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Magnum Wheel Man · April 11, 2012, 11:42 AM

a buddy & I were having a discussion the other day, about the Son of Guns show on TV... I think they were working on a Volcanic caseless gun, & making ammo...

... this got us talking about how to do something similar...

what if ( for all practical purposes ) a mini ball style bullet were fabricated ( could be lead, or drilled solid copper ala Barnes style for this discussion ), & powder was filled into the hollow of the mini ball style bullet, & the base of the bullet were sized to allow a standard primer to be pressed into it...

if the base gun chosen fed from the top & ejected out the bottom, the action could allow the fired primer to drop out...

... of course in order to get any power ( & at best we're talking handgun pressures at this point, because of powder capacity ) the bullet would have to be quite long, meaning a faster twist barrel & would be lighter than its standard solid counter part...

just so you know where we've already been in the discussion, thinking something like the 5.7 X 28 rifle, or Calico style carbine, that feeds from the top, switching the barrel to a bore diameter the same as the case, so the magazine could be made to function, using bullets in length close to the same length as the cartridge of the donar gun...

anyone ever thought of anything along these lines ??? want to offer your thoughts ???

April 11, 2012, 11:42 AM	#1
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	caseless ammo... could it really be that easy ??? a buddy & I were having a discussion the other day, about the Son of Guns show on TV... I think they were working on a Volcanic caseless gun, & making ammo... ... this got us talking about how to do something similar... what if ( for all practical purposes ) a mini ball style bullet were fabricated ( could be lead, or drilled solid copper ala Barnes style for this discussion ), & powder was filled into the hollow of the mini ball style bullet, & the base of the bullet were sized to allow a standard primer to be pressed into it... if the base gun chosen fed from the top & ejected out the bottom, the action could allow the fired primer to drop out... ... of course in order to get any power ( & at best we're talking handgun pressures at this point, because of powder capacity ) the bullet would have to be quite long, meaning a faster twist barrel & would be lighter than its standard solid counter part... just so you know where we've already been in the discussion, thinking something like the 5.7 X 28 rifle, or Calico style carbine, that feeds from the top, switching the barrel to a bore diameter the same as the case, so the magazine could be made to function, using bullets in length close to the same length as the cartridge of the donar gun... anyone ever thought of anything along these lines ??? want to offer your thoughts ???