Patent ID: 8578856

Claim:
Disintegrating bullet, in the form of a jacketed bullet, the bullet selected from the group consisting of: (A), (B), (C), and (D); wherein (A) includes: a first core and a second core, the first core being a solid core disposed before the second core in a firing direction, wherein the second core includes a first region and a second region each compressed without cavities, the first region being disposed before the second region in the firing direction, and wherein the first region includes at least one of metallic balls and metallic granules, and the second region includes at least one of a metallic powder and a ceramic powder, and a jacket, configured to substantially envelop at least the second core; wherein (B) includes: a first core and a second core, the first core being a solid core disposed before the second core in a firing direction, wherein the second core includes a first region and a second region each compressed without cavities, the first region being disposed after the second region in the firing direction, and wherein the first region includes at least one of metallic balls and metallic granules, and the second region includes at least one of a metallic powder and a ceramic powder, and a jacket, configured to substantially envelop at least the second core; wherein (C) includes: a first core and a second core, the first core being a solid core disposed after the second core in a firing direction, wherein the second core includes a first region and a second region each compressed without cavities, the first region being disposed before the second region in the firing direction, and wherein the first region includes at least one of metallic balls and metallic granules, and the second region includes at least one of a metallic powder and a ceramic powder, and a jacket, configured to substantially envelop at least the second core; and wherein (D) includes: a first core and a second core, the first core being a solid core disposed after the second core in a firing direction, wherein the second core includes a first region and a second region each compressed without cavities, the first region being disposed after the second region in the firing direction, and wherein the first region includes at least one of metallic balls and metallic granules, and the second region includes at least one of a metallic powder and a ceramic powder, and a jacket, configured to substantially envelop at least the second core.