Method of preparing a low lethality round
OwnerJacob Kravel, Michael Brunninventors
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Abstract
An anti-personnel projectile launched from a weapon shell required at impact to have a low lethality consequence, in which the projectile is fitted in the shell in a shape characterized by a blunt end in the direction of flight and maintained in this shape by oppositely directed air resistance and propelling forces to obviate a change of shape during flight that might cause a serious injury.
Claims9
A low-lethality projectile that exhibits a low-lethality flight shape after the projectile is propelled out of a weapon barrel, the projectile comprising a tubular body having a closed front end and a rear edge bounding an opening into a body compartment into which an amount of lead shot is inserted prior to closure of the body compartment, the low-lethality flight shape comprising:
- a blunt projectile front end portion augmented by substantially parallel opposing forces of air resistance and opposite post ignition propelling force;
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- a tail portion that is narrow relative to the blunt projectile front end portion and substantially cylindrically shaped.
The low-lethality projectile fight shape in claim I wherein,
- a constriction of the tubular body closes the body compartment and delineates the blunt projectile front end portion from the tail portion.
The low-lethality projectile fight shape in claim 5 wherein,
- the constriction is formed by a tie around the tubular body.
A method of shaping a projectile so as to have a specified low lethality consequence upon impact against an individual, said shaping method comprising the steps of using an empty 12 gauge shotgun shell having a cylindrical wall bounding a projectile compartment and a front edge and a rear edge at opposite ends of said cylindrical wall respectively bounding a front and a rear opening into said projectile compartment, closing said rear opening of said 12 gauge cartridge shell with projectile-propelling explosive means, using preliminarily an unfilled tubular projectile body of fabric construction material having a closed front end and a rear edge bounding a rear opening thereinto, filling through said rear opening of said tubular projectile body a selected amount of lead shot, constricting said tubular sock-like projectile body forward of said rear opening to close said rear opening and create a tail, inserting said tail of said tubular sock-like projectile body into said projectile compartment front opening, urging in movement said lead shot-filled closed front end of said tubular projectile body fully into said projectile compartment to an extent causing said tail thereof to contact against a said closed 12 gauge shotgun shell end and said lead shot-filled closed front end to expand radially into contact with said 12 gauge shotgun shell cylindrical wall so as to assume said cylindrical shape thereof characterized by a blunt front end, whereby upon igniting said projectile-propelling means said tubular projectile body exits from said 12 gauge shotgun shell projectile compartment in said blunt-ended cylindrical shape against a force of air resistance to flight exerted against a front thereof and pushed by a force urging said shape in flight exerted against a rear thereof such that said blunt-ended cylindrical shape is augmented during flight and prior to impact to thereby contribute to a low lethality consequence.
The method in claim 7 wherein,
- the step of constricting said tubular sock-like projectile body comprises an act selected from the group consisting of tying, binding, and sewing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.