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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726245 | Muzzleloader ammunition A fixed round of ammunition for a muzzle loader firearm. The round has a bullet within a sabot that is engaged to a consumable cartridge case. The case is filled with propellant that is precisely calibrated to provide optimal ballistic properties with the particular... | 06/01/2010 |
| 6431076 | Firearms A method of minimising misfiring or alleviating their consequences is provided by forming at least each trailing projectile (30) in a series of housed projectiles with a sealing portion (34) extending about a tapered anvil portion (31) and moveable therea... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5565649 | Projectile, in particular a non-lethal bullet The projectile, in particular a bullet, comprises a body (1) comprising a receiving cavity (6) containing a product (8) which is active on the organism of a live target, and means for releasing this product upon the impact of the projectile on the target.... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5526750 | Fireworks projectile having combustible shell A system and method for launching projectiles, such as fireworks projectiles, which explode in the air into a pyrotechnic display. The projectile includes a shell constructed from a binding agent and an explosive additive which explodes the shell into sma... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5269224 | Caseless utilized ammunition charge module A unitary propellant charge module for use in separate ammunition comprises a combustible container having a generally hollow cylindrical shape, a generally cylindrical charge body of interconnected compacted spheroidal propellant grains disposed within t... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5243914 | Caseless ammunition This invention deals with case-less ammunition, the propelling element of which has increased solidity. This increase in solidity is achieved by virtue of the fact that the propelling charge is firmly enveloped in a fabric. The fabric may consist of compl... | 09/14/1993 |
| 4930421 | Partitioned, fluid supported, high efficiency traveling charge for hyper-velocity guns A traveling charge projectile utilizes a microprocessor and a plurality of sequentially fired igniting-priming-expelling charges to initiate respective charge segments containing propellant, such as granular propellant, of predetermined grain size, to pro... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4826637 | Process for the manufacture of combustible articles by pressing combustible paper discs by means of a flexible punch The invention relates to the field of combustible ammunition and relates chiefly to the manufacture of bottoms or covers for combustible cases. According to the invention, a combustible article is manufactured by pressing in a die 10 at least one sheet 21 of c... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4712465 | Dual purpose gun barrel for spin stabilized or fin stabilized projectiles and gun launched rockets A gun barrel and projectile system utilizes a smooth central bore gun barrel fitted with a short rifled insert near the breech end. A projectile fitted with a perforated skirt and driving band about the base of the skirt are loaded into the gun barrel so ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4705655 | Process for the manufacture of combustible articles by embossing combustible paper and combustible articles thus produced Process for the manufacture of combustible articles by embossing combustible paper and combustible articles thus produced. The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of combustible dish-shaped articles of revolution with circular external outlines ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4497239 | Muzzle ejecting sabot cartridge firearm system A muzzle ejecting sabot cartridge firearm system for use in a weapon having an elongated gun barrel, an action mechanism, and an elongated bolt mounted within the bore of the action mechanism. The bore of the action mechanism and the bore of the gun barre... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4416631 | Small arms firing effects simulator A small arms firing effects simulator utilizes a modular construction to egrate with the magazine of a weapon such as a rifle. The modular design resembles the ammunition clip and houses an expendable plastic coated plurality of pyrotechnic charges. An e... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4038923 | Expendable case ammunition Expendable case ammunition of the type which is expelled as a unit through the barrel of a firearm and whose case separates from contained projectiles in flight, comprises a body and a cap, and may include a separate projectile container. These parts are ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3978793 | Muzzle-expellable cartridge A muzzle-expellable gun cartridge comprises a case including a side wall pted to fit the gun chamber and having an open front end and a transverse rear base, a projectile releasably mounted in the front end, a main propellant charge within the case in th... | 09/07/1976 |
