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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Mark Bowen, Ravenna, OH (US);
Inventor:
Mark Bowen, Ravenna, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cartridge ammunition load and/or method. Such a load may comprise a shot casing, a combustible propellant charge, a wad, and a plurality of shot. The shot may include shot of a first size and a second size, wherein the second size is within 80-95% of the first size. The first-size shot may be arranged in a stack of one or more planar rings, and may have the second-size shot disposed in a central interstice of one or more of the rings. Embodiments may include any number of layers of shot of the first and second size, and the second-size shot need not be present between every pair of adjacent layers of first-size shot.