United States Patent
US Patent 4760793: Multi-range shot shell
US 4760793 · granted 1988-08-02
Abstract
Shot shell having a stratified payload of at least two different shot sizes, the larger diameter shot being closer to the mouth of the shell than the smaller diameter shot.
| Patent Number | 4760793 |
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| Title | Multi-range shot shell |
| Filed | 1987-10-28 |
| Granted | 1988-08-02 |
| Inventor(s) | Herring, III; Edward I. |
| Assignee | E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| Number of Claims | 13 |
Abstract
Shot shell having a stratified payload of at least two different shot sizes, the larger diameter shot being closer to the mouth of the shell than the smaller diameter shot.
Claim 1
A shot shell having a head end and a mouth end, a wad and a stratified payload of shot positioned in the wad, the payload comprising a charge of larger diameter shot and one or twocharges of smaller diameter shot, the larger diameter shot charge being closer to the mouth end of the shell than each charge of smaller diameter shot, the charge of larger diameter shot comprising about from 20 to 35% by weight of the entire shotpayload, each pellet of the charge of larger diameter shot being at least about 25% greater in weight than each pellet in the charge of smaller diameter shot, the charges of larger diameter shot and smaller diameter shot being free from separatorybarriers or membranes between the charges.
Claims
13 totalA shot shell having a head end and a mouth end, a wad and a stratified payload of shot positioned in the wad, the payload comprising a charge of larger diameter shot and one or twocharges of smaller diameter shot, the larger diameter shot charge being closer to the mouth end of the shell than each charge of smaller diameter shot, the charge of larger diameter shot comprising about from 20 to 35% by weight of the entire shotpayload, each pellet of the charge of larger diameter shot being at least about 25% greater in weight than each pellet in the charge of smaller diameter shot, the charges of larger diameter shot and smaller diameter shot being free from separatorybarriers or membranes between the charges.