Powder-based disc having solid outer skin for use in a multi-component ammunition projectile
AssigneeDoris Nebel Beal Intervivos Patent Trust
InventorHarold F. Beal
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Abstract
A projectile for gun ammunition of 50 caliber or less, the projectile including an outer jacket having a longitudinal centerline and which houses one or more cores made up of a powder or mixture of powders comprising a frangible disc including a central region thereof formed of a compressed unbonded quantity of particles of at least one metal powder and an outer peripheral skin defined by melded ones of said at least one metal powder particles. Manufacture of the disc, a projectile including the disc and a round of gun ammunition including the disc-containing projectile are disclosed.
Claims12
In a projectile for gun ammunition of 50 caliber or less, the projectile including an outer jacket having a longitudinal centerline a leading end and a closed trailing end and which houses at least one core made up of a compressed powder or mixture of powders and having a trailing end and a leading end which is disposed adjacent the leading end of the jacket, the improvement comprising
- a frangible disc including a central region thereof formed of a compressed unbonded quantity of particles of at least one metal powder and an outer peripheral skin extending substantially about the entire outer surface of said disc and defined by melded ones of said at least one metal powder particles said disc being disposed within the jacket adjacent the leading end of the jacket and in contact with the leading end of the at least one core.
A round of gun ammunition comprising a projectile including a jacket having a closed trailing end and an open leading end, at least one core formed of compressed metal powder or mixture of metal powders located within the jacket, and a frangible disc including a central region thereof formed of a compressed unbonded quantity of particles of at least one metal powder and an outer peripheral skin extending substantially about the entire outer surface of said disc and defined by melded ones of said at least one metal powder particles, said disc being disposed within said leading end of said jacket in contact with a leading end of the at least one core.
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