Improvements in Ammunition for Use with Air Guns and Pistols.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Juno, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ammunition for Use with Air Guns and Pistols.
We, CHARLES LANE, JOHN BURR LANE, and ERNEST LANE all of No. 45*
New Church Street, Bermondsey in the County of Surrey, Engineers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to ammunition for use with air guns or pistols and consists
in forming cartridges or bullets of clay or other suitable plastic material which
when dried will be friable. With the said material there may or may not be
mixed, shot, iron filings, or the like, the said cartridges or bullets when dried
being so friable that when discharged from the gun or pistol they will break up
and the parts spread or scatter. The cartridges or bullets may be formed by
moulding in dies or in any other convenient manner and when moulded cau be left
to dry or be dried artificially by any suitable means. The said cartridges or
bullets are preferably made of a size to accurately fit the bore of gun with which
they are to be used so as to prevent the escape of air past the cartridge or bullet
and ensure the whole force of the air acting thereon when the gun is discharged.
Dated the 16th day of June 1894.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ammunition for Use with Air Guns and Pistols.
We, CHARLES LANE, JOHN BURR LANE, and ERNEST LANE, all of No. 45ª
New Church Street, Bermondsey, in the County of Surrey, Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement —
This invention relates to ammunition for use with air guns or pistols and consists
in forming projectiles or bullets of clay or other suitable plastic or equivalent
material which when dry will be friable. With the said material there may or
may not be mixed shot, iron filings, or the like the said projectiles or bullets when
dry being so friable that when discharged from the gun or pistol they will break
up and the parts spread or scatter. The projectiles or bullets may be formed by
moulding in dies or in any other convenient manner and when moulded can be left
to dry or be dried artificially by any suitable means. The said projectiles or bullets
are preferably made of a size to accurately fit the bore of the gun with which they
are to be used so as to prevent the escape of air past the projectile or bullet and
ensure the whole force of the air acting thereon when the gun is discharged.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.--
1. Ammunition for use with air guns or pistols the said ammunition consisting
of projectiles or bullets composed of clay or equivalent material which is sufficiently
friable to break up so that the parts spread or scatter when the ammunition is
discharged from the gun or pistol substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. Ammunition for use with air guns or pistols the said ammunition consisting
of projectiles or bullets composed of shot, metal filings or the like in admixture
with clay or equivalent material which is sufficiently friable to break up and allow
the shot filings or the like to spread or scatter substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 28th dow of Sentember 1894.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Agents.