Method of making a non-lead hollow point bullet

Patent · Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003

OSTI ID:1174522

Vaughn, Norman L.; Lowden, Richard A.

The method of making a non-lead hollow point bullet has the steps of a) compressing an unsintered powdered metal composite core into a jacket, b) punching a hollow cavity tip portion into the core, c) seating an insert, the insert having a hollow point tip and a tail protrusion, on top of the core such that the tail protrusion couples with the hollow cavity tip portion, and d) swaging the open tip of the jacket.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): 6,629,485
• Application Number: 10/352,718
• OSTI ID: 1174522
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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