To: squantos; poohbah; Travis McGee; harpseal; Jeff Head; pocat; chookter; sit-rep; FR MAG
As I sit here this morning I have a dummy .50 cal SLAP round on my desk. I don't know if you are familiar with it, but the performance is pretty decent. I do not know the max range, but the projectile (tungsten penetrator) would not even slow down for 2+ inches of RHA at 500 meters. I imagine agianst a man size target a mile or a little over would not be out of the question. The cross winds found there might make it a little tricky, but not impossible.
136 posted on
02/04/2002 6:28:15 AM PST by
SLB
To: SLB
Since Algore closed the last US tungsten mine and sold off our entire strategic reserve for ready cash ("reinventing government") we now depend entirely on China for tungsten.
So don't worry, there won't be too many tungsten cored .50 SLAP rounds made.
To: SLB
I've indeed used the SLAP and Raufaus HEI .50 caliber rounds and the 7.62 and 5.56 versions of the slap. I know the M82A1's and AMAC/Daisy sniper rifles we used had to have a chamber cut for the early slap rounds that didn't have a tapered sabot. They were like a dowel with a projectile sticking out and they would'nt work in an unmodified weapon.
There was even a round for the 9mm that had a black tungsten "drill bit" (for a better description) in a white sabot that would punch an engine block and body armor from an M9. USAF Security Forces wanted to give em to their gate guards and entry controllers. I don't know what happened to that project but the concept was valid IMHO for a staggered load.
I think (therefore I am :o) that standard DODIC AP and APIT always did the trick as were talking .50 BMG here......... Stay Safe Steve !
To: SLB
I have no doubt about the .50 cal round being able to do extensive damage at even 2,000 yards. My doubts were as to accuracy on a target at 8,800 yards. % miles or more is an awfully long shot for anything that does not count as artillery. Stabilizing a rifle to shoot accurately at that distance is not something very many people can accomplish with their bare hands.
Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
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