A projectile is provided, in accordance with the present invention that includes a gas seal, a wad absorption zone, a core hull, a mass of projectile core particles within the hull and an actuator member. The hull is a cylindrical member having an open end and made from a material, such as soft plas
A projectile is provided, in accordance with the present invention that includes a gas seal, a wad absorption zone, a core hull, a mass of projectile core particles within the hull and an actuator member. The hull is a cylindrical member having an open end and made from a material, such as soft plastic, that is characterized by the ability to peel back upon itself on impact, thereby releasing the mass of core particles after impact. The actuator, is releasably fixed to the hull open end, has an exterior side and an interior side and one or more stem members projecting into the mass of core particles. Upon impact, the actuator is released from the hull open end and continues to be propelled forward, along with the core particles. When the projectile impacts a target, the hull peels backward upon itself thereby releasing the actuator and the mass of projectile core particles.
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1. The method of impacting a target with a projectile, said projectile comprising an absorption zone, a hull, a mass of core particles within said hull and a radial dispersion control actuator, said actuator being releasably fixed to an impact end of said hull and said absorption zone being upstream
1. The method of impacting a target with a projectile, said projectile comprising an absorption zone, a hull, a mass of core particles within said hull and a radial dispersion control actuator, said actuator being releasably fixed to an impact end of said hull and said absorption zone being upstream of said core particles, comprising the steps of:a. impacting said target with said hull containing said actuator and said mass of core particles, b. releasing said actuator and said mass of core particles from said hull during a first impact, said actuator maintaining said mass of core particles as a lethal unitary mass, on a substantially straight trajectory behind said actuator, for a first predetermined distance after said first impact, c. radially dispersing said lethal unitary mass over a second predetermined distance to produce a mass of non-lethal individual particles. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said hull peels back away from said mass of core particles at a rate substantially equal to that of the velocity of the projectile thereby maintaining substantially all of said lethal unitary mass in a confined mass behind said actuator and providing a controlled, first predetermined distance of lethality beyond said first impact.3. The method of claim 1, wherein a secondary impact of said lethal unitary mass with a target is preceded by a shock wave.4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of maintaining said lethal unitary mass, for said first predetermined distance, beyond said first impact with a lethal impact substantially equal to that of a unitary projectile.5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first predetermined distance is up to about six feet beyond said first impact.6. The method of claim 1, wherein said first predetermined distance is up to about three feet beyond said first impact.7. The method of claim 1 wherein said first predetermined distance is determined by said actuator configuration.8. A method of controlling the release of energy from a fired projectile, comprising the steps of:a?releasing from said projectile, during an initial impact, a radial dispersion control actuator leading a unified, cohesive structure of individual particles, b?maintaining said individual particles in said unified, cohesive structure behind said actuator for a first predetermined distance, c?expanding said unified, cohesive structure into a increasingly less unified structure over a second predetermined distance, d?radially dispersing said structure, after said second predetermined distance, into discrete non-lethal particles. 9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of said unified, cohesive structure functioning as a slug in step (b); acting like a slug of substantially increased diameter in step (c); and dispersing into non-lethal discrete particles in step (d).10. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of step (c) occurring at a distance between about three feet and about six feet from said initial impact.11. The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:a?confining said particles in a hull b?peeling back and away said hull from said particles, during said first impact, at a predetermined peel back rate, wherein said predetermined peel back rate produces a controlled rate of release of said particles immediately subsequent to said initial impact. 12. The method of claim 11 wherein said predetermined peel back rate is substantially equal to the velocity of said projectile.13. The method of claim 11, wherein said hull is configured to peel back and release said unified, cohesive structure of individual particles on the order of about one ten thousandth of a second.14. The method of impacting a target located beyond a first impact zone with a projectile, said projectile comprising an absorption zone, a hull, a mass of core particles within said hull and a radial dispersion control member, said radial dispersion control member being releasably fixed to said hull at an impact end and said absorption zone being upstream of said core particles, comprising the steps of:a?impacting a first impact zone with said projectile, b?peeling said hull back upon itself during said impact, and releasing said radial dispersion control member and said mass of core particles, said radial dispersion control member and said mass of core particles generating a pressure wave in advance of said mass of core particles, said redial dispersion control member maintaining said core particles in a unified mass for a first predetermined controlled distance after penetration of said first impact zone, c dispersing said projectile core particles in a progressively expanding pattern such that said core particles no longer act as a unitary projectile and travel as substantially discrete individual particles, wherein impact with a target within said first predetermined distance is equivalent to a lethal unitary projectile and impact beyond said first predetermined distance is a non lethal plurality of individual impact. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein said core particles substantially start passing said radial dispersion control member after traveling at least about six feet from said first impact zone.16. The method of claim 14, wherein said radial dispersion control member has a stem member, said stem member being surrounded and controlled by said mass of projectile core particles, whereby said mass of projectile core particles are maintained in a substantially unified mass.
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Peddie David S. (405 S. Princeton Itasca IL 60143), Defensive shooting projectile.
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