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A sabot bullet having a jacket bullet body and a nonrotable sabot segments. The jacketed bullet has forward end portion, torso, and rear end portion. The forward end portion is constructed of multi-metals, having a tapered nose, hollow point with grooves to aid in the expansion. The torso is of soli

A sabot bullet having a jacket bullet body and a nonrotable sabot segments. The jacketed bullet has forward end portion, torso, and rear end portion. The forward end portion is constructed of multi-metals, having a tapered nose, hollow point with grooves to aid in the expansion. The torso is of solid single metal with outward tabs, which relates the slug when the sabot's external surface comes in contact with the rifling in the gun barrel. The rear portion a single metal with a rear cavity to reduce the over all weight and increase the ratio to the forward portion of bullet. A bullet embodiment with external rifling and an armor piecing sabot round is also disclosed.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A cartridge, comprising:an outer casing having a base, a lower casing section, a cartridge wall and a crimp, said base having a primer, said primer having a pocket filled with a propellant;a cylindrical wad having a rear end portion, a rear cavity insert, said wad located within sai

[ I claim:] [1.] A cartridge, comprising:an outer casing having a base, a lower casing section, a cartridge wall and a crimp, said base having a primer, said primer having a pocket filled with a propellant;a cylindrical wad having a rear end portion, a rear cavity insert, said wad located within said outer casing, said rear cavity insert having a diameter, said rear end portion having a diameter larger than said rear cavity insert diameter;a bullet having an outer jacket, a torso having a pair of outwardly extending radial tabs, a forward end portion, a rear portion having a rear hollow cavity, said torso tapered inwardly then outwardly toward said rear portion, said radial tabs being spaced 180 degrees apart from one another, said forward end portion having an inwardly tapered nose and a flair in a central region of said forward end portion, said forward end portion having a hollow portion and a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves within said jacket, said hollow portion of said forward end having a material body therein, said material having a hollow point extending downwardly toward said rear hollow cavity, said rear portion accepting said rear cavity insert of said wad, said bullet having a center of gravity;a pair of cylindrical sabot segments each sabot segment extending halfway around the circumference of said bullet, said pair of sabot segments mating such that they create a cylindrical outer surface of said bullet, said sabot segments having inner surfaces which are complementary to surfaces of said bullet, said bullet and said sabot segments being non-rotatably connected to said radial tabs;wherein said center of gravity of said bullet is positioned forwardly toward said forward end portion.