Devices and methods for a bullet with a strengthened mouth for improved penetration and expansion. In embodiments, a portion of the jacket is folded to provide double walls at the mouth. In embodiments, the jacket and core are partially bonded and partially separated.
F42B 12/78 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le boîtier ou l'enveloppe pour les chemises de balles pour armes à feu individuelles
F42B 12/34 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché s'élargissant avant ou à l'impact, c.-à-d. projectiles du type dum-dum ou projectiles qui prennent la forme d'un champignon
F42B 30/02 - Balles pour armes à feu individuelles
F42B 33/00 - Fabrication de munitionsDémontage de munitionsAppareils à cet effet
Muzzleloader systems including a pre-packaged propellant charge with a primer and receptacle. The muzzleloader system may include a propellant containment vessel separate from the primer and the projectile and that doesn't contact with the projectile until assembly. The muzzleloader may be rear loading, with a constriction portion forward of the breech chamber. The propellant containment vessel may include a body portion having a forward opening, with a propellant charge disposed therein and a cap portion that is crimp rolled within the mouth of the vessel to seal the forward opening. The closed end of the propellant containment vessel may define a primer receptacle configured to receive the primer. The receptacle may define a depth that is less than the primer height so that, when inserted into the receptacle, the primer extends rearwardly beyond the containment vessel. The muzzleloader system may be configured to fire only specifically configured propellant containment vessels.
F41C 9/08 - Armes à feu individuelles à chargement par la boucheArmes à feu individuelles comportant un mécanisme d'allumage à silexAccessoires pour ces armes
F41A 3/58 - Mécanismes de culasse, p. ex. verrouillages à bascule, p. ex. pour fusils de chasse
F41A 3/74 - Dispositifs d'obturation ou garnitures d'étanchéité pour prévenir les fuites de gaz dans les mécanismes de culasse
F42B 5/38 - Charges propulsives sans projectile, p. ex. gargousses
Bismuth-based firearm projectiles, optionally firearm cartridges containing the same, and methods for forming bismuth-tin-copper alloys or bismuth-nickel alloys and bismuth-based firearm projectiles are disclosed herein. The bismuth-based firearm projectiles include a projectile body comprising a bismuth-tin-copper alloy or bismuth-nickel alloy that forms at least 90 wt % of the projectile body.
F42B 12/74 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le noyau ou le corps solide
C22C 12/00 - Alliages à base d'antimoine ou de bismuth
F42B 12/78 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le boîtier ou l'enveloppe pour les chemises de balles pour armes à feu individuelles
Frangible firearm projectiles, firearm cartridges containing the same, and methods for forming the same. The firearm projectiles are formed from compacted metal powders that may include an anti-sparking agent. The compacted metal powders may be or include a compacted mixture of metal powders that may include powders of one or more of iron, zinc, bismuth, copper, tungsten, nickel, boron, and/or alloys thereof, and/or oxides thereof. The compacted mixture may be heat treated for a time sufficient to form a plurality of discrete alloy domains within the compacted mixture. The frangible firearm projectile may be formed by a mechanism that includes vapor-phase diffusion bonding and oxidation of the metal powders and that does not include forming a liquid phase of any of the metal powders or utilizing a polymeric binder. The anti-sparking agent may include a borate, such as boric acid.
F42B 12/36 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché pour libérer des matériaux, des corps ou des particulesProjectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché pour produire une réaction chimique ou physiqueProjectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché pour la signalisation
F42B 12/74 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le noyau ou le corps solide
Devices and methods for shotshell cartridges, particularly shotshell cartridges with biodegradable components. One or more of the casing, shot wad, spacer, and powder wad may be formed of biodegradable materials. A biodegradable shot wad is manufactured of cellulosic fibers and wax to provide obturation and gas seal properties at high pressures with high reliability.
A cartridge with an expanding bullet that has advantageous terminal effects over an extended range. The expanding bullet including a bullet body including a metal jacket extending from a tail portion to a nose portion and surrounding an interior solid core and defining a forward opening and interior cavity. A tip has an exterior surface substantially flush with an exterior surface of the metal jacket. The tip has a main portion forward of the opening and a tip retention portion that at least partially fills the interior cavity. In certain embodiments the tip retention portion includes one or more fluid entry facilitation means such as a fracture regions configured to, upon impact of the bullet with a target, fracture or deform to expose one or more fluid pathways into the interior cavity and to a forward facing interior surface for initiating expansion of the expanding bullet.
F42B 12/34 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché s'élargissant avant ou à l'impact, c.-à-d. projectiles du type dum-dum ou projectiles qui prennent la forme d'un champignon
Shot projectiles are disclosed that are not completely spherical. The shot has an equatorial ring, top and bottom poles, and one or more sections extending between the ring and the respective poles. The ring defines a vertical height relative to an overall diameter of the projectile. The one or more sections provide flat, concave, or convex surfaces.
Bismuth-based firearm projectiles, optionally firearm cartridges containing the same, and methods for forming bismuth-tin-copper alloys or bismuth-nickel alloys and bismuth-based firearm projectiles are disclosed herein. The bismuth-based firearm projectiles include a projectile body comprising a bismuth-tin-copper alloy or bismuth-nickel alloy that forms at least 90 wt % of the projectile body.
F42B 12/74 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le noyau ou le corps solide
C22C 12/00 - Alliages à base d'antimoine ou de bismuth
F42B 12/78 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le boîtier ou l'enveloppe pour les chemises de balles pour armes à feu individuelles
Devices and methods for forming and assembling a bullet in a multi-stage press. In some embodiments, a forward component is radially oversized and forces a jacket outward during a press-fitting stage. In embodiments, the bullet workpiece does not turn over between any stages. In embodiments, one or more stages provide a reduced-diameter stem along with a radial ledge in the die to support the bullet while minimizing potential disturbances to a boat tail region from a punch.
F42B 12/06 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché du type perforant à noyau lourd ou durPénétrateurs à énergie cinétique
In various embodiments, a projectile includes a projectile body including a tail portion, a nose portion, a barrel engaging portion between the nose portion and the tail portion, and a metal jacket that defines an exterior of the projectile that surrounds an interior solid core. In one or more embodiments the projectile includes one or more circumferential grooves defined in the interior core portion, each of the one or more circumferential grooves covered by and positioned adjacent to the metal jacket and within the barrel-engaging portion. In various embodiments, during firing of the projectile, the one or more circumferential grooves define a void that allows material of one or more of the metal jacket and interior solid core to displace into the void for reduction in radial stiffness to the projectile in the barrel engaging portion.
F42B 14/00 - Projectiles caractérisés par des dispositions pour les guider à l'intérieur du canon, pour rendre étanche la surface de contact entre le projectile et le canon, pour lubrifier ou nettoyer le canon
F42B 12/74 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le noyau ou le corps solide
A cartridge that generates higher than typical chamber pressures has an enhanced means of primer retention for retaining the primer in the primer recess of the casing. The means may be a lip folded onto a conical surface, a annular groove to receive deformed primer wall portion material upon detonation, a concavity in the rearward facing wall of the primer, a check valve in the flash tube to inhibit propellant gases from reaching the primer recess, or specifically configured primers with a greater length than diameter and with greater wall thicknesses.
Muzzleloader systems including a pre-packaged propellant charge with a primer and receptacle. The muzzleloader system may include a propellant containment vessel separate from the primer and the projectile and that doesn't contact with the projectile until assembly. The muzzleloader may be rear loading, with a constriction portion forward of the breech chamber. The propellant containment vessel may include a body portion having a forward opening, with a propellant charge disposed therein and a cap portion that is crimp rolled within the mouth of the vessel to seal the forward opening. The closed end of the propellant containment vessel may define a primer receptacle configured to receive the primer. The receptacle may define a depth that is less than the primer height so that, when inserted into the receptacle, the primer extends rearwardly beyond the containment vessel. The muzzleloader system may be configured to fire only specifically configured propellant containment vessels.
F41C 9/08 - Armes à feu individuelles à chargement par la boucheArmes à feu individuelles comportant un mécanisme d'allumage à silexAccessoires pour ces armes
F41A 3/58 - Mécanismes de culasse, p. ex. verrouillages à bascule, p. ex. pour fusils de chasse
F41A 3/74 - Dispositifs d'obturation ou garnitures d'étanchéité pour prévenir les fuites de gaz dans les mécanismes de culasse
F42B 5/38 - Charges propulsives sans projectile, p. ex. gargousses
Devices and methods for reducing tension force on a projectile by a neck of a cartridge case. A two-stage neck has a clearance band and an interference band, the clearance band providing a reduced retention force on the projectile relative to the interference band.
advertising and marketing in the field of ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories; advertising, marketing and promotion services in the field of ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories; providing on-line consumer and business information in the field of ammunition; advertising and marketing services in the field of ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories provided by means of indirect methods of marketing communications, namely, social media, search engine marketing, inquiry marketing, internet marketing, mobile marketing, blogging and other forms of passive, shareable or viral communications channels
advertising and marketing in the field of ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories; advertising, marketing and promotion services in the field of ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories; providing on-line consumer and business information in the field of ammunition; advertising and marketing services in the field of ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories provided by means of indirect methods of marketing communications, namely, social media, search engine marketing, inquiry marketing, internet marketing, mobile marketing, blogging and other forms of passive, shareable or viral communications channels
Devices and methods for an 8 mm or .32 caliber semiautomatic handgun cartridge providing a reduced form factor for carrying a greater number of rounds in a smaller space while maintaining ballistic performance.
Online retail sales services; on-line retail store services
featuring ammunition; advertising services; marketing
services; advertising, marketing and promotion services;
providing on-line consumer and business information in the
field of ammunition; advertising and marketing services
provided by means of indirect methods of marketing
communications, namely, social media, search engine
marketing, inquiry marketing, internet marketing, mobile
marketing, blogging and other forms of passive, shareable or
viral communications channels.
(1) Online retail sales services; on-line retail store services featuring ammunition; advertising services; marketing services; advertising, marketing and promotion services; providing on-line consumer and business information in the field of ammunition; advertising and marketing services provided by means of indirect methods of marketing communications, namely, social media, search engine marketing, inquiry marketing, internet marketing, mobile marketing, blogging and other forms of passive, shareable or viral communications channels.
Retail on-line ordering services featuring ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories also accessible by telephone, facsimile and mail order; on-line retail store services featuring ammunition; advertising services; marketing services; advertising, marketing and promotion services; providing on-line consumer and business information in the field of ammunition; advertising and marketing services provided by means of indirect methods of marketing communications, namely, social media, search engine marketing, inquiry marketing, internet marketing, mobile marketing, blogging and other forms of passive, shareable or viral communications channels
Retail on-line ordering services featuring ammunition, shooting accessories, and hunting accessories also accessible by telephone, facsimile and mail order; on-line retail store services featuring ammunition; advertising services; marketing services; advertising, marketing and promotion services; providing on-line consumer and business information in the field of ammunition; advertising and marketing services provided by means of indirect methods of marketing communications, namely, social media, search engine marketing, inquiry marketing, internet marketing, mobile marketing, blogging and other forms of passive, shareable or viral communications channels
A cartridge with an expanding bullet that has advantageous terminal effects over an extended range. The expanding bullet including a bullet body including a metal jacket extending from a tail portion to a nose portion and surrounding an interior solid core and defining a forward opening and interior cavity. A tip has an exterior surface substantially flush with an exterior surface of the metal jacket. The tip has a main portion forward of the opening and a tip retention portion that at least partially fills the interior cavity. In certain embodiments the tip retention portion includes one or more fluid entry facilitation means such as a fracture regions configured to, upon impact of the bullet with a target, fracture or deform to expose one or more fluid pathways into the interior cavity and to a forward facing interior surface for initiating expansion of the expanding bullet.
F42B 12/34 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché s'élargissant avant ou à l'impact, c.-à-d. projectiles du type dum-dum ou projectiles qui prennent la forme d'un champignon
Devices and methods for shotshell cartridges, particularly shotshell cartridges with biodegradable components. One or more of the casing, shot wad, spacer, and powder wad may be formed of biodegradable materials. A biodegradable shot wad is manufactured of cellulosic fibers and wax to provide obturation and gas seal properties at high pressures with high reliability.
Shot projectiles are disclosed that are not completely spherical. The shot has an equatorial ring, top and bottom poles, and one or more sections extending between the ring and the respective poles. The ring defines a vertical height relative to an overall diameter of the projectile. The one or more sections provide flat, concave, or convex surfaces.
Devices and methods for shotshell cartridges, particularly shotshell cartridges with biodegradable components. One or more of the casing, shot wad, spacer, and powder wad may be formed of biodegradable materials. A biodegradable shot wad is manufactured of cellulosic fibers and wax to provide obturation and gas seal properties at high pressures with high reliability.
Devices and methods for a bullet with a strengthened mouth for improved penetration and expansion. In embodiments, a portion of the jacket is folded to provide double walls at the mouth. In embodiments, the jacket and core are partially bonded and partially separated. The core comprises a forward portion defining a cavity forming a hollow point of the bullet. The jacket comprising: a rearward cup portion, an ogive portion, an end portion, and a plurality of skives. The ogive portion is forward of the rearward cup portion. The end portion is directly adjacent the tip portion of the core, the end portion of the jacket curling radially inwardly toward the central axis. The plurality of skives are formed in the ogive portion of the jacket.
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B21K 21/10 - Formage d'articles creux, à sections différentes dans le sens longitudinal, p. ex. gicleurs, bougies d'allumage d'articles en forme de cône ou de cloche, p. ex. capuchons d'isolateur
F42B 12/02 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché
B21K 21/06 - Formage d'articles creux à parois épaisses, p. ex. projectiles
F42B 10/32 - Dispositions pour réduire ou augmenter la portéeMoyens pour freiner la chute de projectiles
F42B 10/38 - Dispositions pour augmenter la portée
Devices and methods for a bullet with a strengthened mouth for improved penetration and expansion. In embodiments, a portion of the jacket is folded to provide double walls at the mouth. In embodiments, the jacket and core are partially bonded and partially separated.
F42B 12/78 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le boîtier ou l'enveloppe pour les chemises de balles pour armes à feu individuelles
F42B 12/34 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché s'élargissant avant ou à l'impact, c.-à-d. projectiles du type dum-dum ou projectiles qui prennent la forme d'un champignon
F42B 30/02 - Balles pour armes à feu individuelles
F42B 33/00 - Fabrication de munitionsDémontage de munitionsAppareils à cet effet
Devices and methods for shotshell cartridges, particularly shotshell cartridges with biodegradable components. One or more of the casing, shot wad, spacer, and powder wad may be formed of biodegradable materials. A biodegradable shot wad is manufactured of cellulosic fibers and wax to provide obturation and gas seal properties at high pressures with high reliability.
A rimless cartridge comprising a case and a bullet mounted therein. In embodiments, the bullet comprises a jacket having a cylindrical body portion, an ogive portion, and a plurality of longitudinally extending paths of weakness formed in the ogive portion and defining petals there between and extending rearward from the mouth. The bullet includes a malleable core mounted within the jacket. The bullet further comprises a circumferential groove between forward and rearward circumferential indentations imparted in the body portion of the jacket.
F42B 12/02 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché
F42B 12/78 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le boîtier ou l'enveloppe pour les chemises de balles pour armes à feu individuelles
Devices and methods for an 8 mm semiautomatic handgun cartridge providing a reduced form factor for carrying a greater number of rounds in a smaller space while maintaining ballistic performance.
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to manufacturing an insert-molded expanding projectile. Aspects of the disclosure include locating a portion of a projectile body within a converging tip mold, the projectile body including a metal jacket extending from a tail portion to a nose portion and surrounding an interior solid core. The metal jacket and nose portion may be tapered in a forward direction to an annular forward edge defining an opening to an undercut interior cavity. Melted polymer may be injected into the converging tip mold and allowed to cool thereby forming a polymer tip having a main portion forward of the opening and a tip retention portion filling the undercut interior cavity and having a shape corresponding to the undercut interior cavity to retain the polymer tip in place.
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F42B 12/74 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le noyau ou le corps solide
F42B 33/00 - Fabrication de munitionsDémontage de munitionsAppareils à cet effet
F42B 30/02 - Balles pour armes à feu individuelles
In various embodiments, a projectile includes a projectile body including a tail portion, a nose portion, a barrel engaging portion between the nose portion and the tail portion, and a metal jacket that defines an exterior of the projectile that surrounds an interior solid core. In one or more embodiments the projectile includes one or more circumferential grooves defined in the interior core portion, each of the one or more circumferential grooves covered by and positioned adjacent to the metal jacket and within the barrel-engaging portion. In various embodiments, during firing of the projectile, the one or more circumferential grooves define a void that allows material of one or more of the metal jacket and interior solid core to displace into the void for reduction in radial stiffness to the projectile in the barrel engaging portion.
F42B 14/00 - Projectiles caractérisés par des dispositions pour les guider à l'intérieur du canon, pour rendre étanche la surface de contact entre le projectile et le canon, pour lubrifier ou nettoyer le canon
F42B 12/74 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le noyau ou le corps solide
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Cartridge with improved penetration and expansion bullet
A cartridge with a bullet has desirable penetration capabilities and controlled separation of components upon terminal impact. In embodiments of the invention, the bullet comprises a forward component, a lead core, and a copper jacket. The bullet having a forward nose portion with a plurality of cutaways spaced circumferentially about the nose portion. The copper jacket having a leading edge portion positioned at the cutaways.
F42B 12/08 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché du type perforant à coiffe perforanteProjectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché du type perforant à calotte blindée
F42B 12/78 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le boîtier ou l'enveloppe pour les chemises de balles pour armes à feu individuelles
F42B 30/02 - Balles pour armes à feu individuelles
F42B 33/00 - Fabrication de munitionsDémontage de munitionsAppareils à cet effet
F42B 5/02 - Cartouches, c.-à-d. projectile et douille avec charge propulsive formant un tout
F42B 12/34 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par la nature de la charge militaire ou par l'effet recherché s'élargissant avant ou à l'impact, c.-à-d. projectiles du type dum-dum ou projectiles qui prennent la forme d'un champignon
F42B 12/74 - Projectiles ou mines caractérisés par la charge militaire, l'effet recherché ou le matériau caractérisés par le matériau utilisé pour le noyau ou le corps solide
Shot projectiles are disclosed that are not completely spherical. The shot has an equatorial ring, top and bottom poles, and one or more sections extending between the ring and the respective poles. The ring defines a vertical height relative to an overall diameter of the projectile. The one or more sections provide flat, concave, or convex surfaces.
Shot projectiles are disclosed that are not completely spherical. The shot has an equatorial ring, top and bottom poles, and one or more sections extending between the ring and the respective poles. The ring defines a vertical height relative to an overall diameter of the projectile. The one or more sections provide flat, concave, or convex surfaces.
Devices and methods for chambering and releasing a high pressure cartridge case from a firearm. In some embodiments, a static chamber insert of high elastic modulus is disclosed. In some embodiments, a dynamic or adaptable chamber insert that radially expands in an out-of-battery configuration and radially contracts in a battery configuration is disclosed.
