Shot for use as ammunition

US6071359A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Grillo-Werke AG · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Wisniewski · Wesel, DE
• Jochen Spriestersbach · Bornheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B7/046
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Tin and zinc based shot for use as ammunition having a diameter of from 1.5 to 5.5 mm, containing, by weight, in addition to tin and the usual unavoidable contaminants, from 12 to 60% of zinc and from 0 to 5% of aluminum, but less than 0.1% of copper, less than 0.1% of iron, and less than 1% of lead.