Posted on 03/29/2013 5:46:41 PM PDT by Nachum
Shortages resulting from an unprecedented demand for ammunition by federal agencies and the civilian market are causing some police departments to look at cutting back training, KCENTV reported Thursday.
"Depending on what happens with the supply shortage, we may have to start cutting back somewhere," said Sgt. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police department told reporter Amanda Kenney.
One source the civilian market particularly looks at is for cartridge casings, and in a time of high demand, having them available for reloading ammunition becomes a significant interest. One of the prime suppliers for expended brass is the military, so their compliance with appropriations requirements and public law becomes a matter of heightened public interest.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Cetainly just one more step in depriving us civies.
Has anyone heard of any advanced ceramic cartridges?
Don’t think “pottery”, because some advanced ceramics are harder than steel, and have even been used as car engine blocks. It’s a good question whether they would be as good for cartridges as brass and steel.
But if they were, and could be mass produced and reloaded, I could imagine a big market.
I’m still reloading military brass I picked up on a handgun range 45 years ago. After 1968, it became tight to get military brass as the local military range had to account for every expended casing. One of the fall outs for the 1968 Gun Control Act.
Cartridges are designed to expand in the chamber to seal in the gases from the burning powder charge. Ceramic is not malleable so I doubt it could be used for firearms cartridges.
Good point. I wonder if a non-ceramic “expansion washer” might fill that role. (Though I will bow to the expertise and creativity of gunmakers.)
you’d also run up against “armor piercing” definitions.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.