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Method of manufacturing a frangible slug

  • US 7,658,137 B1
  • Filed: 04/22/2009
  • Issued: 02/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing a frangible firearm slug, comprising:

  • holding a firearm slug container with an open end, a closed end, and a payload cavity having a circumferential rib therein in a tooling device that includes a top surface so the open end of the container is even with the top surface of the tooling device;

    overfilling the payload cavity with a liquid mixture of powdered particles and a binder at a temperature above a melt point of the binder;

    vibrating the tooling device holding the slug container to settle the powdered particles in the liquid mixture toward a bottom of the payload cavity;

    cooling the liquid mixture to form a solidified mixture, using the circumferential rib within the payload cavity to retain the solidified mixture inside the payload cavity until impact with a solid object after firing, wherein during impact the frangible payload substantially disintegrates reducing ricochet, wherein a portion of the solidified mixture is outside the payload cavity and above the top surface of the tooling device; and

    removing the portion of the solidified mixture that is outside the payload cavity and above the top surface of the tooling device.

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