US 12,460,909 B2
Polymer jacked solid core projectile
Michael R. Harris, Dover, FL (US); David P. Armstrong, Bloomington, IN (US); Joseph T. Burkart, Bloomfield, IN (US); and Lucius A Taylor, IV, Crane, IN (US)
Filed by The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Crane, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/591,395.
Prior Publication US 2025/0277654 A1, Sep. 4, 2025
Int. Cl. F42B 12/78 (2006.01); F42B 14/02 (2006.01); F42B 14/06 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 14/02 (2013.01) [F42B 12/78 (2013.01); F42B 14/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A firearm projectile comprising:
a bullet core comprising a high-friction surface formed from nose to tail in a longitudinal direction or at a base of said bullet core; and
a monolithic polymer bullet jacket surrounding a portion of said bullet core and comprising a series of radial driving bands cut into said jacket in a graduated configuration at progressively increasing width from nose to tail.