An Improvement connected with Projectiles for Small Arms.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left 23rd Oct 1807 Accented 27th Nov
1807
⚫ PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Projectiles for Small Arms.
We, STEPHEN WINCKWORTH SILVER of 67 Cornhill, City of London, Merchant,
and WALTER FLETCHER of the same place, Gun Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention, relates to an improvement connected with Projectiles for Small
Arms, the object being to render Projectiles more destructive than at present,
and to prevent separation of the jacket, core, or other part during its flight through
the air, an event which often interferes with the trajectory, velocity, and direction.
of travel.
For the purpose of this invention, we employ a solid or hollow rod, or short
length of steel, the front of which is saw cut or pronged to form two, three, or four
legs, the body or the tail end being bulged, scored, grooved, or otherwise so made,
that the article serves as a core, around which the lead or other material can be
moulded.
The Projectile so made or prepared can be jacketed in the well known manner,
and the front can be shaped, hardened, or otherwise to render the point efficient
for spreading or smashing the legs or prongs of the core outwardly on a hard
object being struck, and so be larger in diameter and jagged to resist withdrawal
except by making the entry aperture larger than that already made by the
Projectile.
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An improvement connected with Projectiles for Small Arms.
We, STEPHEN WINCKWORTH SILVER, of 67 Cornhill, City of London, Merchant,
and WALTER FLETCHER, of the same place, Gun Maker, 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 an improvement connected with Projectiles for Small

page_text: Arms, the object being to render Projectiles more destructive than at present, and
to prevent separation of the jacket, core, or other part during its flight through the
air, an event which often interferes with the trajectory, velocity, and direction
of travel.
For the purpose of this invention, we employ a solid or hollow rod, or short
length of steel which is saw cut or pronged to form two, three, or four legs, the
body or the tail end being bulged, scored, grooved, or otherwise so made, that the
article serves as a core, around which the lead or other material can be moulded.
The Projectile so made or prepared can be jacketed in the well known manner,
and the front can be shaped, hardened, or otherwise to render the point efficient
for spreading or smashing the legs or prongs of the core outwardly on a hard
object being struck, and so be larger in diameter and jagged.
Our invention is clearly represented on the annexed sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and top plan of a solid core with four legs formed
by narrow saw cuts down to within a short distance from the base.
Figure 2 side elevation and plan of a hollow core with three legs, the hollow
running down to the base which is solid.
Figure 3 side clevation and plan of core with wide saw cuts forming four legs
from a solid base, the free ends of the legs being turned or spread outwardly.
Figure 4 side elevation of a radially saw cut core, the inner faces of the free
ends being chamfered for the lodgment of a cone shaped wedge also shown which
serves to spread the legs under impact of a blow.
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sectional elevation of a shot or Projectile encased in Nickel or other
covering and having one of our cores embedded, such as represented by Figure 1,
within it.
Figure 6 sectional elevation of a shot or Projectile with a core embedded, such
as is represented at Figure 4, and encased in a Nickel or other envelope.
A is the base, hollow or solid, provided with annular grooves B, B, and having
four legs or prongs C, C, produced by saw cuts or by stamping, and then bent up
into legs or prongs in order that part of the core shall be of about the same
diameter as that of the base but which may be bulged in their length, or be spread
outwardly at the ends C, as at Figures 1, 2, 3, & 4 or be slightly spread open
in their length, as at Figure 4 for the lodgment of a cone end D of a tip E,, as at
Figure 6, said tip conforming at the upper part to that of the shot or Projectile
when completed or otherwise, as desired.
The core so made is placed in a mould, and the lead F on being poured in,
enters all the crevices between the prongs and also the centre of the core if hollow,
and surrounds the core to the shape of the mould, the shaping of the base by the
grooving, scoring or otherwise serving to fix the core rigidly with the lead.
The formation of legs or prongs to the fore end of the shot or Projectile,
whether it be provided with an affixable tip or not, at the moment of impact
against a solid body or hard article, forces the prongs apart and causes them to
curl outwardly and to become jagged.
The shot so made up of a legged or pronged core embedded in lead may be left
plain or be encased in Nickel or other metal G now so universally adopted for
Small Arms use.
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We have employed the words Small Arm in a broad sense because our specially
arranged core embedded Projectiles are not restricted to hand Guns and Sporting
Rifles, but are equally applicable to quick firing Guns of small calibre mounted
on frames or carriages, such Guns being known as Mitrailleuse's, Gardner's 5
Maxims Nordenfelt's and others.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
As our invention in Projectiles for Small Arms, a legged or pronged core with 5
connecting base, emõedded in and surrounded bw and
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for the purpose specified.
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H. GARDNER,
166 Fleet Street, London Patent Agent.
Agent for the said :-
Stephen Winckworth Silver and
Walter Fletcher.