Highly separable bullet

• US 5,528,989 A
• Filed: 08/15/1994
• Issued: 06/25/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Torrey L. Briese
• Original Assignee: Torrey L. Briese
• Inventors: Briese, Torrey L.
• Primary Examiner(s): TUDOR, HAROLD JAY
• Application Number:
  US08/291,391
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 102/474, 102/501, 102/506-510, 102/514-518, 102/529
• US Class Current: 102/506
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/34 expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type

Abstract

A highly separable bullet which disintegrates in a controlled fashion is provided, which highly separable bullet comprises a bullet core and a jacket, and which highly separable bullet is fabricated by method comprising a three step low-impact swaging process. A highly separable bullet is provided which easily, consistently, and predictably separates, fragments and disintegrates in a controlled fashion after entering soft tissue, water or ballistic geletin as such. The first step bullet core swaging process is a low-impact swaging process comprising placing a preselected number of a plurality of malleable strands of metal in a bullet core swaging die and swaging the plurality of malleable strands of the bullet core into a cylindrical core having a unique, uniform interlocking pattern between the plurality of malleable strands of metal. A second step of the low-impact swaging process comprises placing the cylindrical core in the jacket and swaging the jacket and the cylindrical core within the jacket a second time in a conforming die, which swaging in the conforming die forms the cylindrical core to the identification of the jacket of the highly separable bullet. A third step of the low-impact swaging process comprises the utilization of a point forming die which transforms the jacket and the bullet core within the jacket into the final desired highly separable bullet shape.

Claims

1. A highly separable bullet comprising a bullet core and a jacket, said jacket having said bullet core swaged therein and a uniform wall thickness enclosing and constraining said bullet core, said bullet core having a plurality of 2 to 10 malleable strands of metal of equal length and diameter with each other swaged into a cylindrical core, said cylindrical core having a unique, uniform interlocking pattern between the plurality of malleable strands of metal, said unique, uniform interlocking pattern between the plurality of malleable strands of metal having a uniform, consistent bend interlocking pattern whereby a first end and a second end of each and every of said plurality of 2 to 10 malleable strands of metal are positioned on a longitudinal line through each and every of said first end and said second end of each and every of said plurality of 2 to 10 malleable strands of metal and an extreme outer point of said uniform, consistent bend interlocking pattern of each and every of said plurality of 2 to 10 malleable strands of metal is located 180 degrees from said longitudinal line through each and every of said first end and said second end of each and every of said plurality of 2 to 10 malleable strands of metal.