Bullet

• US 4,777,883 A
• Filed: 01/19/1988
• Issued: 10/18/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Milija M. Chevich
• Original Assignee: Milija M. Chevich
• Inventors: Chevich, Milija M.
• Primary Examiner(s): TUDOR, HAROLD JAY
• Application Number:
  US07/145,378
• Time in Patent Office: 273 Days
• Field of Search: 102/503, 102/507, 102/508, 102/509, 102/510, 102/514, 102/515, 102/516, 102/517, 102/501, 102/532
• US Class Current: 102/503
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 10/34 Tubular projectiles
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/34 expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 14/02 Driving bands; Rotating bands F42B14/04 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention is a bullet which comprises a hollow central cavity, an outside plastic jacket, a lead core, an inside metal jacket, a slotted nose, a gas seal, a gas seal reinforcement disc, and a gas seal extension having slotted seal feathers.

Claims

1. A bullet having a hollow central cavity, said bullet comprising:

an outside jacket surrounding a solid core, said outside jacket extending beyond said core anteriorly to form collapsible feed lips which have notches formed between them, said core also having an expansion control notch formed into its surface;

an inside jacket extending the length of said bullet internally, said inside jacket being situated between said core and said hollow central cavity;

a gas seal attached to said core at the posterior end thereof and having projections extending into said hollow central cavity, said gas seal being reinforced by a reinforcement disc inserted into a hollow formed in said gas seal, and also having a rear annular surface which lies in a plane which is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of said bullet, said surface having notched seal feathers.