Patent ID: 7980178
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: C06B,C06C,F42C

Abstract:
1. An environmentally friendly percussion primer which provides a fast action time when utilized with existing medium caliber cartridges, comprising: a primer cup; a primer anvil disposed within the primer cup over a thin paper disc; a quantity of primer explosive comprised of a mixture of an environmentally friendly metastable interstitial composite and a high explosive, which quantity of primer explosive is located between the bottom of the primer cup and the thin paper disc; and a second mass of high explosive, which mass is packed within the primer cup above the anvil; wherein, the quantity of primer explosive to high explosive is about 2:1, whereby when the combination of the primer explosive and second mass of high explosive is detonated under extremely cold conditions the action time of the cartridge will be less than 6 milliseconds.