fluorocarbon resin bullet and method of making same A bullet is provided which is substantially 100% pure fluorocarbon resin. In the preferred embodiment a fluorocarbon resin in the form of polytetrafluoroethylene, preferably Teflon from E.I. Dupont De Nemours Co., Inc. of New Jersey, also known as Dupont,... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5208424 | Full metal jacket hollow point bullet A full metal jacket hollow point bullet is disclosed which has a portion of the jacket extending within the hollow open front end of the bullet. The portion of the jacket in the hollow front end has a plurality of radial slits and reinforced pointed prong... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5187325 | Cylindrical bullet There is described a cylindrical bullet or projectile having imbedded coaxially in lead or like bullet metal, a internal expansion control insert of copper or like bullet-jacketing metal. The insert has a cylindrical outer surface having a common cylindri... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5175389 | Frontally guided sabot bullet An improved sabot bullet for use primarily in connection with shotgun shells which includes a slug having a forward portion which radially converges towards the middle portion thereof, and an outer conforming sabot casing which includes a pair of sabot se... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5149913 | Forced expanding bullet The expanding bullet assembly incorporates a bullet head which incorporates an axial borehole extending from the rear of the bullet head towards the tip but not reaching the tip. The bullet head can incorporate longitudinal serrations or grooves and/or ci... | 09/22/1992 |
