Patent ID: 6805057
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A bullet comprising:(a) a malleable core having a generally cylindrical one piece base portion and a nose portion, the nose portion having a plurality of physically separate swaged core segments extending forwardly from the base portion and circumferentially arranged about the longitudinal axis of the base portion and cooperatively defining a hollow-point at their forward ends, the swaged separate core segments defining weakening planes between each of the segments; (b) a jacket formed of a malleable material and surrounding the core, the jacket having a base, a nose and an open forward end, the jacket nose having a plurality of circumferentially spaced scorings where each pair of scorings defines a petal, each of which is separate from and disposed radially opposite and outwardly of one of said segments in cooperative-position to expand radially, and where the weakening planes of the core are aligned with the scorings of the jacket.