Patent ID: 6698126
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A safety bullet for a firearm where said firearm includes a barrel having a breech end, firing chamber, and a firing mechanism, the safety bullet comprising:a shell casing shaped and dimensioned to be inserted in the firing chamber of the firearm, a propellant mounted in said shell casing ignited by the firing mechanism to form gas in said shell casing, a segmented captive sleeve expander having a first end within the casing and held in place by an annular protuberance formed in said shell casing, and a second exposed end outside the casing, a metal ram having an enlarged portion in the form of a projectile, mounted and shaped to be propelled inside said shell casing and inside said expander until said ram reaches and stops at the first end of said expander, and wherein said ram travels beyond the second exposed end of said expander causing said expander to push outwardly apart in sections towards the chamber walls of the firearm with the force to lock the safety bullet into place.