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US 9,389,052 B2Granted
Jacketed bullet
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsPaul J. Conroy, Daniel R. Gubernat
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Abstract
A jacketed bullet having a penetrator constructed of a hard material in line with a slug having a lower modulus. At least a portion of both the slug and the penetrator are then encased by a metal jacket. A plurality of circumferentially spaced and axially extending flutes are formed along the slug and possibly the penetrator. These flutes receive deformation of the jacket upon firing of the bullet into a rifled gun bore to thereby reduce friction between the bullet and the gun bore during operation.
Claims4
A bore resistance modification method which comprises:
- forming a bullet from a slug having an outer surface, a penetrator also having an outer surface said penetrator being axially aligned to said slug, and a metal jacket disposed around the majority of said outer surface of said slug and said penetrator,
- disposing a plurality of helical flutes placed in an equidistant pattern longitudinally extending upon said outer surface of said slug and said penetrator,
- rifling the inside surface of a gun barrel to have an identical helical flute pattern of that of said slug and said penetrator so as to match that of said slug and said penetrator and said gun barrel being formed to a depth so as to engage the flutes of said slug and said penetrator through deformation of the metal jacket as caused by the gun barrel rifling,
- firing said bullet from said gun barrel, whereby said metal jacket is deformed and pressed into the flutes of said slug and said penetrator in order to reduce the friction between said bullet and said gun barrel while said bullet traverses said gun barrel.
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