US Patent Issued to Traditional Sporting Goods on July 8 for "Firearm ammunition component and method of use" (Arizona, New Hampshire, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,546, issued on July 8, was assigned to Traditional Sporting Goods Inc. (Old Saybrook, Conn.).

"Firearm ammunition component and method of use" was invented by Thomas F. Hall (Higganum, Conn.), Karl K. Ricker (Brookfield, N.H.) and Ryan Nicholas (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm ammunition component comprising a projectile body having a circular cross-section and a central channel on a forward face, a nose portion forward of the projectile body, and a gas check member rearward of the projectile body. The nose includes a curved forward end, a rear end opposite the forward end, and a stabilizing element/band bet...