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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Alan I. Mossberg, Tierra Verde, FL (US);
Alan Iver Mossberg, Jr., Branford, CT (US);
William C. Lutton, Winsted, CT (US);
Joseph H. Bartozzi, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Mark A. Hanchett, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Patrick W. Smith, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Alan I. Mossberg, Tierra Verde, FL (US);
Alan Iver Mossberg, Jr., Branford, CT (US);
William C. Lutton, Winsted, CT (US);
Joseph H. Bartozzi, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Mark A. Hanchett, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Patrick W. Smith, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc., North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for launching electrified projectiles from a firearm (preferably, a shotgun) by using a specially designed breech bolt which also prohibits firing lethal ammunition. The preferred method comprises: opening a receiver of a shotgun by retracting a breech bolt having a central protrusion on a leading end; inserting a cartridge, having an electrified projectile, into a breech of the firearm; wherein the electrified projectile contains a primer and adjacent pyrotechnic propellant; nesting an end portion of the cartridge within the protrusion of the bolt; propelling the electrified projectile from the firearm by striking a firing pin of the shotgun against the primer, thereby igniting the pyrotechnic propellant, of the nested electrified projectile; and prohibiting, by the central protrusion of the bolt, the firing of lethal ammunition from the firearm.