Patent ID: 8286558

Claim:
A projectile, comprising: a leading end formed by a tip having an ogive configuration; a trailing end formed by a frusto-conical base; a cylindrical mid-section interconnecting said tip and said frusto-conical base to one another; said cylindrical mid-section having a diameter less than a diameter of said tip at a trailing end of said tip and less than a diameter of said frusto-conical base at a leading end of said frusto-conical base; a first annular shoulder formed where a trailing end of said tip meets a leading end of said cylindrical mid-section; a second annular shoulder formed where a trailing end of said cylindrical mid-section meets a leading end of said frusto-conical base; a metallic band having a trailing end disposed in abutting relation to said second annular shoulder; a third annular shoulder formed where a leading end of said metallic band meets said cylindrical mid-section; a flexible and resilient thermoset polymer guide band having a trailing end disposed in abutting relation to said third annular shoulder and a leading end disposed in abutting relation to said first annular shoulder, said flexible and resilient thermoset polymer guide band conforming to the shape and size of said cylindrical mid-section; said flexible and resilient thermoset polymer guide band having a preselected thickness so that said flexible and resilient thermoset polymer guide band is flush with said tip and said metallic band.