Abstract: A method of manufacturing a soft point bullet and the bullet resulting there from. The method comprises forming a bullet core of a first material plated with a second material; providing a cavity in one end of the plated core of preferably polygonal shape and positioning a shaped blank of plating material into the cavity; and forming the core into the final bullet size and shape by extruding the core into the cavity to form the bullet nose and encapsulate the shaped blank within the bullet.

Abstract: The non-lead hollow point bullet of the instant invention comprises a mixed construction slug further comprising, a monolithic metal insert having a tapered (preferred conical) hollow point tip and a tapered (preferred conical) tail protrusion, and an unsintered powdered metal composite core in tandem alignment with the insert. The core has a hollow tapered (preferred conical) cavity tip portion coupled with the tapered (preferred conical) tail protrusion on the insert. An open tip jacket envelops at least a portion of the insert and the core. The jacket is swaged at the open tip.

Abstract: A bullet comprised of a jacket of malleable metal having a closed nose portion and a rear end portion defined by a cylindrical wall, the closed nose portion having wall-weakening areas encapsulating a forward core made of a deformable material which promptly deforms, collapses axially, and expands radially to a substantial extent along with the weakened wall areas, when the bullet strikes a target. The wall weakened areas of the nose portion are ruptured by the core material to produce a collapsing and readily expanding action. These weakened wall areas are in the form of longitudinally extending, deep, internal or external, circumferentially spaced grooves with underlying web areas which are ruptured by the core material, to produce the collapsing and expanding action.

Abstract: The non-lead hollow point bullet of the instant invention comprises a mixed construction slug further comprising, a monolithic metal insert having a tapered (preferred conical) hollow point tip and a tapered (preferred conical) tail protrusion, and an unsintered powdered metal composite core in tandem alignment with the insert. The core has a hollow tapered (preferred conical) cavity tip portion coupled with the tapered (preferred conical) tail protrusion on the insert. An open tip jacket envelops at least a portion of the insert and the core. The jacket is swaged at the open tip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bullet having a tapered nose and a cylindrical base. The base is provided with an annular groove having a diameter less than the bore diameter of the barrel of the gun from which it is fired to reduce the force required to move the bullet through the barrel to increase the muzzle velocity and kinetic energy of the bullet.

Abstract: A munition in the form of a projectile contains a shell having a body terminating in a front tip and a ductile hammer block in the form of a ferrule engaging at least a part of the shell. The shell is formed of sections the diameters of which increase from the back to the front of the shell body, forming support shoulders. A recess in the hammer block has a shape corresponding to the shell body shape received in the hammer block. Hammer block sections form thrust shoulders which engage the corresponding shell support shoulders. When the projectile impacts a target, the thrust shoulders push against the shell support shoulders, causing the ductile hammer block to open and flare out.

Abstract: A disc for use in the manufacture of gun ammunition and a round of gun ammunition which includes the disc. A preferred disc comprises a mixture of metal powders compressed into self-supporting deformable disc that is incorporated along with a core into a jacket to define the projectile of a round of gun ammunition. The disc is frangible upon the projectile striking a solid or semi-solid target. Preferably the core is likewise frangible. In one embodiment the disc is incorporated into the ogive of a projectile. In another embodiment, a disc may be incorporated into a projectile comprising multiple cores, the disc being disposed between adjacent surfaces of the cores. This latter disc commonly is in addition to the disc which is incorporated into the ogive of the projectile. A round of gun ammunition incorporating a powder-based disc in the projectile thereof is disclosed.

Abstract: A projectile for small arms, incorporating a core, skirt, and driving band. The present invention's design acts to increase muzzle velocity in three main ways. The core is lightweight, therefore, the same amount of propellent will cause the present invention to be pushed out of the barrel at a higher rate than a conventional heavier bullet. Additionally, a thin skirt circumscribing the base of the projectile is incorporated into it during manufacture. All of the design characteristics of the present invention act to increase the muzzle velocity of the projectile when used with a conventional load as compared to the same load used with a conventional projectile. The increased velocity is achieved in standard small arms without modification to barrels, recoil springs, or other devices. Law enforcement officers must be extremely careful in regard to innocent bystanders who may potentially be hit be an errant bullet, or by a bullet that over-penetrates its target.

Abstract: A bullet comprised of a jacket of malleable metal having a closed nose portion and a rear end portion defined by a cylindrical wall, the closed nose portion having wall-weakening areas encapsulating a forward core made of a deformable material which promptly deforms, collapses axially, and expands radially to a substantial extent along with the weakened wall areas, when the bullet strikes a target. The wall weakened areas of the nose portion are ruptured by the core material to produce a collapsing and readily expanding action. These weakened wall areas are in the form of longitudinally extending, deep, internal or external, circumferentially spaced grooves with underlying web areas which are ruptured by the core material, to produce the collapsing and expanding action.

Abstract: A bullet comprised of a jacket of malleable metal having a closed nose portion and a rear end portion defined by a cylindrical wall, the closed nose portion having wall-weakening areas encapsulating a forward core made of a deformable material which promptly deforms, collapses axially, and expands radially to a substantial extent along with the weakened wall areas, when the bullet strikes a target. The nose portion has wall-weakened areas which are ruptured by the core material to produce a collapsing and radially expanding action. These weakened wall areas are in the form of longitudinally extending, deep, internal or external, circumferentially spaced grooves with underlying web areas which are ruptured by the core material, to produce the collapsing and expanding action. This core is preferably made of rubber, urethane, silicone, or one of a substantial number of plastics, each of which has a hardness within a range of Shore A 20 to Rockwell 122.

Abstract: A mushrooming bullet having a highly improved performance in the retention of the lead core within the bullet jacket subsequent to impact, and in performing effectively over a substantially wider velocity range, the bullet retaining its lead core within its jacket substantially 98-100% of its firings at high velocities, and mushrooming more effectively at lower velocities than conventionally manufactured bullets. The jacket is characterized by a base portion which has a substantially larger interior diameter than its shank portion, and a mouth portion which is substantially softer than its shank portion. The mushrooming of the nose portion of the core and the mouth portion of the jacket is effectively arrested by the harder thick shank portion when the bullet strikes a target, and thereby minimizes the loss of lead from the core.

Abstract: Shot for shotgun cartridges is made form finely divided particles of dense metal such as a mixture of tungsten and molybdenum, bound by a matrix which may comprise ethylene propylene copolymer, or a blend of a terpolymer of ethylene, acrylic ester and maleic anhydride or an ionomer either alone or blended with such terpolymer or with a stock polymer material or a blend of polymers. Shot may be produced from such material by forming it into a strip, web or strand which is passed between aligned rollers with cooperating hemispherical indentations and thereafter punching the resulting shot from the resulting thin web.

Abstract: An improved cartridge of a type having a casing and a bullet with a tip expellable from the casing for entering a target. The improvement includes the bullet having a pair of throughbores bored through different levels thereof for causing the bullet to expand violently and over a wide diameter and mushroom halfway in the target so as to cause severe damage, destruction, and hemorrhage to internal organs of the target for a quick kill, with the mushrooming being regular up to a first throughbore of said pair of throughbores and then splitting causing not only a wider mushroom but a sudden extra shock to the target due to more energy transfer caused by more tissue displacement of the target due to the wider mushroom, and with the bullet then splitting again at a second throughbore of said pair of throughbores so as to further widen the mushroom for even more shock and damage to the internal organs of the target causing a quicker kill by virtue of the bullet expanding and peeling back to nearly inside out.

Abstract: A bullet comprised of a jacket of malleable metal having a closed nose portion encapsulating a forward core made of rubber, the nose portion having circumferentially spaced, axially extending deep scores in its nose-defining walls, and a rear core within the jacket made of a malleable metal preferably softer than that of the jacket and hard-seated against the rear of the rubber core to bring pressure against the interior surface of the meplat and the interior surface of the nose-defining walls of the nose portion, whereby upon the bullet striking and penetrating a target, the scores will rupture and the nose-defining walls of the nose portion will collapse axially and open, and together with the rubber core, will expand substantially in a radial direction to thereby provide an adequate penetration, optimum expansion bullet.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward an expansion projectile capable of achieving complete expansion at a subsonic speed. The projectile consists of a malleable core and a jacket of more structural integrity. Complete expansion is achieved through the use of a guaranteed misalignment of jacket scoring in relation to premade cuts within the projectile's core. Expansion is further facilitated through use of a gradient density bearing insert which is contained within the core. Upon impact of the projectile at its target the bearing insert will rupture and expand. This will guarantee complete disintegration of the projectile.

Abstract: A collapsible training projectile includes a nose, a body and a tail. The dy has a forwardmost end secured to the nose, and a rearwardmost end secured to the tail. The body further includes one or more axial, longitudinal slots that extend radially through at least part of the body, such that when the projectile impacts with an object, the kinetic energy causes the body to plastically deform along the slots, thereby reducing the penetration energy of the projectile. In another embodiment, the projectile includes a wedge, a body and a tail. The forwardmost end of the body is secured to the wedge, and its rearwardmost end is secured to the tail.

Abstract: A projectile for firearms has a body (11) consisting of a plurality of disc-shaped elements (14) coaxially fitted in a holding cup (15) forcedly filled therewith.

Abstract: A composite projectile for an ammunition cartridge comprising a core formed for compacted power particulates and having opposite ends. The core is encapsulated within a jacket having an open end. A cap is contained with the jacket adjacent the open end thereof and is physically captured within the jacket in contiguous relationship to that end of the core nearest the open end of the jacket. The cap defines a fixed partition extending across the transverse cross section of the jacket that enhances the concentric positioning about the longitudinal centerline of the jacket of any powder particulates dislodged from that end of the core contiguous to the cap. The core preferably is formed from a cold-compacted mixture of tungsten and lead powders.

Abstract: A soft nose, bonded lead core bullet for rifles and pistols and a method of making the bullets is disclosed. The bullets have a Jacket of copper based material with a solid base portion and an upper nose portion having a cavity in which the lead core is located and bonded to the walls of the cavity. The walls of the cavity decrease in width away from the base and curves inwardly to form an ogive shape. The jacket increases in hardness and strength from the upper end of the cylindrical wall to the base of the bullet. The cylindrical wall has an outer lip between 0.012 and 0.020 inches wide and the ratio of the lip thickness to the bottom cavity wall thickness is about 0.18-0.20 for rifle bullets and about 0.3-0.4 for pistol bullets.

Abstract: A soft nose, bonded lead core bullet for rifles and pistols and a method of making the bullets is disclosed. The bullets have a jacket of copper based material with a solid base portion and an upper nose portion having a cavity in which the lead core is located and bonded to the walls of the cavity. The walls of the cavity decrease in width away from the base and curves inwardly to form an ogive shape. The jacket increases in hardness and strength from the upper end of the cylindrical wall to the base of the bullet. The cylindrical wall has an outer lip between 0.012 and 0.020 inches wide and the ratio of the lip thickness to the bottom cavity wall thickness is about 0.18-0.20 for rifle bullets and about 0.3-0.4 for pistol bullets.

Abstract: A bullet is formed of a plurality of elongate malleable elements, such as copper wires, disposed in an entwined composite mass. Elongate elements extend in a helical pattern from the tail end toward the nose end of the mass and are compacted into a bullet-shaped configuration. The tail end of the elements may be encircled by a jacket which retains the elements against separation, while the nose end portions of the elements are capable of separation upon striking an object.

Abstract: An improved process for fabricating an improved bullet is provided, with the bullet having a jacket characterized by enhanced structural integrity. As a result of the swaging process utilized to form the bullet jacket, the jacket has less likelihood of incurring internal stress during the manufacturing process than can be associated with conventionally fabricated bullet jackets. The uniformity of the base portion of the improved bullet is increased, thereby enhancing the accuracy and effectiveness of the improved bullet.

Abstract: A deformable hunting projectile has a one-piece body in the form of a turned red brass part with a tapering head part and a cylindrical guide part; a charge (7) of fine zinc or similar expansion agent is arranged in the head part and a charge of hard lead is arranged in the guide part. The charges are separated by a partition (13) formed in one piece from the body of the projectile, which is concave at the front and convex at the rear and therefore elastically deformable transversally. This, together with the deformability of the charges, permits good radial adaptation of the projectile to the barrel of a gun. The manufacture of the body of the projectile on a computer-controlled lathe ensures extremely precise concentricity of the charges with the outer surface. For use in propellant charge cartridges of various strengths, the projectiles can be manufactured with varying wall thicknesses of the head part.

Abstract: 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 prongs therebetween. A rearwardly extending completely empty blind bore extends from the tips of the prongs axially rearwardly into the bullet core. The base of each of the prongs is reinforced at the mouth of the front end by a fillet on each side between the ogive portion of the jacket and the base of the prong in the hollow front end. These prongs project generally radially outward upon upset of the bullet in soft tissue after passing through barrier materials such as clothing and deer hide.The jacket has a coating of copper oxide on its inner and outer surfaces which bonds the soft lead core to the jacket and minimizes lead wash.

Abstract: Disclosed is a projectile that has high velocity at short range. The projectile has a body of material that is lighter, more lubricous and more deformable than a partial Jacket on the rearward portion of the projectile. The jacket defines an annular array of apertures on the outer diametrical surface of the jacket and the body has peripheral zones that extend into the apertures far enough to be flush with the outer diametrical surface. The peripheral zones not only provide a physical lock between the body and jacket but also lubricate the interface between the projectile and the gun barrel along which the projectile travels during firing of a gun. The apertures are configured to allow the body to erupt radially outward through the jacket's side wall and form a relatively wide, shallow dispersal pattern when the projectile impacts a target. An optional core within the plastic body enhances the body's radially outward dispersal upon the projectile's impact with a target.

Abstract: A decoy for misdirecting heat-seeking and radar-echo-seeking missiles comprised of as main components a radar reflector and an engine and capable of simulating an aircraft in the infra-red wavelength of 1.5 to 2.5 m.mu.; 3-5 m.mu.; and 8-14 m.mu. and simultaneously in the radar band. The decoy is spectrally adapted in the infra-red range and is contoured to exhibit a large reflective surface with a doppler effect in the radar band. The parts are constructed so that the desired configuration and aerodynamic stability is achieved only when the decoy is prepared for operation. A plume covering an appropriately large area is produced and the content of the exhaust includes carbon dioxide and/or metallic powder to a high IR radiation of the plume.

Abstract: The invention is an improved partially jacketed projectile intended for small arms use. The projectile includes a central stem integral with a rear wall of the projectile, the rear wall in turn being integral with the partial jacket. A core surrounding the stem and encased by the jacket is softer than the material forming the stem, rear wall and jacket. The jacket retards core petalling during initial projectile impact whereas the rear wall configuration enhances petalling when the projectile achieves subsequent target penetration.

Abstract: A projectile (1) for a cartridge for hand-held firearms comprises a core (2) and a core jacket (3). The core (2) is made of a material which has a higher specific gravity than the material of the jacket (3). The core (2) and the jacket (3) are positively interconnected.In order to achieve a high penetrating power and a man-stopping effect and to ensure that the trajectory will be relatively short in case of a miss, the core (2) of the projectile is integrally formed on its periphery with deformed portions (6), which extend radially outwardly within a diameter range which is determined by the maximum core diameter and serve to establish a positive joint with the core jacket (3), and in a manner known per se the core jacket (3) is open toward the tip of the projectile.

Abstract: Ammunition constituted by a case containing a propulsive charge and a subcalibre projectile for a firearm, the projectile comprising:an internal element (5)an external element (6) andanti-recoil means (7) for the engagement of the internal element (5) in the external element (6), the internal element (5) comprising:a front part (8) with a stopping shape,a rear shank (9) connected to the front part, anda percussive mass (10) at least partly fitted over the rear shank (9), andthe external element (6) being constituted by:an aerodynamically-shaped outer casing (19, 13) covering the front and the side walls of the internal element (5) in order to give the projectile good air-penetration,the anti-recoil engagment means (7) ensuring the connection of the internal element (5) and the external element (6) so that at least initially the external element cannot advance more rapidly than the internal element.

Abstract: A rifle or handgun bullet having a cylindrical 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 inwardly from the outer periphery of the body towards the central axis and terminating along lines spaced from the central axis of the bullet. The parting lines extend longitudinally the full axial length of the body of the bullet and, upon impact with a lubricious target, the bullet separates into individual sections which travel separately and create a plurality of impinging pressure zones within the target. The bullet is disclosed in embodiments with and without a frusto-conical cavity extending into the forward, blunt end, terminating in a plane through the juncture of the base and leading end. In the embodiment having the cavity, the radial parting lines terminate outwardly of the cavity wall.

Abstract: A high energy rapid expansion bullet for handguns, rifles and the like with greater killing power and protection from excessive gas pressures due to overloading of powder or obstruction in the gun barrel and without over penetration which could endanger bystanders. A standard bullet (e.g., 45 caliber, 9 MM) is provided with a through bore (draft hole) from the tip to the base of the bullet. The inner end of the bore has a conical seat spaced from the central portion of a malleable disc seal surrounded by an annular seat for the rim of the disc.Gases generated by firing of the bullet deform the disc into contact with the conical seat and wedge the base of the bullet outward to seal the gases in the barrel of the gun and pull the rim of the disc inward to aid in separating the disc from the bullet as soon as the bullet leaves the barrel. Excessive gas pressure such as could come from overloading (too much powder), ruptures the disc and vents the gases to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A collapsible bullet is provided which rapidly expands upon impact and possesses excellent penetration characteristics. The bullet includes at least two separate parts which form an integrated unit, i.e., a nose part having a central bore therethrough and a base or rear part which includes a central collapse column that projects through the opening in the nose part. The distal end of the collapse column is peened over to help hold the parts together. After initial impact by the leading end of the nose part, successive impacts are produced by the rear part, and any intermediate parts, as these parts are driven into the nose part, thereby causing an outward expansion of the nose part and possible complete penetration of the nose part by the rear part or parts.

Abstract: A bullet is disclosed. The bullet comprises an outer jacket of cooper base material and an inner core of lead. The jacket includes a base portion and an ogive shaped cylindrical portion. The base portion has a higher yield point than the cylindrical portion so that the base portion will remain intact after impact with a game animal while the cylindrical section splits longitudinally and expands as the bullet travels into the target with a minimum in weight reduction.

Abstract: A projectile for shooting from the muzzle of a shotgun formed with a nose cone connected to a launching tube by an interconnecting body. The nose cone has a weighted portion for providing aerodynamic characteristics thereto and a frangible portion. Upon impact against a target, the frangible portion breaks allowing the nose cone walls to deform in a mushroom-like manner, spreading the load over a larger area, thereby diminishing the amount of damage to a target to that of a nose cone which did not spread and mushroom from the breaking of frangible material therein.

Abstract: A bullet and method of making the bullet is disclosed. The bullet comprises an outer jacket of copper base material and an inner core of lead. The jacket includes a base portion and an ogive shaped cylindrical portion. The base portion has a higher yield point than the cylindrical portion so that the base portion will remain intact after impact with a game animal while the cylindrical section splits longitudinally and expands as the bullet travels into the target with a minimum in weight reduction. The method of making the bullet includes work hardening the base portion more than the cylindrical portion to obtain the higher yield strength.

Abstract: The invention relates in particular to hunting ammunition for a fire-arm of the kind having a subcaliber bullet fitted with a feathering, the subcaliber bullet allowing for destabilization on its trajectory beyond a distance travelled outside of the fire-arm.

Abstract: An arrowhead that incorporates refillable cartridges for high velocity arrows used in hunting big and small game. The unique feature of the design of this arrowhead is that the refillable cartridge spreads three splines in a flare-out type action, producing high energy impact.

Abstract: A projectile having an active component of shape-memory alloy that will not distort the projectile's shape or balance during launch or flight but which will alter the projectile shape upon impact to increase energy transfer efficiency against targets is disclosed.

Abstract: A pointed splitter is placed in the body of a soft, rocket-powered training issile with the point toward the rocket motor in the rear. Upon impact, the motor is split and fragments thereof spread transversely so that the force of impact of the motor is reduced.

Abstract: A semi-jacketed molded bullet having means integral with the bullet core for preventing separation of the core from the jacket is disclosed. The bullet is particularly adapted for use in revolvers and comprises a cup-shaped jacket having a small hole in the bottom portion. A small portion of the bullet core material extends through the hole and forms a retaining flange exterior a portion only of the bottom of the jacket. In one embodiment, an annular member having a diameter slightly larger than the jacket is provided behind the jacket and held in place by the retaining flange of core material. The method of construction of the bullet of this invention comprises placing the jacket member into a bullet mold with the hole in the base facing upwardly, placing the annular member, if desired, upon the jacket base, and pouring molten core material through the opening to fill the mold and produce a small degree of over-flow to form the retaining flange.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for remotely attaching one object to another object comprising: (a) a target consisting of layers of contrasting hardness attached to one object, wherein the outer layer is a relatively soft composition and the underlying base is a relatively hard composition, and (b) a projectile of intermediate hardness attached to the other object. By propelling the projectile against the target, the projectile penetrates the softer outer layer and expands upon impact with the inner layer, thus securely anchoring the two objects together. Such a method and apparatus are useful in outer space and underwater applications.

Abstract: The lower wall of the pre-formed jacket of a bullet is thicker than the upper portion of the jacket and the uppermost or open end of the pre-formed jacket is deformed on its interior surface to provide a plurality of flat surfaces which are joined by a plurality of axial grooves. An inwardly-extending annular ring having a downwardly sloping upper surface and an upwardly sloping undersurface is formed at a shoulder by compression between the lower, thicker wall and the thinner wall adjoining it and, where the core is pressed into the jacket, the annular ring is deformed so that its undersurface becomes perpendicular to the wall of the jacket, thus engaging and holding the base of the core within the jacket. The core and jacket are subsequently deformed into a conventional dynamic shape.