Because overpenetration doesn’t stop the enemy.
Well, there goes my favorite M829 APFSDS-T 120mm rounds...
Posted on 04/08/2008 5:33:15 PM PDT by LSUfan
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6.5 Grendel does. Getting reliable 25 round magazines requires trial and error though.
Grendel is a better round, but if getting 25 rounds into a standard 30 round 5.56 mag is the goal....
“Overpenetration? You’re a nut. Nobody cares about overpenetration from a rifle. So why should they care about overpenetration from a pistol?”
Because overpenetration doesn’t stop the enemy.
Coburn needs to be the GOP’s choice someday for POTUS !
LOL ....... I have same design big honkin muzzle brake with my JP muzzle brake on a TC Contender 45-70.......Fun !
Yep. Learned that from an instructor at USN gunnery school who was probably alive when the 1911 hit the market.
Because overpenetration doesn’t stop the enemy.
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Well gee, I guess they better throw away all the M16 variant rifles then and issue tommyguns eh? Letsee, how the heck did we ever win ww2 with all those stupid overpenetrating 30-06 caliber rifles? Man, the army is dumb, they just don’t know anything about stopping the enemy do they?
Don't use sabots with it. Not even the plastic ones. Trust me on this.
But if you must, have somebody hold your beer, and watch when you try it.
Because overpenetration doesn’t stop the enemy.
Well, there goes my favorite M829 APFSDS-T 120mm rounds...
Nope. Didn’t know that. That’s gotta add weight.
Sure does. But it also prevents gas tube burn-through, another M16 family problem after a half-dozen Beta-C mags or Chinese LXX drums are cranked through on ratty-tat.
It couldn’t damage the barrel, could it? Just shoots the muzzle brake off right? Hmm, maybe in a hand held pistol it yanks the pistol out of your hand? That’d be funny to see someone’s pistol flying down the shooting range.
Add mass to the gas tube, and some cooling fins. That’d be the easiest patch. Next, try better materials. Tungsten perhaps. A water jacket sounds like a crazy idea to me.
The result is similar to what's described as *baffle strike* in a suppressed handgun, when a bullet touches the edge of an interior baffle before exiting the suppressor's muzzle/wipe. Instant internal keyholing is not guaranteed with every shot, but remains a high probability.
Just shoots the muzzle brake off right?
Or through/out the side of it. Sometimes at a near-90º angle, not necessarily to the side. Wear safety-toed shoes!
Hmm, maybe in a hand held pistol it yanks the pistol out of your hand? That’d be funny to see someone’s pistol flying down the shooting range.
It's less funny if the strike causes damage/burrs that further damage and deflect following rounds. More funny when the muzzle attachment flies downrange in a M203 round-like trajectory.
The application was for a test fixture gun used for testing largish quantities of M856 tracer ammo for the M16A2. Why they didn't just use an M249 is unknown to me, but....
Your wish is my command. I've set the Wayback Machine for 05 March 1836, with coordinates for San Antonio De Valeria De Bexar, otherwise known as the Alamo....
Just a minor training glitch. He wasn't paying attention during the hasty familiarization course, and thought he had to change magazines after every shot....
As the late Phil Sharpe once wrote, and the Angels sing....
Was surprised to find out the rounds used in the M1 Abrams are made of a plastic. That is the cartridge case portion.
When the breech is opened, the only thing spit out is the primer cup. It's about the diameter of a beer can and about 1 1/2 " high. of Everything else went out the barrel.
Yes, Damnit! The cases of our 90mm and 105mm tank rounds [some were still brass! most galvanized steel], sawed off and with handles made from a dummy .50 MG round or the handle of a M1918 LF&C brass knuckle knife brazed on, made a dandy 2-litre beer mug. And the primer tube inside was just the right diameter to serve as the body of a swell swagger stich, again using a .50 fired case, or that of a 20mm Marder or Vulcan round as the handle, culminating in a tip made out of a 7.62 [co-ax gun] or 5.56mm dummy.
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Indeed.......dreams.
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