Handloading/Reloading Ammunition
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ahhh .... okay .....Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Actually, those grooves are the impressions left by the rifling in the bore as the projectile is forced down the barrel.
but yeah .... that's definitely a fired bullet I found ...
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Yup, most definitely!Originally posted by Fatum:ahhh .... okay .....
but yeah .... that's definitely a fired bullet I found ...
This image shows an unfired 45 ACP 230 gr. FMJ projectile next to one that has been fired and recovered mostly intact:
On the fired projectile on the right, you can clearly see the striations on the widest part of the projectile body made by the rifling in the bore. You can even make out the spiralling (i.e., the twist) of the striations indicating that the rifling in the bore ran in a counter-clockwise direction. -
Now you know why, when you declare this way:Originally posted by chino65:I have a theory about the chap who picked up a undeformed bullet.
i once picked up an entire round of 5.56 back at camp while sitting on the grass listening to some briefing. It was a old half-buried training round without the primer cap and 2 tiny holes drilled into the basing.
The bullet was sitting loosely in the casing.
So the undeformed bullet picked up by the chap could've been an unfired bullet that dropped out of its casing, probably from a overused training round.
Anyway...
The training round I picked up in camp I slipped into my pocket unnoticed. But the next day when we went to range, I was wearing the same uniform. When range was over and time to clear arms and declare, I suddenly remembered I still had that training round in my pocket as the NCO's came round with the metal detector!!!
An image of me in a detention cell flashed thorugh my mind in an instance.
Luckily, either the metal detector was crap or the NCOs were sloppy... They didn't find the round even though they did a cursory search of my pockets.
Even though I've never won lottery, I do consider myself lucky sometimes.
I, NRIC/Rank/Name, do hereby declare that I do not have any LIVE ROUNDS, EMPTY CARTRIDGES or PYROTECHNICS in my possession, Sir.
There's no mention of PROJECTILE.WAHAHAH -
now for the serving chaps and those about to go in .....
DON"T BE A C.OCKANATHAN !!!!! ........
there are eyes and ears everywhere ! .... and don't ever assume you won't get caught ! .... and it doesn't have to be cartridges also ....
some combat engineers chaps and the changi side boys may remember the case of the chaps who stole some det cord and block 3 ..... having the SIB take down your family door at 3am on saturday is not fun ......
lots of kukus love to hide a brass or two and brasso it nice nice to wear on a chain ..... but to me it's simply not worth it ........ -
Agree...don't do anything that will sabo yourself. hahaOriginally posted by Fatum:now for the serving chaps and those about to go in .....
DON"T BE A C.OCKANATHAN !!!!! ........
there are eyes and ears everywhere ! .... and don't ever assume you won't get caught ! .... and it doesn't have to be cartridges also ....
some combat engineers chaps and the changi side boys may remember the case of the chaps who stole some det cord and block 3 ..... having the SIB take down your family door at 3am on saturday is not fun ......
lots of kukus love to hide a brass or two and brasso it nice nice to wear on a chain ..... but to me it's simply not worth it ........
