Means for effecting random dispersion of bullets
US4757741A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A21/32
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention is of a sleeve or cylinder, receivable on the muzzle end of a rifle or the like, which has at least one vibratory reed or finger projecting therefrom. As rounds exit the muzzle, gasses from the firing intrude between the bullets and the reed(s) or finger(s) causing vibration, uneven gas compression within the muzzle end of the weapon and against a given side of emerging bullets. As a consequence, the aimed accuracy of the bullets is slightly disturbed so that the bullets impact in a wider target zone than the otherwise precisioned accuracy of the weapon would indicate.
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