Super long range crash-bang round
AssigneeCombined Systems, Inc.
InventorMichael Brunn
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Abstract
A “crash-bang” shotgun cartridge assembly has a projectile consisting of a weighty and frangible ballast on its leading edge, a flash-bang charge, and, in the rear, a delay fuse which is lit by the detonation of the propellant charge in the cartridge. The weight of the ballast insures greater stability in flight, and accuracy in targeting, thus extending the range of the crash-bang cartridge. In addition, the weighty and frangible ballast disintegrates into low mass, low energy (and therefore less-lethal) fragments when the flash charge detonates.
Claims42
A crash-bang cartridge assembly, comprising
- a tubular cartridge;
- and
- a projectile within said tubular cartridge, said projectile comprising:
- a tubular projectile casing;
- a delay block located at one end of the tubular projectile casing;
- a delay fuse column within said delay block, said delay fuse column being at least partially filled with a delay fuse composition;
- a flash charge within said projectile casing, said flash charge being ignited by said delay fuse composition;
- and
- a weighty and frangible ballast located on a leading edge of said projectile, at an end of the tubular projectile casing opposite from the end having the delay block, wherein a weight of said ballast is sufficient to provide stability and accuracy in flight, and wherein the weighty and frangible ballast comprises a mixture of zinc powder and graphite powder;
- wherein the mixture of zinc powder and graphite powder is sufficiently frangible that, after detonation of said flash charge, the mixture comprises low mass, low energy components.
A crash-bang projectile, said crash-bang projectile fitting within a crash-bang cartridge in order to form a crash-bang cartridge assembly, comprising
- a tubular projectile casing;
- a flash charge within said tubular projectile casing;
- and
- a weighty and frangible ballast located on a leading edge of said crash-bang projectile, comprising:
- a mixture of zinc powder and graphite powder;
- wherein a weight of said ballast is sufficient to provide stability and accuracy in flight;
- and
- wherein the weighty and frangible ballast is sufficiently frangible that, after detonation of said flash charge, the said ballast comprises low mass, low energy components.
A method of manufacturing a crash-bang cartridge assembly, said crash-bang cartridge assembly comprising a tubular cartridge and a projectile within said tubular cartridge, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming a tubular projectile casing;
- placing a delay block at one end of the tabular projectile casing, wherein a delay fuse column is within said delay block, and said delay fuse column is at least partially filled with a delay fuse composition;
- placing a flash charge within said projectile casing;
- and
- placing a weighty and frangible ballast on a leading edge of said projectile, at an end of the tubular projectile casing opposite from the end having the delay block;
- wherein the weighty and frangible ballast comprises a mixture of zinc powder and graphite powder;
- wherein a weight of said ballast is sufficient to provide stability and accuracy in flight;
- and
- wherein the weighty and frangible ballast is sufficiently frangible that, alter detonation of said flash charge, said ballast comprises low mass, low energy components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.