Patent ID: 9046328
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a shot shell, the method comprising: inserting a shot wad into a shot shell housing, wherein the shot wad includes a partition that separates a propellant region and a payload region of the shot wad, and further wherein the shot wad includes a shot cup region that defines a pellet-facing surface that faces generally away from the partition and elongate sidewalls that extend from the pellet-facing surface away from the partition; inserting an energy absorber into the shot cup region of the shot wad and into engagement with the pellet-facing surface of the shot cup region; wherein the inserting an energy absorber includes inserting, into the shot cup region of the shot wad, a liquid that is thereafter solidified to form the absorber; and inserting a plurality of shot pellets into the shell housing and into engagement with the absorber.