Polymer cased ammo

[KillerFord1977]

Marines are looking into polymer cased ammo for the .50 cal and expanding from there. Army is as well for even the 5.56 or new 6.8 ammo.
I think if it passes the military tests, I’d be up for it at a 25% weight savings.

but would the price be on par ?

PCP Ammuntion Polymer-Cased (Plastic-Cased) Ammo Goes Prime Time at SHOT Show 2012 Media Day: Ultra-Lightweight Rifle/Machine Gun Ammo is Combat Ready! (Video!)

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More Marines Will Test Lighter Polymer-Cased Ammunition as Experiments Expand to Fleet

Marines will get to see for themselves how lighter rounds hold up in the field.

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[SaltyMonkey]

Cool idea but not sure if we would see any savings in the civilian market for some time.

 

[HansGruber]

Downside: non reloadable.

There are some serious implications to that, at least in the civilian side.

 

[Recusant]

Downside: non reloadable.

There are some serious implications to that, at least in the civilian side.

Yes, you are right! It would make it much easier for the gov't to ration ammo if reloading supplies became impossible to find.

 

[SaltyMonkey]

Not throwing shade but also consider the recent sig fiasco.
It may be the way of the future but I’ll wait a bit.

 

[BobM]

Marines are looking into polymer cased ammo for the .50 cal and expanding from there. Army is as well for even the 5.56 or new 6.8 ammo.
I think if it passes the military tests, I’d be up for it at a 25% weight savings.

but would the price be on par ?

PCP Ammuntion Polymer-Cased (Plastic-Cased) Ammo Goes Prime Time at SHOT Show 2012 Media Day: Ultra-Lightweight Rifle/Machine Gun Ammo is Combat Ready! (Video!)

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos and video clips contained in this article were shot by DefenseReview.com (DR), and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these materials. The photos and video clips were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital...

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More Marines Will Test Lighter Polymer-Cased Ammunition as Experiments Expand to Fleet

Marines will get to see for themselves how lighter rounds hold up in the field.

www.military.com

Thanks for posting KF,
Interesting articles, achievements and concepts. Pro's and con's? Weight reduction at what actual cost savings if any?
Pretty cool advancements? Another form of non or slowly degrading non recyclable litter technology?

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

25% is case weight only, but doesn't help really. Bad for the ones who have to carry it. Not much freight savings either. Still interesting!

 

[C. Sumpin]

Downside: non reloadable.

There are some serious implications to that, at least in the civilian side.

Importance of collecting and saving brass just went up a notch.............

 

[Bassbob]

I'll stick with brass thank you very much.

 

[Recusant]

Breech loaders using brass cased ammo could have been supplied to the Union army during the Civil War, but the top brass in charge preferred muzzle loaders. Remember, Alvin York was brought up using a black power rifle, and until he was drafted for WW1 he hadn't shot a bolt action rifle. Us old timers are a stubborn bunch, but change is the only constant in the universe.