Polymer injection formed ammo casings, came up in conversation today and I thought i’d Bring up a thread on poly ammo in general. http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...-velocity/amp/
http://www.truevelocityinc.com
I know it’s a hard sell bringing anything actually new to the ammo world, but I find their processes actually interesting, and the end results. True velocity for example is trying to sell the feature of weight reduction to the whole round. I believe I read an interview/comment that the ceo offered to GIVE the ammo to military, in exchange for the savings in cost of transportation alone for the 40% weight reduction.
I’m sure there are pros and cons and the cons just haven’t been brought up yet, but I think it’s awesome that people are still trying to improve. I just see the dollar being the bottom line in the long run, could it be made competitively priced to conventional production. And can you reload them?
On the subject of polymer rounds these have been out for some time and I’ve been eager to try “polycase inceptor ARX” ..
https://www.inceptorammo.com
If I remember correctly their beginnings started with trying to invent a polymer shell casing and bullet that was not reuseable or reloadable due to a finding that in some theaters of conflict the “locals” were collecting the brass fired at the “enemy” after the smoke cleared and reloaded it for use in their own firearms to be shot back the next time we rolled through. They never did quite develop the casing they were looking to make (maybe they should hook up with true velocity) but instead developed some intriguing rounds I’d like to try.
Either way I put this post together as a follow up for the conversation I held earlier today to share the links and talk about these and other innovations (truly inspiring or otherwise).