WO2002055955A1 - Ammunition cartridge - Google Patents
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- WO2002055955A1 WO2002055955A1 PCT/GB2002/000057 GB0200057W WO02055955A1 WO 2002055955 A1 WO2002055955 A1 WO 2002055955A1 GB 0200057 W GB0200057 W GB 0200057W WO 02055955 A1 WO02055955 A1 WO 02055955A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B30/00—Projectiles or missiles, not otherwise provided for, characterised by the ammunition class or type, e.g. by the launching apparatus or weapon used
- F42B30/02—Bullets
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B14/00—Projectiles or missiles characterised by arrangements for guiding or sealing them inside barrels, or for lubricating or cleaning barrels
- F42B14/04—Lubrication means in missiles
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
- F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
- F42B5/025—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile characterised by the dimension of the case or the missile
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- This invention relates to ammunition cartridges. It is particularly concerned with target and sporting ammunition, especially rimfire .22 ammunition, and will be more specifically described below with reference to .22 ammunition cartridges, although it will be appreciated that it is not intended to be limited thereto.
- .22 rimfire ammunition cartridges comprise a cylindrical casing closed at one end and open at the other, the open end being crimped to a bullet, usually of lead.
- the closed end or head of the casing defines an annular flange or rim containing a priming composition which ignites by a rimfire strike and the hollow body of the casing contains a propellant which is fired by the ignition of the primer causing rapid expansion of hot gases to force the bullet from its seating.
- the bullet conventionally has a cylindrical body portion, which may be solid or hollow and a tapered, curved, or so-called ogive, portion leading from the cylindrical body to the nose of the bullet.
- the body portion usually has external knurls to hold lubricant which is provided to prevent material being stripped from the circumference of the bullet as it is expelled along the barrel of the gun.
- the invention provides an ammunition cartridge comprising a casing attached to a bullet, the bullet having a body portion of generally cylindrical shape, one end of which is attached to the casing and the other end of which has a tapering curved portion, the curved portion ending in a flat nose normal to the longitudinal axis of the bullet and the flat nose having a centrally-disposed projection in the direction of the longitudinal axis .
- the invention also provides a bullet having the shape described in the immediately preceding paragraph.
- the projection from the flat nose of the bullet is preferably circular in plan, although this is not essential.
- the projection is preferably uniformly disposed about the longitudinal axis of the bullet to provide an even weight distribution and it could, if desired, be for example of square configuration in plan.
- the projection may be of cylindrical configuration so as to have a flat outer end or it may be domed so as to have a curved outer end.
- the invention provides an apparatus for the manufacture of a bullet, the apparatus comprising a die, a first part of which defines a cylindrical cavity to receive the material to form the bullet, and two punch parts, one located at each end of the cavity whereby the material may be compressed in the cavity between the punch parts, the first part of the punch being shaped to define the rear portion of the bullet which is to be attached to a casing and the second part of the punch being shaped to have a hollow portion defining the curved portion and nose of the bullet, the curved portion ending in a flat face with a recess extending from the flat face to define a nose projection of the bullet.
- the surface defining the cavity in which the bullet is formed between the two punch parts has a narrow sprue passageway leading into the cavity.
- the bullet is, therefore, formed with a sprue usually at right angles to its longitudinally extending body.
- the sprue passageway be provided in the second part of the punch, extending from the recess which defines the nose projection in the general direction of the longitudinal axis of the bullet. If this sprue passageway extends completely through the second part of the punch, i.e. vents through the punch, we have found that improved bullet shape and uniformity with greater conformity to the final desired shape can be obtained.
- the invention provides a method of manufacturing a bullet, the method comprising providing material to form the bullet, shaping the material to form the bullet characterised in that a front end of the bullet is formed with a centrally disposed projection extending from a flat nose in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the bullet.
- the method includes forming a reservoir of lubricant on the nose around the projection.
- the novel bullet shape of the invention can provide increased accuracy and consistency.
- Bullets of the invention are coated as is conventional by coating with a liquid lubricant which is allowed to set on the outer surface of the bullet.
- the bullet may have conventional knurling on its cylindrical outer surface to provide reservoirs of the lubricant but we have found that an additional reservoir of lubricant can be provided during the coating process at the bullet nose around the base of the projection from the flat surface. This further reservoir can provide an extra degree of lubrication on firing of the ammunition so that the bullet surface is better protected as it travel along the barrel.
- the bullet shape of the invention provides an improved relationship between the centre of gravity and the centre of pressure of the bullet.
- the centre of gravity normally lies within the cylindrical body portion of the bullet.
- the centre of pressure lies within the curved portion of the bullet and is the notional point where, when the bullet is fired, the lines of pressure normal to all points on the outer ogive surface meet inside the bullet.
- the centre of pressure in a bullet of the invention is moved further away from the centre of gravity, which is believed to improve balance and ballistic accuracy.
- Figure 1 shows a conventional TENEX bullet, which is a high quality .22 rifle bullet
- Figure 2 shows a first bullet of the invention
- Figure 3 shows a second bullet of the invention
- Figure 4 shows a third bullet of the invention
- Figure 5 shows a die for the manufacture of a bullet of the invention.
- a conventional .22 bullet 10 has a rear cylindrical heel portion 12 with a concave cavity 14 in its rear face 16.
- a step 18 leads from the front of heel portion 12 to a slightly larger diameter cylindrical central body portion 20.
- a step 22 leads to the tapered curved or ogive portion 24 at the front of which is the nose 26.
- the ogive portion 24 has a double curvature with a first region 28 extending from the body portion having a much greater radius than the front region 30 leading to the nose.
- a metal casing will be crimped to the heel portion 14 and then the bullet is coated with a suitable lubricant.
- the coating and crimping techniques are well known in the art.
- Heel portion 112 has a concave cavity 114 in its rear face 116.
- a step 118 leads to cylindrical central body portion 120 and a step 122 leads to a tapering curved front portion 124.
- Portion 124 is of a single curvature and ends in a flat nose 126.
- a central cylindrical projection 128 extends forwardly from flat nose 126.
- FIG. 2 A rear cylindrical heel portion 212 with a concave cavity 214 in its rear face 216.
- a step 218 leads to cylindrical central body portion 220 and a step 222 leads to a tapering curved front portion 224.
- the front portion 224 is of a single curvature and ends in a flat nose 226.
- a central cylindrical projection 228 extends forwardly from flat nose 226.
- the bullet 200 is shown after it has been coated with lubricant.
- a "reservoir" 230 of lubricant has collected and set around nose projection 228. This reservoir provides additional lubrication as it can be forced to flow along the exterior of the bullet as it is fired through a gun barrel.
- a step 318 leads to cylindrical central body portion 320 and a further step 322 leads to a tapering curved front portion 324.
- Portion 324 is again of a single curvature which ends in a flat nose 326.
- Nose 326 has a centrally disposed cylindrical projection 328.
- the projections from the flat nose need not be cylindrical and may, for example, as indicated above, be square in plan or domed.
- FIG. 5 is illustrated an apparatus for the manufacture of a bullet of the invention.
- the apparatus has a fixed die portion 400 defining a cylindrical moulding cavity 402 in which is shown a plug 404 of lead to be formed into a bullet of the invention.
- a first punch part 406 of cylindrical shape has an external diameter of size just to fit within cavity 402.
- Part 406 has a domed end 408 extending from an annular land 410, the land and domed end corresponding to the desired cavitied rear face of a bullet.
- a second punch part 412 is also of cylindrical shape and of external diameter just to fit into cavity 402 from the end opposite to that into which part 406 is to be fitted.
- Part 412 has a central cavity 414 of tapering curved shape corresponding to the desired curvature of the front portion of a bullet of the invention.
- the cavity 414 has a flat portion 416 to correspond to the flat nose of the bullet and a cylindrical recess 418 centrally disposed in flat portion 416 to form the projection from the flat nose.
- a sprue hole 420 leads from the recess 418 through the body of part 412 to vent to atmosphere.
- punch parts 406 and 412 are moved in the direction of arrows A and B respectively to enter cavity 402 of die 400, the lead plug 404 is moulded to the desired novel bullet shape.
- the venting provided from cavity 414 and recess 418 ensures that the lead can completely fill those regions of punch part 412 to provide a satisfactorily formed shape.
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE60205019T DE60205019T2 (en) | 2001-01-09 | 2002-01-09 | AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE |
AT02729434T ATE299583T1 (en) | 2001-01-09 | 2002-01-09 | AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE |
US10/250,728 US6959648B2 (en) | 2001-01-09 | 2002-01-09 | Ammunition cartridge |
EP02729434A EP1368612B1 (en) | 2001-01-09 | 2002-01-09 | Ammunition cartridge |
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GB0100578A GB2370873B (en) | 2001-01-09 | 2001-01-09 | Ammunition cartridge |
GB0100578.4 | 2001-01-09 |
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WO2002055955A1 true WO2002055955A1 (en) | 2002-07-18 |
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PCT/GB2002/000057 WO2002055955A1 (en) | 2001-01-09 | 2002-01-09 | Ammunition cartridge |
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US (1) | US6959648B2 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1368612B1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN100374811C (en) |
AT (1) | ATE299583T1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60205019T2 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2370873B (en) |
WO (1) | WO2002055955A1 (en) |
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GB0100578D0 (en) | 2001-02-21 |
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DE60205019T2 (en) | 2005-12-29 |
CN100374811C (en) | 2008-03-12 |
US6959648B2 (en) | 2005-11-01 |
DE60205019D1 (en) | 2005-08-18 |
GB2370873B (en) | 2004-11-17 |
US20040050284A1 (en) | 2004-03-18 |
ATE299583T1 (en) | 2005-07-15 |
EP1368612B1 (en) | 2005-07-13 |
GB2370873A (en) | 2002-07-10 |
EP1368612A1 (en) | 2003-12-10 |
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