Shell shot wad
OwnerChris Lee BILLINGSinventor
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Abstract
An ammunition cartridge for use with a firearm, such as a shotgun or rifle, and which includes a shot shell wad having a cylindrical housing which has a forward or outer shot receiving chamber separated from the at least one innermost shot receiving chamber by a partition which is preferably integrally formed with the housing and wherein the projectiles or shot receiving chambers include a plurality of open conically shaped chamber portions that are in open communication with one another at an apex and base of each adjoining projectile or shot receiving chamber so that, upon firing of the cartridge, the projectiles or shot are directed centrally and forwardly relative to a centerline of the housing as the projectiles or shot separate from the innermost camber and exit an open end of the outer chamber.
Claims8
A shot shell wad for use with an ammunition cartridge including a hull and a charge chamber, the shot shell wad comprising a generally cylindrical housing of a size to be seated within the cartridge hull with an inner end thereof adjacent the charge chamber of the cartridge, the hull having a cylindrical outer wall and a shot discharge end, an innermost shot receiving chamber formed within the housing and having an innermost base wall from which extend outer extending and inwardly tapering conical side walls, an opening at an apex of the conical side walls communicating with an outer shot receiving chamber, the outer shot receiving chamber having an outermost base wall with the opening being generally centrally therein, the outer chamber having a generally cylindrical side wall extending from the outermost base wall thereof to the shot discharge end of the housing.
An ammunition cartridge for shooting shot pellets comprising a casing and a charge chamber, a shot shell wad including a generally cylindrical housing of a size to be seated within the cartridge casing with an inner end thereof adjacent the charge chamber of the cartridge, the housing having a cylindrical outer wall and a shot discharge end, at least one innermost shot receiving chamber formed within the housing and having a concavely arcuate base wall from which extend outer extending and inwardly tapering conical side walls, an opening at an apex of the conical side walls communicating with an outer shot receiving chamber, the outer shot receiving chamber having an outermost concavely arcuate base wall with the opening being generally centrally therein, the outer chamber having a generally cylindrical side wall extending from the outermost base wall thereof to the shot discharge end of the housing.
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