Patent US20210341276A1 issued today.
In its text, published by the USPTO, is sufficient information to produce and load a variant of homemade 9mm Dagny Dagger projectiles. This is only a publication of the USFG; the full FOS manual will drop no later than commercial release.
@CooperD2319@DrDeath1776 A couple reasons
1. Every thou > ideal on the bearing surface results in an extra 1-2ksi chamber pressure
2. The core is adhesively bonded to the jacket. That surface needs to be very round and concentric to the OD for a good bond, and the bond gap is very small, but not zero.
@bc1984adam@RealRossU Thanks for including us here!
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DIY energetic materials research continues. The camera doesn't do the flash justice. INCREDIBLY bright, and this was under 1.3 grams. Legal limit is 7.1 grams.
@snarkyposters@TactiCoolMemes Perhaps so for longer ranges. For short ranges it would work quite well since each pelet should be >2100fps. Don't really know quite what to expect. But tungsten balls can also be used, which are much denser than lead.
@Devil_Doc007@SwordForGideon@SillyGirlSoc@AtlasArmsMfg One of our own? That's like asking Nine Inch Nails if they support Trent Reznor.
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@Devil_Doc007@SwordForGideon@SillyGirlSoc@AtlasArmsMfg A large purpose of our operation is that we don't believe in IP. That's pretty agreeable and non-controversial among the whole of the DIY arms space.
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