Non-lethal ammunition and method
First Claim
1. An incapacitating non-lethal multiple projectile powder-driven ammunition round having, in combination, a cylindrical casing rearwardly containing a powder charge and forwardly a cylindrical pod fixed to the casing and having a plurality of closely adjacent parallel cylindrical bores therethrough, each bore containing a closely fitting resilient cylindrical projectile plug extending therethrough, each cylindrical projectile plug having a length substantially equal to a length of a corresponding bore.
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Abstract
A non-lethal incapacitating ammunition round and technique is disclosed using a bundle of adjacent flat-faced resilient cylindrical projectile plugs that, after firing, are set into tumbling motion in various orientations to slap and bruise the skin of a human or animal target at multiple locations of the body, with and without the simultaneous delivery of dye marking or subduing substances.
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- 1. An incapacitating non-lethal multiple projectile powder-driven ammunition round having, in combination, a cylindrical casing rearwardly containing a powder charge and forwardly a cylindrical pod fixed to the casing and having a plurality of closely adjacent parallel cylindrical bores therethrough, each bore containing a closely fitting resilient cylindrical projectile plug extending therethrough, each cylindrical projectile plug having a length substantially equal to a length of a corresponding bore.
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