US Patent Issued on May 27 for "Sub-mass projectile for a firearm" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,358, issued on May 27.

"Sub-mass projectile for a firearm" was invented by William D. Reilly (Clearfield, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sub-mass projectile for a standard, unmodified firearm, comprising a core formed from a malleable core material with at least a portion of the core material being a non-metal material. The core has a lower mass than a standard projectile for the standard, unmodified firearm. The core material has a mass and malleability that generates forces between the sub-mass projectile and the firearm that approximate operational forces of a standard mass projectile on the standard, unmodified firearm dur...