| gatsby |
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| 23/10/10 05:30 AM |
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Re: LT Cap projectiles
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I wonder if they could be made in aluminum, and just have a solid head without upsetting the regulation too much ?. The aluminumheads could ofcouse have a hole drilled from the base to take even more weight from them.
The perfect head would ofcouse the make them in the alloys they originally were swaged in.
Holland did use aluminum for their caps but they were hollow also to achieve the proper weight. Wood was also tried and those caps were solid.
It will be interesting to see, going forward, how Westley will solve the manufacturing problems of this projectile. Will they copy per exact detail the original or cut corners and use modern materials but maintain weight and overall configuration. They may conceive a totally different but similar projectile. I am sure they won't need to use the extra "accelerant" used by LT and copied by Holland to get the velocity/pressure right.