Safety cartridge

In combination with a firearm including

• a barrel having a breech end,
• a firing chamber adjacent the breech end of the
• barrel and in alignment with the barrel,
• a firing mechanism,
• the improvement comprising a safety cartridge, said cartridge being shaped and dimensioned to be inserted in the firing chamber of the firearm and including
• (a) a cartridge case;
• (b) propellant means mounted in said cartridge case to be activated by said firing mechanism;
• (c) a projectile mounted in the cartridge case and shaped and dimensioned to be propelled toward and wedge in the breech end of the barrel when said cartridge is in the firing chamber and said propellant means is activated by the firing mechanism.

A safety cartridge for a firearm including

• a barrel having a breech end,
• a firing chamber adjacent the breech end of the
• barrel and in alignment with the barrel,
• a firing mechanism,
• said cartridge being shaped and dimensioned to be inserted in the firing chamber of the firearm and including
• (a) a cartridge case;
• (b) propellant means mounted in said cartridge case to be activated by said firing mechanism;
• (c) a projectile housed in the cartridge case to be propelled toward the breech end of the barrel when the propellant means is activated, said projectile including a proximate end and a distal end;
• said projectile and cartridge case being shaped and dimensioned such that when said cartridge is in the firing chamber and said propellant means is activated by the firing mechanism,
• said distal end is displaced away from said cartridge case a selected distance into the breech end of the barrel, and
• said proximate end remains adjacent a portion of said cartridge case after said distal end is displaced away from said cartridge case said selected distance into the barrel.