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Isn't it easy enough to make ammunition for modern rifles? I'm not a gunsmith or gun engineer, but it doesn't sound difficult to reuse casings and make ammunit
by jokoon 3y ago
Isn't it easy enough to make ammunition for modern rifles?
I'm not a gunsmith or gun engineer, but it doesn't sound difficult to reuse casings and make ammunition.
Of course, one would still need to make:
* pointy bullets with steel scraps and some cast/mold and some coal-powered oven (you see a lot of youtube guys melting metal with not that much equipment)
* gunpowder and a primer, and might not require a lot of chemistry. Smokeless powder is hard to do, but normal powder should be easy enough.
Even in the end times when there is no oil or industry, it seems that making rifle ammunition is still better, modern rifle are quite accurate and deadly at 100m, maybe even with low quality ammunition, while you need a very skilled archer to hit a target at that distance.
- thriftwy 3y ago"Normal" powder will clog your automatic rifle real fast. No problem if you're doing single shots with it, I guess.
- uticus 3y agoIs an additive or something used to help with lubrication?
- thriftwy 3y agoThe problem is that "normal" powder produces a lot of residue, which does not have any easy way out so it will remain somewhere in your gun until it interferes with any subsequent firing. A musket would need to be thoroughly cleaned after every hunt (or battle), so obviously after a few shots were fired.
- bluGill 3y agoThe best marksmen in competitions make there own bullets because they want to control all the variables. So yes bullets are easy to make and you can buy the equipment for affordable prices from many suppliers. Factory ammo is just as cheap (even though labor is free, and equipment costs are not counted at all for the make your own) and takes less time so militarizes use it as does anyone who doesn't need the best quality.
- jcgrillo 3y agoSteel, cast iron, etc. won't be great as a projectile because (1) it's not dense enough (2) it's not soft enough. (1) is important for ballistic properties and carrying energy to the target (2) is important because you want to be able to fire the weapon more than once without destroying the barrel's rifling. Now you might argue that some kind of sabot or patch could work to mitigate this. But you'll still have a density problem. Would have to test it to find out how badly it impacts performance.
- AlgorithmicTime 3y ago[dead]