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To: MtnClimber

If brittleness issues could be overcome, ceramics could provide long rates of sustained fire and eliminate corrosion concerns.


7 posted on 05/26/2018 9:49:50 AM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301

I wonder if sabot rounds could be used to reduce friction and eliminate metal fouling?


12 posted on 05/26/2018 10:03:32 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: fso301

How about a ceramic barrel liner? Don’t have time to look up the melting points, but I wonder if a metal barrel could be cast, or even forged, around a ceramic liner. Would be complicated and expensive, but maybe worth it.


13 posted on 05/26/2018 10:10:07 AM PDT by chrisser
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