Patent ID: 9103640
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A system to improve the effectiveness of a dispersion of projectiles and to improve the hit probability of said dispersion on a target comprising; a gun having a rifled barrel; a projectile having a main body, having a front end, a back end, and a side, positioned within a cartridge case, with a central longitudinal axis along the center of said cartridge case; wherein said projectile is divided into at least three projectile segments; wherein at least two of said projectile segments have centers of mass that are offset from the said central longitudinal axis of the cartridge and are positioned side by side totally within said cartridge case and said front ends and said back ends are substantially perpendicular to said central longitudinal axis of the cartridge; wherein a standard projectile segment, that has its center of mass along said central longitudinal axis of the cartridge is positioned at the forward end of said cartridge case; whereby said standard projectile segment positioned forward promotes reliable loading, and upon firing simultaneously said forward standard projectile segment and at least two said projectile segments with ends substantially perpendicular to said central longitudinal axis of the cartridge that are positioned side by side within said cartridge case, said projectile segments that were side by side thereby rotate around their fore and aft axis after leaving the gun barrel, providing accurate projectile segments that effectively have a higher ballistic coefficient, and a higher sectional density, and therefore strike said target at a higher velocity and with greater retained energy, than projectiles that tumble, to efficiently penetrate said target to a greater depth and to create an accurate pattern on said target to increase the hit probability of said gun.