Firearms – With adjustable head space – By reaming
Patent
1979-04-05
1981-06-02
Jordan, Charles T.
Firearms
With adjustable head space
By reaming
F41C 2706
Patent
active
042702933
ABSTRACT:
A sabot launching device attachable to the muzzle of a standard rifle for launching a non-lethal ring airfoil projectile at a desired velocity and for imparting a desired rate of spin to the projectile, the invention comprises a housing having rifle grooves formed proximous to an open distal end thereof for imparting spin to the projectile as said projectile is launched from the open end of the housing. A sabot member engages the projectile within the housing prior to launch and is projected forwardly within the housing while in engagement with the projectile under pressure produced by firing of a gas-producing round in the standard rifle. The forward movement of the sabot member is rapidly slowed by a buffer mechanism disposed within anterior portions of the housing after initial acceleration to cause only the projectiles to exit and thus be launched from the housing, the sabot member thereby remaining within the housing and being reusable. The launching device is particularly useful for momentarily disabling disorderly persons without causing them serious injury, such as is necessary during civil disturbances and similar situations.
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Army Research and Development News Magazine; "Army Unveils Nonlethal RAG jectiles", p. 4, Nov.-Dec. 1974.
Olson Donald N.
Plumer Roy D.
Edelberg Nathan
Erkkila A. Victor
Gibson Robert P.
Jordan Charles T.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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