Subcaliber projectile and sabot for high velocity firearms

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A GUN BARREL HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BORE THERETHROUGH FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE EXPANDING GASES GENERATED UPON THE FIRING OF A CARTRIDGE THEREIN, A SABOT AND PROJECTILE CONFIGURATION COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SUBCALIBER PROJECTILE HAVING AN ANNULAR DECREASE IN DIAMETER AND A CONICALLY TAPERED PORTION EXTENDING THEREFROM TO TERMINATE IN A POINT, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED STABILIZING FINS AT THE REAR END OF SAID PROJECTILE, AND A SABOT OF THERMOSETTING PLASTIC MATERIAL COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BODY PORTION INTIMATELY SURROUNDING SAID PROJECTILE IN SIMULTANEOUS GAS SEALING CONTACT WITH SAID ANNULAR DECREASE IN DIAMETER AND SAID BARREL BORE, AND A CONCIAL PORTION EXTENDING INTEGRALLY FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY PORTION TO TERMINATE IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID POINT ON SAID PROJECTILE, SAID SABOT HAVING AN AXIAL BORE THEREIN SURROUNDING SAID CONCIALLY TAPERED PORTION OF SAID PROJECTILE TO FORM A CONCIALLY EXPANDING ANNULAR CLEARANCE, SAID AXIAL BORE BEING OPEN AT ONE END THEREOF FOR ACCUMULATING AIR THEREIN DURING PASSAGE THEREOF THROUGH SAID BARREL BORE TO INITIATE DISINTEGRATION OF SAID SABOT PRIOR TO EMERGENCE THEREOF FROM SAID BARREL BORE.