Muzzle loading bullet with gas seal
First Claim
1. A projectile comprising:
- a body with at least a portion having a diameter at least as large as a bore size of an intended firearm; and
a skirt made of a different material than the body and fixedly attached to a rear portion of the body.
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Abstract
A projectile or bullet for a muzzle loading firearm that has a fixedly attached skirt as a gas seal. The projectile is a full-bore bullet that has high velocity and high accuracy and is easy to load. The bullet includes a rear body portion covered with skirt made of a different material than the body to form a gas seal when the projectile is fired. In a preferred embodiment, the skirt material is plastic, paper or nylon. The body portion of the projectile may be covered by a jacket. The nose portion of the bullet may incorporate a ballistic tip. In some embodiments, the rear of the bullet body is indented to allow the expanding gases at ignition to expand the rear of the bullet to further seal the combustion behind the bullet and to further seal the skirt to the bullet.
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36 Claims
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1. A projectile comprising:
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a body with at least a portion having a diameter at least as large as a bore size of an intended firearm; and
a skirt made of a different material than the body and fixedly attached to a rear portion of the body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A projectile comprising:
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a body with at least a portion having a diameter at least as large as a bore size of an intended firearm and a stepped down portion having a reduced-diameter portion that is substantially smaller than the bore size; and
a skirt-cup made of a different material than the body and fixedly attached to a rear portion of the body, the skirt-cup substantially covering the reduced-diameter portion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A projectile comprising:
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a body with a rear portion, a middle portion and a point portion, wherein at least part of the middle portion of the body has a diameter at least as large as a bore size of an intended firearm and the rear portion has a diameter less than the bore size; and
a skirt made of a different material than the body and fixedly attached to the rear portion of the body, wherein the skirt covers at least some of a rear portion of the body and at least a portion of the skirt has a diameter at least as large as a bore size of the intended firearm. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A projectile comprising:
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a body with a cylindrical rear portion, a middle portion, and a point portion, wherein at least part of the middle portion of the body has a diameter at least as large as a bore size of an intended firearm, and the length of the middle portion of at least bore size diameter is less than about 25 percent of the overall length of the projectile that is at least full bore;
a cylindrical sleeve skirt surrounding a reduced diameter portion of the cylindrical rear portion of the body made of different material than the body and fixedly attached to the rear portion of the body, wherein the skirt covers at least some of a rear portion of the body and wherein at least a portion of the skirt has a diameter at least as large as a bore size of the intended firearm;
a metal jacket made of a material harder than the material of the body covering a substantial portion of the body; and
a ballistic tip in the nose portion of the body.
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28. A method for manufacturing a bullet comprising the steps of:
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forming a bullet body with at least a portion having a diameter at least as large as a bore size of an intended firearm; and
fixedly attaching a skirt made of a different material than the body to a rear portion of the body. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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Specification