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US 5,488,909 AGranted
Short range projectile
AssigneeHirtenberger Aktiengesellschaft
InventorFranz Moser
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Abstract
A short range projectile includes a metal jacket, which surrounds a plastic material core and has an external diameter up to about 0.4% larger than the diameter of a normal projectile of the caliber involved and an axial length of about 2 to 3.5 times the diameter of the projectile.
Claims4
A short range projectile for use with a firearm having a caliber selected from the group consisting of 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm, said projectile comprising:
- a plastic material core having a tip;
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- a metal jacket at least partially surrounding the core and having an external diameter of 7.86-7.87 mm for the 7.62 mm caliber and of 5.74-5.76 mm for the 5.56 mm caliber and an axial length about 2 to 3.5 times the external diameter of the metal jacket of the short range projectile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.