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US 8,783,187 B2Granted
Firearm projectiles and cartridges and methods of manufacturing the same
AssigneeAmick Family Revocable Living Trust
InventorDarryl D. Amick
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Abstract
Firearm projectiles and methods of manufacturing firearm projectiles from a supply of clad wire. In some embodiments, the clad wire is manufactured as electrical wire, such as copper-clad steel wire. Bullets and shot, as well as methods of forming bullets and shot, from clad wire are disclosed.
Claims34
A method of forming a bullet from a length of clad wire, the clad wire including an inner core and a cladding surrounding the inner core, wherein the bullet is configured to be received within a standard caliber firearm cartridge, the method comprising:
- obtaining a supply of copper-clad steel wire, wherein the copper-clad steel wire was manufactured as a standard gauge electrical wire;
- reducing or enlarging the copper-clad steel wire from a standard gauge diameter to a diameter associated with the standard caliber firearm cartridge;
- cutting a length of the copper-clad steel wire;
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- after the reducing or enlarging, performing at least one of working and machining the length of the copper-clad steel wire to form at least a nose of the bullet.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a bullet from a length of clad wire, the clad wire including an inner core and a cladding surrounding the inner core, wherein the bullet is configured to be received within a standard caliber firearm cartridge, wherein the cladding is metallurgically bonded to the inner core and formed from a different composition than the inner core.
A method, comprising:
- forming a bullet from a length of clad wire, the clad wire including an inner core and a cladding surrounding the inner core, wherein the bullet is configured to be received within a standard caliber firearm cartridge, wherein the forming includes enlarging a diameter of a length of the clad wire from a standard gauge diameter to an enlarged diameter, and further wherein the enlarged diameter corresponds at least approximately to a diameter associated with the standard caliber firearm cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.