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Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
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An answer searching for a question. I remember plastic .38 special cases years ago. Was supposed to make brass obsolete.
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What fresh Hell is this?
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The best folks never write anything off.
Blackpowder gave way to smokeless eventually and so on.
Just have to take a wait and see about all this.
But I don't write things off.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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I know of at least one other company that's developing polymer cases, and not just for handgun ammo.
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If they do what they say at a competitive cost, I'll be first in line for a decent batch of .45 and 10mm. Picking up "brass" with a magnet! My chiro will be pissed, I'll just use the money formerly sent to him for reloading supplies.
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I wonder what the return on investment is on a set of their special dies, in order to use cheaoer brass? They say that brass will run at 65k psi, think about the 44mag loads for a carbine you could build out of those things!
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I wonder what the return on investment is on a set of their special dies, in order to use cheaoer brass? They say that brass will run at 65k psi, think about the 44mag loads for a carbine you could build out of those things! 65k psi in a 9mm would be a ++P+++ load!
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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Thats what I was thinking to myself.. 65K in a 44 mag, even if a carbine... damn that sounds high... much less 9mm. LOL
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I doubt there is a carbine currently on the market in those chamberings that could handle it.
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I don't trust anybody that calls cases shells and casings.
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If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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Since they are unlikely to produce product in 22 hornet or 7x64, I am not particularly interested either way.
I will wait for the particle beam weapons and the gorgeous women in spandex that seem to prefer them.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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An answer searching for a question. I remember plastic .38 special cases years ago. Was supposed to make brass obsolete. Wasn't that the Dardick pistol with plastic ammo? I have about 45- cases in my cartridge collection (both 38 and 50 cal BMG with steel "bullets" for rock drilling.
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I spoke to these guys at NRA, they are going to send me some samples. Three things caught me attention:
-their 9mm cases can be loaded 40+ times before they need to be discarded
-their pressure claims are valid, a friend of mine who owns an Ammo company proof-tested them
-the case material springs back after sealing the chamber so the cases extract easier, which could present a reliability advantage for semi-autos/machine guns
The weight issue isn't much of a real advantage for hunters but to a soldier carry a few hundred rounds of linked 5.56 or 7.62 up a mountain, it might be helpful.
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An answer searching for a question. I remember plastic .38 special cases years ago. Was supposed to make brass obsolete. Wasn't that the Dardick pistol with plastic ammo? I have about 45- cases in my cartridge collection (both 38 and 50 cal BMG with steel "bullets" for rock drilling. DJS I remember seeing some in a Guns and Ammo mag late 70s early 80s. It was an ad, showing 2 colors of plastic with metal bases and a reloading tool. I remember the Dardick, didn't they call the ammo "trounds" IIRC, my spelling may be off.
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Trounds is correct. These guys make synthetic bullets that work well and claim to have synthetic cases in the works. http://www.polycaseammo.com/project/inceptor-arx
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