Ammunition articles with plastic components and method of making ammunition articles with plastic components

a technology of plastic components and ammunition articles, applied in the field of ammunition articles, can solve the problems of excessive chamber pressure, plastic cartridge casings, and inability to provide satisfactory ammunition that could be produced in commercial quantities with and achieve the effect of sufficient safety, ballistic and handling characteristics
US20050188883A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-01NATEC JAPAN
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
NATEC JAPAN
Publication Date
2005-09-01
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An ammunition article includes a molded plastic cartridge casing body having a first end and a second end, and a projectile attached to the first end of the cartridge casing body. The cartridge casing body is molded around at least a portion of the projectile. A molded plastic base for an ammunition article, a molded plastic blank cartridge, and a molded plastic cartridge casing body having a pronged web are also disclosed.
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Description

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 116,232, filed Jan. 15, 1999.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to ammunition articles and methods of making ammunition articles and, more particularly, to ammunition articles with plastic components such as cartridge casing bodies and bases, and methods of making ammunition articles with plastic components. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

[0003] Plastic cartridge casings have been known for many years but have failed to provide satisfactory ammunition that could be produced in commercial quantities with sufficient safety, ballistic, and handling characteristics. The problems evidenced by all of the known methods of producing plastic or substantially plastic ammunition include the possibility of the projectile being pushed into the cartridge casing, the bullet pull being too light such that the bullet can fall out, the bullet pull being insufficient to create enough chamber pressure, th...

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