Firearm with a cartridge
OwnerHenning CONLEinventor
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Abstract
A firearm with a cartridge has a barrel with an inside surface, a barrel length that is measured starting from a chamber to a barrel muzzle, and a barrel shaft, wherein the cartridge has a single, sabot-free projectile with a peripheral surface. A gap that is open end-to-end in the direction of the barrel shaft is present along at least 90% of the barrel length and over at least 90% of the circumference of the projectile between the peripheral surface of the projectile and the inside surface of the barrel.
Claims20
Firearm (1) with a cartridge (3), which has a barrel (2) with an inside surface (8), a barrel length (L) that is measured starting from a chamber (4) to a barrel muzzle, and a barrel shaft, wherein the cartridge (3) has a single, sabot-free projectile (5) with a peripheral surface (9), wherein a gap (10) that is open end-to-end in the direction of the barrel shaft is present along at least 90% of the barrel length (L) and over at least 90% of the circumference of the projectile (5) between the peripheral surface (9) of the projectile (5) and the inside surface (8) of the barrel (2).
A method (1) for firing a single, sabot-free projectile (5) of a cartridge (3) from a firearm, comprising:
- providing the firearm (1) comprising a barrel (2) with an inside surface (8), a barrel length (L) that is measured starting from a chamber (4) to a barrel muzzle, and a barrel shaft;
- arranging the cartridge in the chamber;
- and firing the firearm;
- wherein the projectile (5) has a maximum circumference and a peripheral surface (9), so that as the projectile (5) moves along at least 90% of the barrel length (L) and over at least 90% of the maximum circumference of the projectile (5) between the peripheral surface (9) of the projectile (5) and the inside surface (8) of the barrel (2), a gap (10) that is open end-to-end in the direction of the barrel shaft is present, through which gap the propellant accelerating the projectile (5) flows past the projectile (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.