Bullet for smooth bore shotguns

Claim 1

A bullet of the type for use in a smooth bore shotgun, said bullet comprising: a metal nose part having a forward tip end, a rear end and a trunk joining said tip and rear ends, said trunk having uniformly circumferentially distributed around the outer surface thereof a plurality of ribs inclined to the longitudinal direction of said nose part, each said rib having a forward end and a rear end, the radial thickness or height of each said rib having a maximum at said forward end thereof and continuously decreasing to zero at said rear end thereof; a plastic base part having a forward end and a rear end, said base part having adjacent said forward end a conical portion widening from said foward end, and said base part having a cylindrical portion joining said conical portion and extending therefrom toward said rear end; and means for tightly joining said nose part to said base part solely by means of friction fit therebetween, said joining means comprising a male projection extending from one of said nose part or said base part and a female recess provided in the other of said nose part or said base part, said projection and recess being dimensioned such that said projection is tightly received within said recess upon pressing of said nose part and said base part together.