DUMDUM BULLET FOR SMOOTHBORE GUNS "ALTAI-1" Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: hunting. SUBSTANCE: bulk hunting powder is placed inside the cylindrical cavity made in the bullet body and extending to the body front end face with the open end face; hunting primers, for instance Jelevo, Centroboy, KB-21, are chaotically placed inside it. The quantity of primers is chosen in such a way that the mass of the powder placed in the cavity is to the total mass of explosive in the primers as 10/1-15/1. The end of the cavity is sealed by a thin board gasket and filled with sealant. The subcaliber bullet body is made integral with the tail piece. A plastic wad-stabilizer made in the form of thin-walled sleeve is fitted on the tail piece. The length of the wad-stabilizer may exceed the length of the tail piece by no more than 30%. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 2 cl, 1 dwg