THREE COMPONENT BULLET WITH CORE RETENTION FEATURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE BULLET
First Claim
1. A bullet comprising:
- a malleable core having a section with a first end and a second end;
a jacket comprising malleable material surrounding the malleable core, the jacket having a first end and a second end; and
a locking band surrounding a portion of the jacket configured to retain the malleable core with the jacket during use, at least a portion of the locking band configured around a circumferential depression in a wall of the jacket and a mating circumferential depression in the malleable core.
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Abstract
A three component bullet with an improved core retention feature and a method of manufacturing the bullet is described including a cylindrical jacket having an open end and a closed end containing a malleable metal core which is forced into a forming die having a bottleneck shaped interior resulting in a bottleneck shaped pre-form wherein the outside diameter of the open-ended forward portion of the jacket is smaller than the outside diameter of its closed rearward portion. The open end of the pre-form may be dropped through or forced through a malleable locking band of appropriate height, diameter and wall thickness. A relatively tight-fitting punch enters the open end of the pre-form generating sufficient axial force against the face of the metal core to radially swell the core and subsequently portions of the jacket fore and aft of the locking band, thereby securing the locking band in place while at the same time producing an inwardly-extending annular band of jacket material which embeds itself into the core material with the result that the core is permanently locked inside the jacket.
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24 Claims
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1. A bullet comprising:
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a malleable core having a section with a first end and a second end; a jacket comprising malleable material surrounding the malleable core, the jacket having a first end and a second end; and a locking band surrounding a portion of the jacket configured to retain the malleable core with the jacket during use, at least a portion of the locking band configured around a circumferential depression in a wall of the jacket and a mating circumferential depression in the malleable core. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for manufacturing a bullet, comprising:
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forming an indention around a circumference of a jacket; forming an indention around a circumference of a malleable core within the jacket; and arranging a band in the indentation of the circumference of the jacket such that the jacket and malleable core are retained together with the band of material positioned within the indentation around the circumference of the jacket during impact at a desired velocity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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