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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176826 | Bandolier with laterally offset and spaced work piece A method of operating a progressive die wherein the progressive die acts on a work piece having an elongated body with a blank at one end. The work piece is supported by a bandolier which is also formed in the progressive die. The progressive die acts on each blank.... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8037796 | Procedure for manufacturing a pellet for sporting rifle or sporting gun and pellet for sporting rifle or sporting gun thus obtained A pellet for a sporting rifle or a sporting gun includes a body and a tip that are joined together. A lower portion of the body includes a first internal cavity, and a head of the body includes a second internal cavity. The tip includes an upper part ending in at le... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8001879 | Method and apparatus for a projectile incorporating a metastable interstitial composite material A method and apparatus for incorporating nanophase elemental materials and metastable interstitial composite materials into projectiles, projectile fragments, ordnance casings, warheads and structural components. The projectile, fragments and casings include an elem... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7975590 | Procedure for manufacturing a pellet for sporting rifle or sporting gun and pellet for sporting rifle or sporting gun thus obtained A pellet for a sporting rifle or a sporting gun includes a body and a tip that are joined together. A lower portion of the body includes a first internal cavity, and a head of the body includes a second internal cavity. The tip includes an upper part ending in at le... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7418904 | Inert ballistic element and process of manufacture The invention relates to an inert ballistic element and to a method for manufacturing it. Said method comprises the steps of: preparing a cylindrical tube, the ratio between the thickness and the outside diameter of said tube being equal or greater than 0.07; heatin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406906 | Method for enhancement of the flight path of an ammunition projectile and product Method and apparatus for the production of an ammunition projectile having enhanced properties relating to delivery of the projectile along its flight path from a weapon to, and upon striking, a target by reason of the formation of a meplat cavity in the leading end... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7326472 | Golf club head A head body of a golf club head has a hollow portion defined by an outer wall. An opening portion is provided in a part of the head body. A small tungsten alloy piece having a shape fittable to the opening portion so as to cover the opening portion is fixedly attach... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7299735 | Device for the disruption of explosive ordnance A plurality of embodiments of disruptor all have a container with an enclosure for explosive material with a wall which can he located in any one of a number of different positions using one or more tubular spacers (12) optionally of various sizes thereby to ... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7217389 | Tungsten-containing articles and methods for forming the same Articles formed from powders containing tungsten and at least one binder. In some embodiments, the article contains at least one metallic binder. In some embodiments, the article contains at least one non-metallic binder, such as a polymeric binder. In some embodime... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7150233 | Jacketed boat-tail bullet A bullet includes at least a mid core and a rear core in tandem alignment. The hardness of the mid core is greater than the hardness of the rear core. A jacket envelops both the mid core and the rear core. The jacket has a generally cylindrical sidewall, which is in... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143679 | Cannelured frangible cartridge and method of canneluring a frangible projectible 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 ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7059234 | Ammunition articles and method of making ammunition articles A method of manufacturing an ammunition article, includes forming a projectile of an ammunition article at a first station of an apparatus, transporting the projectile within the apparatus to a second station of the apparatus, and injection molding at the second sta... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6973879 | Monolithic high incapacitation small arms projectile A small arms projectile for an increase in accuracy, incapacitation effects, and penetration of light material targets. The projectile includes a monolithic heat-treated steel core with a plated on jacket for strong adherence. A swaged or machined cannelure groove t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938552 | Corrosion-resistant structure incorporating zinc or zinc-alloy plated lead or lead-alloy wires and method of making same Structure incorporating lead is fabricated from specially prepared components such that mobility of the lead is impeded when the structure is exposed to an unprotected environment such as weathering outdoors or saltwater. In a preferred embodiment, a bullet or bulle... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6883413 | Visible and UV/visible light anaerobic curable primer mix coating This invention relates to a visible light or UV/visible light and anaerobically curable composition for encapsulating the surface of the primer mix disposed in the primer cup, particularly for use in center fire ammunition. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6823798 | Tungsten-containing articles and methods for forming the same Manufacturing processes for articles that are formed from compositions of matter that include powders containing tungsten and at least one binder, as well as articles formed thereby. In some embodiments, the processes include compacting the mixture of powders under ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6691623 | Frangible powdered iron projectiles A frangible projectile comprising cold compacted powdered iron and a method for manufacturing is disclosed. The projectile is useful for target and training applications.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6539871 | Degradable practice mine A method for making a degradable practice mine including the steps of covering a flat work surface with a polyethylene sheet to serve as a release film, weighing out the materials in a ratio of 10 parts sand to 1 part polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), mixing 1 par... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6209459 | Method for etching characters on bullets and bullets made by the method A method of marking bullets and bullets marked by the method are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises coating the bullet of a cartridge with at least one coating material whose surface appearance contrasts with the surface appearance of the ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6115894 | Process of making obstacle piercing frangible bullet The present invention relates generally to small arms bullets and relates in particular to frangible bullets and ordinance which fragments following penetration of a variety of obstacles prior to encountering the intended target zone. The disclosure relat... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6095052 | Corrosion resistant metal body, bullet blank, and bullet and method for making same A bullet comprises a lead sheet and a zinc foil fixed to the lead sheet, the sheet and foil being rolled and pressure formed into a bullet having generally helical layers of the lead sheet and zinc foil. The bullet exhibits an improved environmental impac... | 08/01/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5917143 | Frangible powdered iron projectiles A frangible projectile comprising cold compacted powdered iron and a method for manufacturing is disclosed. The projectile is useful for target and training applications.... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5894645 | Method of forming a non-toxic frangible bullet core A method of forming a frangible metal bullet core comprising providing an elongated inner heart member made up initially of a bundle of parallel zinc wires, twisting a plurality of zinc wires tightly around that bundle in a spiral path to cause the wires ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5894644 | Lead-free projectiles made by liquid metal infiltration A process for making lead-free projectiles such as bullets using liquid metal infiltration to make a projectile having a density similar to lead.... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5535495 | Die cast bullet manufacturing process The invention provides a zinc alloy die cast bullet (100) and a method for manufacturing the same for use primarily in indoor shooting ranges. The use of a zinc die cast alloy eliminates toxic lead vapors and dust which result from the use of lead in bull... | 07/16/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5131123 | Methods of manufacturing a 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... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4882822 | Method of fabrication of a bullet having sections separable upon impact A rifle or handgun bullet having a base and a leading end of ogival shape extending for a portion of its length is divided into a plurality of sections by parting lines extending radially from the central axis and terminating a short distance from the out... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4693109 | Self-aligning tool assembly for die shaping workpieces A tool assembly for shaping workpieces, which comprises a reciprocable punch having a working end engageable with a die to shape a workpiece therebetween. The punch is mounted at its driven end on a reciprocable punch actuator and extends through a floati... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4624297 | Bullet casting machine A manually operated bullet casting machine comprising a mold assembly that is raised to a pouring position by means of a crank and filled from an overhead melting pot through the activation of a lever. The bullets are trimmed and ejected from the mold ass... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4441237 | Inhomogenous anisotropic kinetic energy penetrators This invention is directed to a method of fabricating kinetic-energy projiles from composite materials in such a manner that the type and degree of local inhomogeneity and anisotropy is controlled for tailoring the mechanical and physical properties of t... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4342141 | Bullet mold device A single bullet tool for casting, shearing and molding bullet balls, comprising a mold for forming lead sticks, means for shearing off a lead slug from such stick, and means for forming a cold formed bullet ball of such slug and for removing the sprue exc... | 08/03/1982 |
