Firearm ammunition with projectile housing propellant
AssigneeMeals Incorporated
InventorHarold F. Beal
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Abstract
A firearm ammunition cartridge including a case having a substantially tubular body portion, an open leading end, and a trailing end defining a primer port, the primer port opening to an interior of the case, a projectile received and retained within the leading end of the case, and configured with a recess extending inwardly from a trailing end of the projectile to receive a quantity of gunpowder, and a quantity of compressed gunpowder provided in the recess of the projectile such that the compressed gunpowder remains in the recess at any orientation of the projectile.
Claims13
A firearm ammunition cartridge comprising:
- a case having a substantially tubular body portion, an open leading end, and a trailing end defining a primer port, the primer port opening to an interior of the case;
- a projectile received and retained within the leading end of the case, and configured with a recess extending inwardly from a trailing end of the projectile to receive a quantity of gunpowder;
- a quantity of compressed gunpowder provided in the recess of the projectile such that the compressed gunpowder remains in the recess at any orientation of the projectile;
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- an insert received within the case and extending along the body portion, the insert having a central cavity extending along a longitudinal axis of the insert and the projectile, the central cavity opening to the primer port at the trailing end of the case and opening to the recess of the projectile;
- wherein the central cavity is configured with a diameter substantially equal to that of the recess of the projectile.
A firearm ammunition cartridge comprising:
- a case having a substantially tubular body portion, an open leading end, and a trailing end defining a primer port, the primer port opening to an interior of the case;
- a projectile received and retained within the leading end of the case, and configured with a recess extending inwardly from a trailing end of the projectile to receive a quantity of gunpowder;
- a quantity of compressed gunpowder provided in the recess of the projectile such that the compressed gunpowder remains in the recess at any orientation of the projectile;
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- a stand tube configured to extend from the primer port to the trailing end of the projectile such that the stand tube forms a flame port between the primer port and projectile;
- wherein an inner diameter of the stand tube is configured to have a substantially same diameter as the recess of the projectile.
A firearm ammunition cartridge comprising:
- a case having a substantially tubular body portion, an open leading end, and a trailing end defining a primer port, the primer port opening to an interior of the case;
- a projectile received and retained within the leading end of the case, and configured with a recess extending inwardly from a trailing end of the projectile to receive a quantity of gunpowder;
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- a quantity of compressed gunpowder provided in the recess of the projectile such that the compressed gunpowder remains in the recess at any orientation of the projectile;
- wherein the case is configured with walls sufficiently thick such that the primer port extends from the trailing end of the case to the trailing end of the projectile;
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- wherein the primer port has a substantially same diameter as that of the recess of the projectile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.