METHOD OF BREAKING DOWN FIREARM ROUND AND DEVICE TO THIS END Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC F42B33/06 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: set of inventions relates to recovery of firearm rounds (FRR), particularly to breaking down of bullets into components, i.e. jacket, lead sheath and core, in automatic mode with subsequent re-use of the bullet separate parts and processing said parts into materials of industrial purpose. Bullets are fitted with their noses downward into seats of multi-position continuously revolving transporter rotor to be transferred into rotor tools units. Punch of every said unit acts on exposed face part of bullet core to direct nose into die, passes through bullet jacket and opening in die to detach bullet nose and core. In return travel of the punch, jacket and lead sheath rest on guide sleeve face part for them to be withdrawn from said punch and thrown off.

EFFECT: higher operating efficiency and reliability, lower costs.

8 cl, 6 dwg