Patent ID: 6526893
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A polymeric ballistic tip pellet for use as ammunition in an air or gas powered gun, comprising:a forward head portion formed from a deformable metallic material, said head portion having a bottom base opposite a top front-end; a rearward frusto-conical skirt portion, formed of a deformable metallic material, joined to said head portion at said base, said skirt portion having a hollow tapering cavity coaxial with said head portion extending downward and outward to a bottom annular terminus, said annular terminus having a maximum diameter complimentary to an inner bore of a gun barrel providing a seal therein; and a sharply pointed, solid conical tip formed from a hard polymeric material, said tip being attached to said base of said head portion and protruding forwardly from said front-end, an annular cavity formed in said forward head portion surounding said conical tip, such that said tip enables said pellet to pierce for and skin of small game animals before said head and skirt portions begin to deform, imparting shock to surrounding soft tissue and shattering bone.