Handgun cartridge with shear groove bullet

US12259225B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Federal Cartridge Company · US

Inventors

• Frederick Frees · Webb, US
• Richard Hurt · Clear Lake, US
• David M. Laska · Andover, US
• Lawrence P. Head · Cedar, US
• Shawn Fitzsimonds · St. Francis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2022
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/78
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rimless cartridge comprising a case and a bullet mounted therein. In embodiments, the bullet comprises a jacket having a cylindrical body portion, an ogive portion, and a plurality of longitudinally extending paths of weakness formed in the ogive portion and defining petals there between and extending rearward from the mouth. The bullet includes a malleable core mounted within the jacket. The bullet further comprises a circumferential groove between forward and rearward circumferential indentations imparted in the body portion of the jacket.