Bullet, bullet jacket and methods of making
AssigneeAlltrista Zinc Products, L.P.
InventorDennis H. Weber
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Abstract
A bullet, bullet jacket, and method of making the bullet and bullet jacket. The bullet jacket comprises a predominantly copper outer shell and a predominantly zinc lining. The bullet comprises the bullet jacket and a bullet core. The bullet jacket is made by forming a predominantly copper sheet and a predominantly zinc sheet. The two sheets are then adhered to one another by cladding or roll bonding, and shaped such that they can fully encase a bullet core. The bullet is then made by using conventional means to seat and enclose the bullet core within the bullet jacket of the present invention.
Claims26
A bullet jacket, comprising:
- a layer of predominantly zinc and a layer of predominantly copper adhered to the layer of predominantly zinc, with the adhered layers formed into a shape appropriate for the receipt of a bullet core such that when the bullet core is placed in the formed shape the predominantly zinc layer is adjacent to the bullet core.
A bullet jacket, comprising:
- a plurality of bimetallic sheets comprising layer of predominantly zinc and a layer of predominantly copper adhered to the layer of predominantly zinc, with the adhered layers formed into a plurality of shapes appropriate for surrounding a bullet core such that when the bullet core is placed in the plurality of bimetallic sheets the predominantly zinc layer of each bi-metallic sheet is adjacent to the bullet core.
A bullet, comprising:
- a bullet core having a core shape, a layer of predominantly zinc and a layer of predominantly copper adhered to the layer of predominantly zinc, with the adhered layers surrounding the bullet core such that the predominantly zinc layer is adjacent to the bullet core.
A method of making a bullet jacket, comprising the steps of:
- forming a predominantly zinc layer;
- forming a predominantly copper layer;
- adhering the predominantly zinc layer to the predominantly copper layer;
- and
- shaping the adhered layers into a form capable of receiving a bullet core such that, when a bullet core is placed in the formed shaped, the predominantly zinc layer is adjacent to the bullet core.
A method of making a bullet, comprising the steps of:
- providing a shaped bullet core;
- forming a predominantly zinc layer;
- forming a predominantly copper layer;
- adhering the predominantly zinc layer to the predominantly copper layer;
- shaping the adhered layers to receive the bullet core such that the predominantly zinc layer is adjacent to the bullet core;
- placing the bullet core within the shaped form;
- seating the bullet core within the formed shape;
- and
- enclosing the bullet jacket around the bullet core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.