Weekly Firearms Activity Report - Liberals and Foreigners Avert Your Eyes

[Pualee]

Can shoot through multiple zombies without the bullet deforming on the first bone impact.

[CaptainSeeSharp]

The shells are steel instead of brass, it has nothing to do with the projectile.

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[Christian Graus]

Given that it's Russian, perhaps steel is cheaper ?

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[DABBee]

It's more eco-friendly as the shells rust back into the earth in a shortish time frame, not like those yuppy brass shells that hang around forever.

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[CaptainSeeSharp]

But brass is brass regardless if its embedded in rock and dirt or if its nicely shaped and useful.

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[Lost User]

Brass is a copper-zingc alloy with a bit of lead in it. Cheers, Drew.

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[Roger Wright]

Great... Now I've got a really bad feeling about that brass mine I bought shares in a few months ago. Maybe I should have purchased a zing mine, instead.

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[Mark_Wallace]

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that zing.

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[Abhinav S]

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

Russian steel-cased ammo

An American rifle using Russian lacquered ammo? Interesting. I read somewhere that the lacquer they use destroys the chamber faster.

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modified on Monday, October 18, 2010 2:41 AM

[Mark_Wallace]

Abhinav S wrote:

I read somewhere that the lacquer they use destroys the chamber faster.

It doesn't make it shiny and give it extra bounce?

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[Abhinav S]

Mark Wallace wrote:

shiny and give it extra bounce?

:-D

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[Lost User]

He meant the casing of the bullet, not the cartridge. I would expect steel cased rounds to fragment more. X|

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[realJSOP]

It's cheap - most brass-cased ammo is around $40 per 100 rounds, and most steel cased ammo is anywhere from 30-50% less. The ammo I bought this weekend cost $26 (including tax), but the stuff I normally buy is $32-$40/100. The down sides of using steel-cased ammo are: 0) Most ComBloc ammo burns dirty - so much so that your typical AR-15 needs cleaning every couple hundred rounds. 1) The steel casing can wear out a barrel faster than brass-cased ammo 2) You can't generally switch off between steel and brass in the same firing session because the steel cases tend to get stuck in the chamber. 3) The ammo is less accurate, and less consistent between cartridges. On the flip side, AK-47s digest steel-cased ammo just fine because their clearances are much less strict (and also not nearly as accurate as a result).

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[realJSOP]

Actually, the newest stuff is polymer-coated (I won't run lacquer-coated ammo), although I did find an unspent 7.62x39 steel-cased round at the range that appears to be lacquer-coated, and brought it home, more as a desktop curiosity than anything else.

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[Dalek Dave]

Quote from an Old Episode of Doctor Who... The Doctor (examining a load of weaponry), "You have brought a whole arsenal with you, Brigadier" The Brigadier, "Explosive Tipped Bullets for Daleks, Gold Bullets for Cybermen, Even Silver Bullets for...Well, you never know when they might come handy. There are even some Teflon Coated rounds. The Doctor,"Ah, Non-stick Bullets!"

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[Abhinav S]

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

more as a desktop curiosity than anything else.

This reminds me CP recently had a post about what one would like to keep at one's desk at the workplace. This might be worth keeping there.

[CaptainSeeSharp]

No he didn't. You eurotrash scum are so childlike.

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[Dan Neely]

Only if noone collects the brass; and at an officially sanctioned range someone will; if not to reload then as scrap. Steel casings are worth far less and tend to accumulate instead.

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[Joe Programm3r]

Personally, I welcome our new zombie overlords.

[Lost User]

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