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September 4, 2019, 10:41 AM | #226 |
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My guess is Sig's ammo is required to simply run at the pressure specs of the final LC ammo (which apparently is vaporware at this point).
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September 4, 2019, 01:59 PM | #229 | |
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The telescoping cartridges seems to put more propellant behind the bullet. |
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September 4, 2019, 05:40 PM | #230 | |
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I’m curious how Lake City is going to build a new ammo factory for an ammunition the Army hasn’t selected yet. Supposedly, it could be a cased/telescoped ammo (AAI Textron) or a brass/steel hybrid (SIG), or whatever the General Dynamics contender is using.
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They’ll probably need it to overcome the flinch reflex. |
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September 4, 2019, 08:58 PM | #232 |
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Pentagon Confirms Move to 6.8mm
I thought this to be an interesting comparison, although it’s 6.5mm the 6.8 will be similar
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September 4, 2019, 09:13 PM | #233 | |
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The new ammunition will be produced at Lake City after the Army finalizes the weapon, develops the new round and builds a new production facility, he said. The Army Corps of Engineers has been soliciting for an architect and engineering firm, and design task orders are slated to be awarded by the end of the summer. Following the awards, the service will begin determining the size and scope of the new facility, he noted. https://www.nationaldefensemagazine....w-6-8-mm-round |
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September 4, 2019, 09:31 PM | #234 |
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Does anyone know how much ammunition will need to be stockpiled in order to support any expected future conflict, at least for the initial part?... I assume production would be ramped up when a conflict does kick off
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September 5, 2019, 05:26 AM | #235 |
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So, Lake City has issued a solicitation for an architectural and engineering firm. And the winning firm will be on retainer for three-four years in the event actual construction begins.
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September 6, 2019, 01:06 PM | #236 |
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I do not think it says that. It says that an engineering firm will be on hand and when a winner is awarded a contract construction will begin.
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September 6, 2019, 06:28 PM | #237 |
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Textron confirms cased-telescoped ammunition for their entry and states the prototypes will be displayed at the October 2019 AUSA. They state they are teaming with Olin for ammo and H&K for scaling and production of the rifle.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...ron-talk-ngsw/ |
September 6, 2019, 06:48 PM | #238 |
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Seems odd to come out with a conventional 6.8 and then go to one of the collapsed in what has to be an all new rifled machine guns to shoot it.
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September 6, 2019, 07:55 PM | #240 |
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What's a decimal point on the gunboards?
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September 7, 2019, 08:24 AM | #241 |
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The final competitor’s ammo revealed - the General Dynamics/Beretta/True Velocity team is offering a hybrid polymer/steel case with almost no shoulder for their entry.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...sed-ammo-ngsw/ |
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Liberals will have a cow over True Velocity's entry. If we can't have plastic straws, they'll never allow a plastic case.
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September 7, 2019, 05:11 PM | #243 |
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The True Velocity is similar to the "neckless" round developed by AAI.
Mold the plastic body directly onto the bullet. Load powder from the rear, plug with metal case head for primer pocket and extractor purchase. Their experimental rounds would fire in standard .308 and .260 Rem chambers. |
September 12, 2019, 09:50 AM | #244 |
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Close up look at Sig's bimetal horse in this race...
http://soldiersystems.net/2019/09/10...ammo-soft-bag/ |
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Interesting.
Some years ago, there was a steel headed case offered to handloaders who wanted to soup them up. The Army wants Magnum velocity, which requires either a lot of powder volume or a lot of pressure. Looks like Sig is giving them a lot of pressure. |
September 12, 2019, 12:32 PM | #246 |
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6.8x51????
How do you run a ctg that size in a platform the size of a 249? |
September 12, 2019, 12:40 PM | #247 |
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I still think the sig stuff is "placeholder" while the real top-secret "sharks with frickin' laser beams" ammo is developed independently. Russians and Chinese will probably field it first.
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But what ever they chose or if they stick with the 5.56, it wont make any difference unless the Army changes its policy and decides to teach the soldier how to shoot.
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September 12, 2019, 04:59 PM | #249 |
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Pictures of the AAI Textron team’s cased-telescoped rifle and squad mg:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...sw-prototypes/ And a close up of the SIG entries (plus a .338 Norma Mag MG): https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...squad-weapons/ SIG is calling their NGSW entry the “SPEAR.” Last edited by Bartholomew Roberts; September 12, 2019 at 05:05 PM. |
September 12, 2019, 07:46 PM | #250 |
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Saw that on another forum. Strange looking AR.
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