Injection molded projectile
AssigneeTrue Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
InventorLonnie BURROW
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of making a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge comprising the steps of: providing an ammunition cartridge mold comprising a bottom portion having a primer recess extending into the bottom portion adapted to receive a primer, a flash hole positioned in the primer recess through the bottom surface; side walls extending from the bottom portion to a nose end aperture, wherein a propellant chamber is formed between the nose end aperture and the bottom surface; injecting a metal composition into the ammunition cartridge mold to form a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge; and removing the metal injection molded ammunition cartridge from the ammunition cartridge mold.
Claims21
1-11. (canceled)
A projectile for use in an ammunition cartridge, comprising:
- an inner core having a nose extending to a base;
- an outer core at least partially surrounding the inner core, the outer core having a forward end tapering inwardly to a longitudinal centerline defined through the nose to form an ogive region;
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- a jacket fully enclosing the outer core and having a forwardly extending inward taper substantially matching the ogive region of the outer core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.