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Plastic bullet

  • US 4,553,479 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1983
  • Issued: 11/19/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bullet projectile comprising:

  • a body portion having a blunt forward end and a rearward end, said body portion being frustoconically shaped and including a larger base comprising said forward end and a smaller base comprising said rearward end, whereby, during travel in a firearm barrel, said frustoconically shaped body creates air turbulence along the side of said body portion to coact with any rifling in the barrel, said body portion defining a plurality of pockets about the body circumference, said pockets being separated by ribs longitudinal to said body, each of said pockets terminating short of said forward end of said body, each of said ribs tapering from said forward end to said rearward end, each of said pockets including a floor comprising a segment of a right circular cylinder; and

    means for securing said rearward end of said body portion to a bullet casing, said securing means being concentric with and diametrically smaller than said rearward end of said body portion.

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