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Originally Posted by hcap
I hold 2 US patents. I can tell you sometimes the way around "limitations" is to think differently. Without thoroughly investigating the patent art, the first thing that comes to mind is to accept tradeoffs in the standard performance of the usual.
Tom is right.
Re-design the bullets out of a softer material. Plastics. Tensile strength is the issue in the barrel, but to get a lump of poly carbonate or similar to spin at relatively high velocity, seems like the simpler problem.
So Dan is correct. Will still maim and kill, but not to perfection. Will be more undetectable, and perhaps easier to produce.
.314 Atlas A softer metal. Mmachined from 1018 cold rolled steel.(low carbon steel)
https://mikescustomweaponry.wordpres.../05/314-atlas/
https://gizmodo.com/plastic-3d-print...wor-1654929202 |
Your issue is density, inertia, and energy.
Sure is possible to throw plastic fast enough to offset those problems but that just requires more propellant and pressure then becomes the enemy.
It's interesting and in sure there would be sweet spots for performance within the allowable tolerances... sounds like something more for hobbyists or engineers though and much less a practical way of causing harm to anything.
