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Granted Patent B1
US 11,761,742 · App. 16/418,208 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Ammunition tuned for a given firearm barrel length and system and method for making the same

Inventors: Gregory Young (Minneapolis, MN); Frederick Hazzard (Andover, MN); Michael Young (Minneapolis, MN)
F42B33/0292F42B5/02F42B5/16F42B33/02F42B33/0285F41A21/00F41A31/00F42B30/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,761,742
App. No.
16/418,208
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system and method for the determination of an optimal ammunition round based upon a barrel length of a given firearm and resulting ammunition. The ammunition is preferably provided in a pair of rounds for a given caliber and bullet optimized for a range of barrel lengths, wherein a user can select a preferred round for a given firearm based upon the barrel length.

Claims (8)

1 . An ammunition for a given caliber of a projectile, the ammunition comprising:

at least two loads, a first load of the at least two loads selected for use in firearms having a first barrel length within a first set of predetermined barrel lengths, and a second load of the at least two loads selected for use in firearms having a second barrel length within a second set of predetermined barrel lengths, wherein the first load is optimized only for the first set of predetermined barrel lengths, but not the second set of predetermined barrel lengths, and the second load is optimized only for the second set of predetermined barrel lengths, but not the first set of predetermined barrel lengths.

2 . An ammunition of claim 1 , wherein the first set of barrel lengths and the second set of barrel lengths comprise a range of all possible barrel lengths.

3 . An ammunition of claim 1 , wherein a given load of the at least two loads are selected by a user based upon the barrel length of their firearm.

4 . An ammunition of claim 1 , wherein the optimization is based upon a time that the projectile travels in each barrel length within the first set of predetermined barrel lengths or within the second set of predetermined barrel lengths.

5 . An ammunition of claim 4 , wherein the time the projectile travels in the barrel is specified so that it does not coincide closely with the arrival of a shockwave at a barrel crown for the first set of predetermined barrel lengths and not for the second set of predetermined barrel lengths.

6 . An ammunition of claim 5 , wherein the time the projectile travels in the barrel is specified so that it coincides closely with a time when a transverse wave is rising and near a peak for a first set of predetermined barrel lengths and not for a second set of predetermined barrel lengths.

7 . An ammunition of claim 4 , wherein the time that the projectile travels in each barrel length within the first set of predetermined barrel lengths or within the second set of predetermined barrel lengths is adjusted through a combination of powder charges and bullet seating depth.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62675477 · May 23, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,638,277