Caseless ammunition with internal propellant
First Claim
1. Ammunition for a firearm comprising a bullet and a propellant:
- said bullet being generally cylindrical in construction and having a sidewall, a blunt point at one end, and an aperture at the other end, said bullet having dimensions suitable for its placement within the barrel of a firearm, said bullet being retained in said barrel in position for ignition of said propellant, said aperture being the terminus of a cavity in said bullet, said cavity in said bullet being a container for said propellant, said propellant having ingredients that undergo chemical reaction upon ignition, said propellant being placed into and retained within said cavity, said propellant being capable of being purposefully ignited by a device within the firearm into which the said bullet is placed, said propellant ingredients undergo a chemical reaction of its materials when said ignition occurs causing said bullet to travel down said barrel and be expelled from said firearm, said bullet being made of hard material having high tensile strength such that no significant dimensional are caused by the chemical reaction of said propellant within said bullet.
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Abstract
This invention describes ammunition that does not have a case but rather, utilizes the bullet itself for containing the propellant. The bullet is made of high strength material such as steel so as to withstand the explosive force of one or more types of propellant contained therein. The propellant is in a generally solid state so that it is effectively retained within the bullet. One or more types of propellant especially those having highly explosive characteristics may be layered within the bullet and ignited such that the bullet is propelled with a velocity equivalent to current ammunition. The bullet could be loaded manually or mechanically into a firearm such as a rifle or pistol just as current ammunition is loaded therein. Firing is accomplished by the purposeful ignition of the propellant by impact, spark, heat or other methods within current state of the art.
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1. Ammunition for a firearm comprising a bullet and a propellant:
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said bullet being generally cylindrical in construction and having a sidewall, a blunt point at one end, and an aperture at the other end, said bullet having dimensions suitable for its placement within the barrel of a firearm, said bullet being retained in said barrel in position for ignition of said propellant, said aperture being the terminus of a cavity in said bullet, said cavity in said bullet being a container for said propellant, said propellant having ingredients that undergo chemical reaction upon ignition, said propellant being placed into and retained within said cavity, said propellant being capable of being purposefully ignited by a device within the firearm into which the said bullet is placed, said propellant ingredients undergo a chemical reaction of its materials when said ignition occurs causing said bullet to travel down said barrel and be expelled from said firearm, said bullet being made of hard material having high tensile strength such that no significant dimensional are caused by the chemical reaction of said propellant within said bullet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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