Ammunition and explosive-charge making – Bullet or firearm type – e.g. – pellet – making – Jacketed or covered – including partially
Reexamination Certificate
2009-04-22
2010-02-09
Carone, Michael (Department: 3641)
Ammunition and explosive-charge making
Bullet or firearm type, e.g., pellet, making
Jacketed or covered, including partially
C086S054000, C102S506000, C102S507000, C102S502000, C102S517000, C102S520000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07658137
ABSTRACT:
Methods and articles are provided for frangible slugs. A method of manufacturing a frangible slug includes heating substantially spherical metallic powdered particles, where substantially all of the powdered particles have diameters larger than 125 microns and smaller than 250 microns, to form heated powdered particles. The method includes heating a microcrystalline wax to form a melted wax. The method also includes combining the heated powdered particles with the melted wax to form a liquid mixture. The method further includes filling a payload cavity of a slug container with the liquid mixture to form a liquid mixture payload, where the slug container is configured to retain a solidified frangible payload as the frangible slug until impact with a solid object.
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Brooks Cameron & Huebsch PLLC
Carone Michael
Stresau West, Inc.
Weber Jonathan C
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