US 12,467,728 B2
Deformation bullet for police and authority ammunition
Michael Muster, Munich (DE); Donald Meyer, Grolley (CH); Paul Howald, Unterlangenegg (CH); and Markus Grünig, Längenbühl (CH)
Assigned to RUAG AMMOTEC AG, Thun (CH)
Appl. No. 18/547,823
Filed by RUAG Ammotec AG, Thun (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/054874
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/180245, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 104 760.9 (DE), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142206 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. F42B 12/74 (2006.01); F42B 12/34 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 12/74 (2013.01) [F42B 12/34 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hollow-point bullet with a caliber of at most 13 mm, the bullet comprising a bullet tail, and a bullet nose with a central cavity having a front-side opening, wherein a diameter of the front-side opening of the cavity is greater than 50% of the caliber of the bullet, and wherein the bullet is made in one piece of an iron-based material, wherein the bullet nose is ogive shaped, wherein a nose wall delimiting the cavity has a substantially constant inner diameter, wherein a length of the cavity dimensioned in the longitudinal direction of the bullet is at most 50% of the bullet length, and wherein the cavity is not occupied by a filler component.