Dual-purpose bullet

Details Dual-purpose bullet Dual-purpose bullet

1997-08-20

1999-03-09

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

102364, 102502, 102473, 244 323, F42B 1200

Patent

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058803980

ABSTRACT:
A dual-purpose bullet is provided consisting of a thermoplastic body, a base cap, and a pressed powder core. The bullet in the preferred embodiment can either penetrate destroying and disrupting large volumes of human tissue or not penetrate the human tissue delivering a strong shock event and creating a thermal nuisance. The lethal mode is achieved by a high-velocity launch of the bullet without ignition of the igniter mixture and pressed powder core. The less-than-lethal mode is achieved by a low-velocity launch with ignition of first the pressed powder core and softening of the plastic projectile body.

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