Relating to ammunition
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsThomas Lloyd Beswick, Ian John Pennell
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Abstract
This invention relates to a improvements relating to munitions, specifically to coating small arms ammunition with decoppering agents, as a replacement in lead free ammunition. There is a method of manufacturing a coated metallic projectile for a rifled barrel, comprising; providing a metallic projectile cup with a coating of a decoppering agent located thereon, to provide a coated metallic projectile cup; causing the coated metallic projectile cup to be drawn through a plurality of dies to form a drawn coated metallic projectile.
Claims8
A method of manufacturing a decoppering agent coated metallic projectile for a rifled barrel, the method comprising:
- coating a metallic projectile cup with a decoppering agent, to provide a coated metallic projectile cup;
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- causing the coated metallic projectile cup to be drawn through a first die, then drawn through at least a second die and then drawn over an inner core to form a drawn coated metallic projectile that comprises an outer jacket disposed over the inner core, the outer jacket derived from the coated metallic projectile cup and comprising the decoppering agent.
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