Firearm cartridge and method with copper fouling abatement
AssigneeFn Herstal S.A.
InventorPatrick J. White
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a firearm cartridge with an electroless nickel bullet coating. In embodiments, a nickel-phosphorous alloy is deposited on a copper bullet to produce a coated bullet, a propellant with a copper inhibiting additive is inserted in a cartridge casing and the coated bullet is inserted in the mouth of the casing. Embodiments of the firearm cartridge include a casing, a propellant with a copper inhibiting additive positioned in the cavity of the casing and a copper bullet secured within the casing, wherein the copper bullet has a nickel-phosphorous coating.
Claims11
A method for producing ammunition, comprising:
- providing a copper bullet;
- depositing a nickel-phosphorous alloy on the copper bullet to produce a coated bullet;
- inserting a propellant comprising a copper inhibiting additive in a casing, wherein the casing comprises a mouth;
- and
- inserting at least a portion of the coated bullet in the mouth of the casing.
A firearm cartridge, comprising:
- a casing comprising a rearward primer, a wall defining a cavity and a mouth;
- a propellant comprising a copper inhibiting additive positioned in the cavity of the casing;
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- a copper bullet secured within the mouth of the casing, wherein the copper bullet comprises a nickel-phosphorous coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.