10-24-2015, 08:57 PM
Trooper Wrote:I have seen the need for plastic cases for some time. It is stupid leave brass on the battlefield. Too valuable. And as the article points out, the enemy takes the brass to reload for themselves.
One thing, this bullet design could also have lead or even a steel penetrator for combat use. Copper in training.
http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles...rx-bullet/
I tested a similar design of bullet about 25 years ago. It was not an injection molded polymer though. It was hardened steel with a similar design. Similar intent. The pistol stuff fired and functioned the M-9. The pistol ammo was accurate enough for pistol distances. The rifle ammo was pretty horrible. About fifteen or twenty minutes, keyholes, short cycling.
As for the enemy policing up the brass and reloading it, I didn't see that in the article but when ever someone says this I wonder where the enemy is getting the primers and bullets for his reloading set up.
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