Patent ID: 6405654
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A high velocity muzzle-loader projectile having a conical head, where said projectile, having a length that is not greater than twice its diameter, is a unified assembly comprising:a metal socket where said socket is substantially a banded cylinder, having an open-ended coaxial cavity, extending at least halfway down said socket and a solid base, wherein, circumscribing said cylinder, there are bearing bands and at least one intervening channel for storing and metering a lubricant, where the bearing band nearest the conical head is a rifling band which is sufficient in diameter that it is graved upon loading, and bearing bands below the rifling band having diameters which are less than the diameter of the rifling band so that the projectile can be easily aligned and loaded in a barrel of a muzzle-loader; and a plastic insert, which is substantially a solid cylinder having a conoid; where said plastic insert substantially fills the coaxial cavity, and wherein said conoid is coextensive and projecting beyond the socket forming at least a major portion of the conical head.