Firearm Ammunition With Projectile Housing Propellant
AssigneeMeals Incorporated
InventorHarold F. Beal
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Abstract
A firearm ammunition cartridge including a case having a substantially tubular body portion, an open leading end, and a trailing end defining a primer port, the primer port opening to an interior of the case, a projectile received and retained within the leading end of the case, and configured with a recess extending inwardly from a trailing end of the projectile to receive a quantity of gunpowder, and a quantity of compressed gunpowder provided in the recess of the projectile such that the compressed gunpowder remains in the recess at any orientation of the projectile.
Claims20
A firearm ammunition cartridge comprising:
- a case having a substantially tubular body portion, an open leading end, and a trailing end defining a primer port, the primer port opening to an interior of the case;
- a projectile received and retained within the leading end of the case, and configured with a recess extending inwardly from a trailing end of the projectile to receive a quantity of gunpowder;
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- a quantity of compressed gunpowder provided in the recess of the projectile such that the compressed gunpowder remains in the recess at any orientation of the projectile.
A projectile to be received and retained within a leading end of a firearm ammunition cartridge case, the projectile comprising:
- a leading end configured to be exposed outside of the firearm ammunition cartridge case;
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- a trailing end configured with a recess extending inwardly from the trailing end to receive a quantity of gunpowder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.