Thread: What happens when a 50 cal rifle blows up.

At $100US a piece for a round of SLAP I'd put money on counterfeit rounds made as cheaply as possible.

Originally Posted by Mauser308

You aren't thinking like a true zombie apocalypse survivor here, you just need to find a choke point so all your zombies line up nicely for you and one shot from the .50bmg and it's beersie time...

Like in a TV series called Sledgehammer where it looks like the hero has to give up when he says to his partner..." There are 5 robbers, and I only have one round left in the gun.....I have to get them standing in a line...."

Originally Posted by Stump

At $100US a piece for a round of SLAP I'd put money on counterfeit rounds made as cheaply as possible.

so what are these SLAP rounds???
amour peircing Im guessing...whats the SL bit mean???

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so what are these SLAP rounds???
amour peircing Im guessing...whats the SL bit mean???

Saboted light armour penetrator

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so what are these SLAP rounds???
amour peircing Im guessing...whats the SL bit mean???

Semi light armor piercing. Plastic Sabot with a tungsten carbide projectile

A follow up from the rifle maker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AY6iEVhJE8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na1Qo7FxDeM
a follow up to the follow up

what I find puzzling.....surely if all things are equal...a sabotted round SHOULD have less pressure....afterall the payload is lighter than full diameter projectile,and plastic is softer than copper so should be easier to push down barrel.
will be good to see final guess as to what the actual heck happened...surely hope Scott has another couple of them rounds to be pulled apart.

[QUOTE=zimmer;1153618]It was actually 1000 yds although some reports say 2000 yds. At any rate, at 1000 yds you would think you would be safe.
There's a whole lot of stuff on Youtube showing blowups. A lot of blown revolvers.
Some events , you would have to question the competence of the operators.[/QUOTE
Been debunked, it’s a lot closer than a 1000 yards. Sub 200 by the looks. Pretty clever how they worked it out. https://youtu.be/h3OX28SVoog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ny_V_VfT3Q

There’s a lot more to come from this unfortunate story. All the interweb hypotheses are just a distraction. I’d be de-constructing those SLAP rounds with the iffy crimp as a priority (bet he’s already done that…).