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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
Vista Outdoor Operations Llc, Anoka, MN (US);
Adam J. Moser, Big Lake, MN (US);
Erik K. Carlson, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Matthew S. Schroeder, Princeton, MN (US);
Gary Hendrickson, Blaine, MN (US);
Frank Gerzina, Otsego, MN (US);
Vista Outdoor Operations LLC, Anoka, MN (US);
Abstract
A shotgun shell has a polymer wad with a forward shot cup portion and a rearward propellant cup, the wad in a casing, shot in the shot cup, propellant in the propellant cup, and a primer in a head of the casing. The propellant cup having a plurality of fins extending rearwardly that open to a deployed position upon firing and the shot cup having a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially aligned linear slit segments that permit air to circulate and permit expansion of the shot cup.