MULTIPLE-ELEMENT SHOT FOR SMOOTHBORE WEAPON Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: cartridges for smoothbore hunting guns. SUBSTANCE: the shot has a plastic cylindrical container in the form of a cup with longitudinal grooves on the outer lateral surface and with two obturating skirts. The outer and inner parts of the wall surface of each obturating skirt in longitudinal section represent lines bent towards the rear end face - parts of two ellipses with common centers for each skirt and axes of their symmetry. The container inner surface envelops the individual injurious elements arranged in the container in one or several columns. Each injurious element has a convex taper surface similar for all of them, a cylindrical lug is positioned in the center of this surface, and a similar cylindrical recess is made in the center of the rear a lesser length. One lug having an end face recess contracting inside is made on the inner surface of the container base opposite each column of injurious elements. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 3 cl, 3 dwg