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US 2007/0181029 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for propelling a pellet or BB using a shock-sensitive explosive cap
AssigneeGunsandMore.Info LLC
InventorChris Mcaninch
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for expelling a projection from an air gun by striking a primer cap filled with a shock-sensitive explosive compound, causing the cap to explode, which in turn rapidly compresses a volume of air located between the projectile and the cap, causing the projectile to exit from the barrel of the air gun at a high rate of speed.
Claims20
A gun comprising:
- (a) a barrel;
- (b) a projectile frictionally engaged directly to said barrel;
- (c) a trigger;
- (d) a shock sensitive explosive;
- (e) a container provided around said shock sensitive explosive;
- (f) means for directing a sufficient amount of an expanding gas from said container toward said projectile to propel said projectile through said barrel;
- and
- (g) means coupled to said trigger for actuating said shock sensitive explosive in response to actuation of said trigger.
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Ammunition comprising:
- (a) shock sensitive explosive;
- (b) a container provided around said shock sensitive explosive;
- (c) a projectile;
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- (d) cartridgeless means for directing a sufficient amount of an expanding gas from said container toward said projectile to propel said projectile.
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A method for propelling a projectile from a gun comprising:
- (a) providing a gun comprising;
- (i) a barrel;
- (ii) a trigger;
- (iii) means coupled to said trigger for actuating said shock sensitive explosive in response to actuation of said trigger.
- (b) securing a projectile in said barrel;
- (c) providing a container;
- (d) providing a shock sensitive explosive within said container;
- (e) providing said container rearward of said projectile;
- (f) actuating said trigger;
- and
- (g) directing a sufficient amount of an expanding gas from said container toward said projectile to propel said projectile out of said barrel.
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The method for propelling a projectile from a gun of claim 17, further comprising providing said container in contact with said projectile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.