Non-Jacketed Expandable Bullet and Method of Manufacturing a Non-Jacketed Expandable Bullet
AssigneeContinuous Metal Technology, Inc.
InventorTimothy G. Smith
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Abstract
A non-jacketed expandable bullet including a monolithic sintered body. The monolithic sintered body includes a base portion and a deformed hollow nose portion extending distally from a distal end of the base portion. Also, a method of manufacturing a non-jacketed expandable bullet including providing a monolithic sintered body including a base portion and a hollow peripheral portion extending distally from a distal end of the base portion and forming the hollow peripheral portion into the shape of a hollow tapered nose.
Claims20
A non-jacketed expandable bullet, comprising:
- a monolithic sintered body comprising:
- a base portion having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- a deformed hollow nose portion extending distally from the distal end of the base portion,
- wherein the bullet is non-jacketed and expandable, and the deformed hollow nose portion is ductile such that, upon impact, the deformed hollow nose portion expands to form distinct petals.
A method of manufacturing a non-jacketed expandable bullet, the method comprising:
- providing a monolithic sintered body comprising:
- a base portion having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- a hollow peripheral portion extending distally from the distal end of the base portion;
- and
- forming the hollow peripheral portion into a shape of a hollow tapered nose,
- wherein the bullet is non-jacketed and expandable, and the hollow tapered nose is ductile such that, upon impact, the hollow tapered nose expands to form distinct petals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.