CHARGE FOR HUNTING SHOT OF 12, 16, 20 CALIBER Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC F42B5/16 C06B21/00 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: charge consists of spherical powder arranged in encapsulated cartridge case with felt, wood wads and shots. charge is composed of spherical powder elements consisting of the mix of 70-90 wt % of gun-cotton with content of nitrogen oxide of 209.0-210.5 ml NO/g and 10-30 wt % of gun-cotton with content of nitrogen oxide of 212.5-213.5 ml NO/g, 0.3-1.0 wt % of diphenylamine, 0.1-0.6 wt % of graphite, 0.3-0.8 wt % of ethyl acetate, 0.4-0.9 wt % of moisture, of bulk density of 0.520-0.650 kg/dm³. Said mix of spherical powder elements features the following ratio of fractions, wt %: weight fraction of powder after minus 0.7 sieve and plus 0.4 sieve- not over 85, weight fraction of coarse grains after plus 0.4 sieve and minus 0.7 sieve - not over 15.

EFFECT: better characteristics in shooting.

1 tbl, 1 dwg