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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Lehigh Defense, Llc, Quakertown, PA (US);
Inventor:
David B. Fricke, Quakertown, PA (US);
Assignee:
LEHIGH DEFENSE, LLC, Quakertown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 10/00 (2006.01); F42B 12/34 (2006.01); F42B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 12/34 (2013.01); F42B 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An expanding subsonic projectile has a body that has a meplat and at least partially defines a hollow bore having a bore diameter. An insert is disposed at least partially in the bore. The insert includes an insert axis; a tip disposed on the insert axis; a leading section extending from the tip towards the meplat, wherein the leading section has an expanding section diameter along the insert axis from the tip towards the meplat; and a waist extending from the leading section towards the meplat. The waist has a contracting waist diameter along the insert axis from the leading section towards the meplat.