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US 10,591,265 B2Granted
Non-jacketed expandable bullet and method of manufacturing a non-jacketed expandable bullet
AssigneeContinuous Metal Technology, Inc.
InventorTimothy G. Smith
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Abstract
A non-jacketed expandable bullet including a monolithic sintered body. The monolithic sintered body includes a base portion and a deformed hollow nose portion extending distally from a distal end of the base portion. Also, a method of manufacturing a non-jacketed expandable bullet including providing a monolithic sintered body including a base portion and a hollow peripheral portion extending distally from a distal end of the base portion and forming the hollow peripheral portion into the shape of a hollow tapered nose.
Claims20
A bullet, comprising:
- a monolithic sintered body comprising:
- (1) a base portion having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- (2) a deformed hollow nose portion extending distally from the distal end of the base portion,
- wherein the bullet is non-jacketed and expandable, and the deformed hollow nose portion is ductile and, upon impact, the deformed hollow nose portion expands to form distinct petals that fold over such that the bullet has a mushroom shape after impact.
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A method of manufacturing a bullet, the method comprising:
- providing a monolithic sintered body comprising:
- (1) a base portion having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- (2) a hollow peripheral portion extending distally from the distal end of the base portion;
- and
- forming the hollow peripheral portion into a shape of a hollow tapered nose,
- wherein the bullet is non-jacketed and expandable, and the hollow tapered nose is ductile and, upon impact, the hollow tapered nose expands to form distinct petals that fold over such that the bullet has a mushroom shape after impact.
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