But what if it was more like a pressure cone for a blow dart or the powerbelt muzzleloader bullets.
Quote from: fpjeepy on February 19, 2019, 01:34:08 PMBut what if it was more like a pressure cone for a blow dart or the powerbelt muzzleloader bullets.That won't be stable in the barrel because the center of gravity is ahead of the contact area with the barrel.There are a number of publicly accessible studies on sabot design like this one that go into a lot of detail as to what works and what doesn't.What you can do to avoid baffle strikes is to put rods inside the tube like Salvo 12:
Would that be messed up by the sabot spinning in a rifle (which isn't the case in a shotgun) And does anyone think accuracy would be affected? What about a sabot with a thick wall that was intended to fall off the back rather than flare out like a shotgun wad?
Would that be messed up by the sabot spinning in a rifle (which isn't the case in a shotgun) And does anyone think accuracy would be affected?
What about a sabot with a thick wall that was intended to fall off the back rather than flare out like a shotgun wad?
Would be interesting to see something built and not just dreaming about it.I for one like to see some action. Marko
QuoteWhat about a sabot with a thick wall that was intended to fall off the back rather than flare out like a shotgun wad?A one-piece sabot of that nature is unlikely to work well in terms of adequate separation, you'd need a separate pusher base and centering petals like tank APDS ammunition, which are not going to work well in a suppressor. As Jim says a perforated tube might be your best bet if the guide rods don't work.
You are going to have hard time separating the sabot if you bevel the end like that, we used a cone shape petals to open the sabot upon exiting the muzzle. It's pretty consistent now, I can hit pistol size ram at 100m repeatedly shooting with saboted .257 bullets out of the .457 Muzzle velocity was around 400-450m/s if I remember correctly.Marko
Not hitting baffles was why I suggested venting the end of a longer barrel into a surrounding 'LDC can' with EDM. The ports would align with individual chambers.This does work as I've built one like this - .410 barrel for a Texan which will shoot slugs or plastic shot cups.