Abstract: A relatively high carbon, water-atomized, steel shot is softened via annealing to render it suitable for ballistic use. The annealing preferably includes decarburization from a surface layer or throughout and preferably provides the shot with a surface Knoop hardness of less than 250.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 17, 2004
Publication date:
October 28, 2004
Applicant:
Olin Corporation, a Company of the State of Illinois.
Inventors:
Morris C. Buenemann, Jack D. Dippold, Brian Mravic, Howard Muldrow, Peter W. Robinson