초록 ▼

The invention is an improved ammunition for use in muzzle-loader guns, where the invention is a muzzle-loader projectile that is substantially conventional in overall appearance to prior art, black powder projectiles, but differs significantly in that it has a plastic center that extends to the tip

The invention is an improved ammunition for use in muzzle-loader guns, where the invention is a muzzle-loader projectile that is substantially conventional in overall appearance to prior art, black powder projectiles, but differs significantly in that it has a plastic center that extends to the tip of the projectile, therein producing a lighter, streamlined projectile that has a higher muzzle velocity, and a truer, flatter trajectory than conventional solid lead projectiles; and, where said invention, on impact, mushrooms extensively, efficiently transferring all of its kinetic energy to the target.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A high velocity muzzle-loader projectile having a conical head, where said projectile, having a length that is not greater than twice its diameter, is a unified assembly comprising:a metal socket where said socket is substantially a banded cylinder, having an open-ended coaxial cavity, extending

1. A high velocity muzzle-loader projectile having a conical head, where said projectile, having a length that is not greater than twice its diameter, is a unified assembly comprising:a metal socket where said socket is substantially a banded cylinder, having an open-ended coaxial cavity, extending at least halfway down said socket and a solid base, wherein, circumscribing said cylinder, there are bearing bands and at least one intervening channel for storing and metering a lubricant, where the bearing band nearest the conical head is a rifling band which is sufficient in diameter that it is graved upon loading, and bearing bands below the rifling band having diameters which are less than the diameter of the rifling band so that the projectile can be easily aligned and loaded in a barrel of a muzzle-loader; and a plastic insert, which is substantially a solid cylinder having a conoid; where said plastic insert substantially fills the coaxial cavity, and wherein said conoid is coextensive and projecting beyond the socket forming at least a major portion of the conical head.