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Application filed January 20,1886. Serial No. 189,118. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Alexander T. Loyd, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook am( 5 State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bullets for Rifles and other Fire-Arms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in io bullets in which a combination of paper-pulp or papier-mache and lead, or some other metal or combination of metals, is used iu the manufacture; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide bullets which, while retaining 15a uniform length and caliber, may be made of various weights; second, to dispense with the necessity of any patch, such as is commonly now used; third, to provide a bullet that may have the greater proportion of its weight at 2u its forward end or distributed throughout its length. I attain these objects in the manner » illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by like letters throughdut.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a bullet constructed according to my invention. A represents a core of lead or other suitable metal, or combination of metals, shaped substantially as shown in the drawings, so as to 30 afford a firm hold for the covering or casing B, which is made of paper - pulp, papiermache, or other suitable composition. C represents the base of the bullet,, which may be cup-shaped, as shown in this figure, or flat, as 35 shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of a si mi ]ar bullet, but with an elongated core extending the entire length of the bullet. Fig. 3 - represents an outside view of a bullet of simi40 lar construction to those shown in Fig. 1, 2, or 5. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view of a bullet similar in construction to that shown in Fig. 1, but having a flat instead of a'cupshaped base, aud also having canules let into 45 the side for the purpose of holding a suitable lubrichnt. Fig. 5 is the same as Fig. 1, except as to the base, which is flat in Fig. 5 and cup-shaped in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 represents a bullet constructed almost entirely of lead or 50 other suitable metal or metals, with but a thin covering of paper-pulp or papier mach0, to perform the office’ of an ordinary patch, and intended to be used when a heavy bullet is required.

The core A may be shaped as shown in Fig. 55 1, or it may be varied by elongating or shortening its stem, or increasing or diminishing the diameter thereof, the object being in each case to increase or lessen the weight of the bullet, as may be desired, and to distribute 60 the weight throughout the length of the bullet, or to concentrate it toward the forward end. The covering or casing B is forced around the. core A under sufficient pressure to make it homogeneous. - This is attained by 65 the use of suitable presses and dies, to give it the required form and density. The core may be either molded or swaged.

In constructing bullets according to my invention I prefer the use of paper-pulp for the 70 covering or casing; but any other suitable composition may be used, and the covering or casing B may be made of waterproofed material.

I am aware that a detachable paper band 75 and sabot and a hard-metal flanged core have been used with a leaden or soft-metal projectile, aud do not therefore claim the same as of my invention.

I do not claim a bullet having a heavy body 8c portion provided with a light steel point and a cast-iron or wooden ring mounted on a rearward extension or core, as shown in English Patent No. 2,495 of 1854; nor do I claim a projectile comprising an iron or steel core and 85 attached rings or tubes of felt, wood, leather, or papier-mach6 having a diameter somewhat greater than the front of the projectile. As shown in the sectional views, it will be seen that my form of core, D, whether extending 90 partly or entirely through the casing or covering, is enlarged in cross-section at its rear end, so that the casing or covering when compressed thereon is firmly secured against removal, and this without the use of extraneous 95 securing devices.