09-11-2017, 05:12 PM
Hybrid polymer/metallic cases have always had issues with case separation at the joint between the 2 materials, especially in high dust environments.
The industry is apprehensive about investing in an entirely new cased telescoping cartridge infrastructure due to the initial associated costs, even though it is superior to metallic cartridges and the actions required to feed and extract them.
We're at the foothills of a possible new advancement in technology, which has a lot of gravitational pull in the current way of doing things keeping it from escape velocity. I'm reminded of the .276 Pedersen, General MacArthur, and the coming world war in the 1930s. Maybe MacArthur knew things in advance that Army Ordnance Bureau did not...
The difference is that maybe we do have the capacity to conduct finalized development of a new cartridge in the middle of full-scale war, and maybe we don't. They might be looking at strategic reserves and manufacturing centers for propellant, cases, primers, and bullets and not want to mess with that right now.
The industry is apprehensive about investing in an entirely new cased telescoping cartridge infrastructure due to the initial associated costs, even though it is superior to metallic cartridges and the actions required to feed and extract them.
We're at the foothills of a possible new advancement in technology, which has a lot of gravitational pull in the current way of doing things keeping it from escape velocity. I'm reminded of the .276 Pedersen, General MacArthur, and the coming world war in the 1930s. Maybe MacArthur knew things in advance that Army Ordnance Bureau did not...
The difference is that maybe we do have the capacity to conduct finalized development of a new cartridge in the middle of full-scale war, and maybe we don't. They might be looking at strategic reserves and manufacturing centers for propellant, cases, primers, and bullets and not want to mess with that right now.
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6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
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CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com