Inventors:
John Huffman - Memphis TN
John Shannon - Memphis TN
Assignee:
Safety Shot Limited Partnership - Memphis TN
International Classification:
F42B 704
Abstract:
Environmentally improved alternatives to lead shot are provided that overcoat a lead coat with a chemically inert polymer bonded thereto by heating lead shot coated with the polymer above the melting point of the lead shot, or by substituting for lead a combination of dense metal and light metal, and either a core/coating bimetallic sphere relationship or a matrix of light metal provided with powder of a heavy metal embedded therein. The composite shot exhibits a density similar to that of lead.