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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2022
Applicant:

Federal Cartridge Company, Anoka, MN (US);

Inventors:

Frederick Frees, Lewiston, ID (US);

Richard D. Hurt, Clear Lake, MN (US);

David M. Laska, Andover, MN (US);

Lawrence P. Head, Cambridge, MN (US);

Shawn D. Fitzsimonds, St. Francis, MN (US);

Assignee:

Federal Cartridge Company, Anoka, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 5/28 (2006.01); F42B 12/02 (2006.01); F42B 12/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 5/28 (2013.01); F42B 12/02 (2013.01); F42B 12/78 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rimless cartridge comprising a case and a bullet mounted therein. In embodiments, the bullet comprises a jacket having a cylindrical body portion, an ogive portion, and a plurality of longitudinally extending paths of weakness formed in the ogive portion and defining petals there between and extending rearward from the mouth. The bullet includes a malleable core mounted within the jacket. The bullet further comprises a circumferential groove between forward and rearward circumferential indentations imparted in the body portion of the jacket.


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