Ammunition Rounds for Observance of Religious Beliefs and a Method of Hunting

Abstract

An ammunition round and method of hunting is provided that allows a hunter of the Muslim faith to hunt with a firearm and ensure the flesh of the hunted animal is halal. The ammunition rounds include a shotgun pellet, shotgun slug, handgun round, and rifle round having sharpened edges designed into their body structure to induce a cutting or slicing operation upon impact with a game animal. The shotgun pellets comprise raised cutting surfaces or a defined bi-pyramidal shape having cutting edges and intersection thereon. The shotgun slug, handgun round, and rifle round of the present invention comprise leading ends having cutting surfaces forming sharpened edges. These cutting surfaces include a plurality of sharpened extension members extending from the round leading end, or different surface geometries to create a cutting interface upon contact with a target animal.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 605,592 filed on Mar. 1, 2012, entitled “Halal Load.” The above identified patent application is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety to provide continuity of disclosure.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention relates to firearm ammunition for use in hunting and slaughtering. The present invention further relates to religious methods of animal hunting and slaughter. Specifically, the present invention pertains to an article of ammunition having a projectile with several cutting surfaces thereon, whereby the ammunition projectile contacts a hunted animal with a cutting action rather than a with blunt impact to observe the religious principles of Islamic Law, whereafter the meat of the animal may be lawfully consumed.[0004]For those game hunters of the Muslim faith, it can be difficult to observe the religious ...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a method for hunting and slaughtering using ammunition rounds with cutting surfaces. This allows Muslim hunters to kill game animals and prepare them for consumption in a way that complies with their beliefs. The technical effect of this invention is to enable Muslim hunters to practice their faith while hunting and consuming meat.

Problems solved by technology

The pointed ends of the flechettes provide a piercing object that can be used for hunting, but does not provide a cutting motion or object that would inflict a cutting motion onto a target animal while hunting.

The Shellnutt device, while disclosing a new and novel shotgun shell, fails to disclose a means of killing or slaughtering an animal that is aligned with principles of Islamic Law that would allow for the food products to be considered Halal.

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