Projectile with enhanced ballistic efficiency
AssigneeBrown Dog Intellectual Properties
InventorsJoshua M. Kunz, Francis J. Sheer
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Abstract
A projectile for use with a firearm having a rifled barrel including helical grooves extending longitudinally along an inner surface thereof can include: a substantially cylindrical projectile body having at a front end an ogival nose section and at a rear end a tail section; a driving band section formed on the projectile body between the nose section and the tail section; a bore rider section formed on the projectile body between the nose section and the tail section; and a pilot band section formed on the projectile body forward of the driving band section. The pilot band section can be formed having an LD-Haack profile.
Claims20
A projectile for use with a firearm having a rifled barrel including helical grooves extending longitudinally along an inner surface thereof, the projectile comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical projectile body having at a front end an ogival nose section and at a rear end a tail section;
- a driving band section formed on the projectile body between the nose section and the tail section;
- a bore rider section formed on the projectile body between the nose section and the tail section;
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- a pilot band section formed on the projectile body forward of the driving band section,
- wherein the pilot band section is formed having an LD-Haack profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.