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Wadding is often used to keep a delicate projectile from exploding upon firing, or to seal up small power-sapping gaps between projectile and barrel. | '''Wadding''' is essentialy a [[sabot]] that mearly fits behind the projectiles, and it preforms essentialy the same function, but is easier to construct than an enclosing sabot. | ||
They are often used to keep a delicate projectile from exploding upon firing, and/or to seal up small power-sapping gaps between projectile and barrel. [http://forums.spudtech.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=129 common waddings]. | |||
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Revision as of 16:41, 14 September 2006
Wadding is essentialy a sabot that mearly fits behind the projectiles, and it preforms essentialy the same function, but is easier to construct than an enclosing sabot.
They are often used to keep a delicate projectile from exploding upon firing, and/or to seal up small power-sapping gaps between projectile and barrel. common waddings.