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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Vista Outdoor Operations Llc, Anoka, MN (US);
Justin A. Carbone, Anoka, MN (US);
Jared Kutney, Cambridge, MN (US);
Shawn Fitzsimonds, St. Francis, MN (US);
Lawrence P. Head, Cambridge, MN (US);
Bryan Peterson, Isanti, MN (US);
Richard Hurt, Clearlake, MN (US);
Joel J. Foley, Lewiston, ID (US);
Vista Outdoor Operations LLC, Anoka, MN (US);
Abstract
A cartridge with an expanding bullet that has advantageous terminal effects over an extended range. The expanding bullet including a bullet body including a metal jacket extending from a tail portion to a nose portion and surrounding an interior solid core and defining a forward opening and interior cavity. A tip has an exterior surface substantially flush with an exterior surface of the metal jacket. The tip has a main portion forward of the opening and a tip retention portion that at least partially fills the interior cavity. In certain embodiments the tip retention portion includes one or more fluid entry facilitation means such as a fracture regions configured to, upon impact of the bullet with a target, fracture or deform to expose one or more fluid pathways into the interior cavity and to a forward facing interior surface for initiating expansion of the expanding bullet.