Hi everyone,
My name is Austin, and I am brand spanking new on the forum and I was really hoping to reach out for some industry contacts or experienced folks who might have good advice.
You see I am very interested in designing a new cartridge and firearm to bring to market, but after reading the article below and seeing people like Hudson Arms come and go I’m thoughly convinced that. My goal of bringing a firearm to market simply has too much existing competition without some serious advantages like that ones that I hope to get by pressing cartridge cases with a triangular cross section.
I’m interested in the triangular cross section because I think that with doing that I can squeeze a 125grain spire point ogive bullet into a case length close to the size of a pistol, and ideally reach 2800fps without too much chamber pressure to errode the throat.
I’ve also been thinking about using a fsst burning powder, but having some sort of delaying mechanism so that I can have a starter charge that kicks the bullet into the throat and then a separate charge sealed up in ping pong ball nitro cellulose plastic so that the round can be all the way out of the casing by the time the main powder charge kicks in. This would hopefully prevent too much pressure all at once by giving the powder more space to burn.
Now for the ask, is there anything I’m missing in this mental picture that might have explosive consequences?
Thank you
-Austin
https://gundigest.com/gear-ammo/ammunition/ammo-case-shape-matter/amp
My name is Austin, and I am brand spanking new on the forum and I was really hoping to reach out for some industry contacts or experienced folks who might have good advice.
You see I am very interested in designing a new cartridge and firearm to bring to market, but after reading the article below and seeing people like Hudson Arms come and go I’m thoughly convinced that. My goal of bringing a firearm to market simply has too much existing competition without some serious advantages like that ones that I hope to get by pressing cartridge cases with a triangular cross section.
I’m interested in the triangular cross section because I think that with doing that I can squeeze a 125grain spire point ogive bullet into a case length close to the size of a pistol, and ideally reach 2800fps without too much chamber pressure to errode the throat.
I’ve also been thinking about using a fsst burning powder, but having some sort of delaying mechanism so that I can have a starter charge that kicks the bullet into the throat and then a separate charge sealed up in ping pong ball nitro cellulose plastic so that the round can be all the way out of the casing by the time the main powder charge kicks in. This would hopefully prevent too much pressure all at once by giving the powder more space to burn.
Now for the ask, is there anything I’m missing in this mental picture that might have explosive consequences?
Thank you
-Austin
https://gundigest.com/gear-ammo/ammunition/ammo-case-shape-matter/amp
