Shot packing method and related devices
US8651024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B7/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cartridge ammunition load and/or method. Such a load may comprise a shot casing, a combustible propellant charge, a wad, and a plurality of shot. The shot may include shot of a first size and a second size, wherein the second size is within 80-95% of the first size. The first-size shot may be arranged in a stack of one or more planar rings, and may have the second-size shot disposed in a central interstice of one or more of the rings. Embodiments may include any number of layers of shot of the first and second size, and the second-size shot need not be present between every pair of adjacent layers of first-size shot.
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