Patent ID: 9316468
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: F42B

Claim Text:
1. A bullet, which comprises: a bullet-shaped body of a first metal composition, which body has a hollow cavity defined therein along the axis of the bullet with an opening at the point of the bullet shaped body; a plunger of a second metal composition, which is harder than the first metal, and shaped generally complementary to the hollow cavity; wherein the hollow cavity and the plunger have a generally complementary conical shape widening towards the point of the bullet; wherein the inner surface of the hollow cavity is generally conical or cylindrical or combinations thereof and provided with one or more shoulder formations, which taper outward towards the opening at the point of the bullet; wherein the plunger is dimensioned in such a way that when it is inserted into the hollow cavity, the plunger will not reach the far end of the hollow to define an empty cavity; wherein each shoulder formation of the plunger does not reach its complementary bearing formation on the inside surface of the hollow to also define one or more further circular empty cavities; and wherein a number of successive cavities are defined of which the volume decreases towards the point of the bullet.