Method of manufacturing a frangible slug
First Claim
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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Abstract
Methods and articles are provided for frangible slugs. A method of manufacturing a frangible slug includes heating substantially spherical metallic powdered particles, where substantially all of the powdered particles have diameters larger than 125 microns and smaller than 250 microns, to form heated powdered particles. The method includes heating a microcrystalline wax to form a melted wax. The method also includes combining the heated powdered particles with the melted wax to form a liquid mixture. The method further includes filling a payload cavity of a slug container with the liquid mixture to form a liquid mixture payload, where the slug container is configured to retain a solidified frangible payload as the frangible slug until impact with a solid object.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a frangible firearm slug, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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