Ammunition Rounds for Observance of Religious Beliefs and a Method of Hunting

Abstract

An ammunition round and method of hunting is provided that allows a hunter of the Muslim faith to hunt with a firearm and ensure the flesh of the hunted animal is halal. The ammunition rounds include a shotgun pellet, shotgun slug, handgun round, and rifle round having sharpened edges designed into their body structure to induce a cutting or slicing operation upon impact with a game animal. The shotgun pellets comprise raised cutting surfaces or a defined bi-pyramidal shape having cutting edges and intersection thereon. The shotgun slug, handgun round, and rifle round of the present invention comprise leading ends having cutting surfaces forming sharpened edges. These cutting surfaces include a plurality of sharpened extension members extending from the round leading end, or different surface geometries to create a cutting interface upon contact with a target animal.

I claim: 
     
         1 ) An ammunition round for observance of religious beliefs, comprising:
 a shotgun pellet having a rounded body portion that is adapted to be supported in plurality within a shotgun case;   said shotgun pellet rounded body portion having at least one upstanding cutting surface extending therefrom, said cutting surface having a sharpened outer edge for inducing a cutting action upon impact with a target animal.   
     
     
         2 ) The device of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one upstanding cutting surface comprises a first and second upstanding cutting surface extending circumferentially about said pellet body portion and intersecting perpendicularly with one another. 
     
     
         3 ) The device of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one upstanding cutting surface comprises a first an upstanding cutting surface extending circumferentially about said pellet body portion. 
     
     
         4 ) An ammunition round for observance of religious beliefs, comprising:
 a shotgun pellet having a bi-pyramidal body portion that is adapted to be supported in plurality within a shotgun case;   said bi-pyramidal body portion having a plurality of cutting edges and corners for inducing a cutting action upon impact with a target animal.   
     
     
         5 ) An ammunition round for observance of religious beliefs, comprising:
 an ammunition projectile having an elongated and cylindrical body portion, a leading end, and a trailing end;   said projectile leading end further comprising a plurality of cutting edges and at least one pointed tip for inducing a cutting action upon impact with a target animal.   
     
     
         6 ) The device of  claim 5 , wherein said leading end cutting edges further comprise:
 a plurality of upstanding blade members extending from said leading end, said blade members having a sharpened edge;   said plurality of blade members converging to a central pointed tip.   
     
     
         7 ) The device of  claim 5 , wherein said leading end cutting edges further comprise:
 a plurality of intersecting surface planes machined into said forward surface, whereby said surface plane intersections are sharpened edges;   said surface intersections establishing at least one pointed tip along said forward surface.   
     
     
         8 ) The device of  claim 5 , wherein:
 said body portion a tapers inwards along said body portion leading end;   a plurality of recesses in said tapering leading end;   said recesses each comprising removed material forming a perimeter edge;   said plurality of recesses converging at least leading end to form a sharpened tip.   
     
     
         9 ) The device of  claim 5 , wherein said ammunition projectile comprises a shotgun slug ammunition round. 
     
     
         10 ) The device of  claim 5 , wherein said bullet comprises a handgun ammunition round. 
     
     
         11 ) The device of  claim 5 , wherein said bullet comprises a rifle ammunition round. 
     
     
         12 ) A method of hunting in observance of religious beliefs, comprising the steps of:
 choosing a firearm appropriate for hunting a game animal;   selecting ammunition rounds appropriate for said firearm having cutting surfaces thereon for inducing a cutting action upon impact with said game animal;   loading said firearm with said cutting surface ammunition;   firing said cutting surface ammunition;   ensuring said game animal was killed by said ammunition cutting surfaces.