Ammunition articles with plastic components and method of making ammunition articles with plastic components
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1. An ammunition article, comprising:
- an injection molded plastic cartridge casing body having a first end and a second end the cartridge casing body forming an open tube between the first end and the second end; and
a projectile attached to the first end of the cartridge casing body, the first end of the cartridge casing body being closed only by the projectile, wherein the cartridge casing body is injection molded around at least a portion of the projectile.
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Abstract
An ammunition article includes a molded plastic cartridge casing body having a first end and a second end, and a projectile attached to the first end of the cartridge casing body. The cartridge casing body is molded around at least a portion of the projectile. A molded plastic base for an ammunition article, a molded plastic blank cartridge, and a molded plastic cartridge casing body having a pronged web are also disclosed.
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1. An ammunition article, comprising:
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an injection molded plastic cartridge casing body having a first end and a second end the cartridge casing body forming an open tube between the first end and the second end; and
a projectile attached to the first end of the cartridge casing body, the first end of the cartridge casing body being closed only by the projectile, wherein the cartridge casing body is injection molded around at least a portion of the projectile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An ammunition article comprising:
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projectile having cannelure contours; and
a cartridge casing body injection molded around at least a portion of the projectile such that a portion of a wall of the cartridge casing body follows the cannelure contours of the projectile the cartridge casing body forming an open tube between a first end and a second end thereof, and one of the first end and the second end of the cartridge casing body being closed only by the projectile. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An ammunition article comprising:
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a projectile; and
a cartridge casing body injection molded around at least part of the projectile so that an end of the projectile and interior wall of the cartridge casing body define a volume open at an end of the cartridge casing body opposite an end closed only by the projectile.
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