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- From: rani@barsoom.nhh.no (Ragnar Nielsen)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Cartridges needing identification
- Message-ID: <rani.725790925@barsoom>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 16:36:27 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Norwegian School of Economics
- Lines: 25
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- bbx!bbxrbk!russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ Kepler) writes:
-
- #I've got in my hand some cartridges that I'd like to identify. They're
- #sort of different in that they're plastic and .308 caliber.
-
- #They're blue, with a blue plastic bullet. The bullet seems to have a
- #lot bearing surface and is made with the case (connected, not
- #inserted). The powder is a small flake powder at about a 50%
-
- Sounds a lot like the short range training ammo we used in the Norwegian
- army for our AG3 (H&K91) autoloaders. Said ammo was quite accurate at
- 15 m, yet relatively harmless at longer distances. I believe the safe
- distance was 100 m, but don't rely on it.
- The projectiles are quite deadly at short range, so this is NOT 'blank'
- ammo, although often erroneously considered so by many.
-
- Pressures weren't high enough to cycle the gas-operated action of the
- H&K91, and the plastic bullets fouled the barrels like you wouldn't believe,
- so they were never any popular with our army. I'm even surprised someone
- else use it.
-
- regards,
-
- ragnar
-
-