APFSDS rounds

[SpudFarm]

i just started to work on my darts for the 1" steel plate and thought: "hmm i am pretty bored, mabe i can play abit with my huge drill press" so i did and was thinking i could make a notch on the back of the penetrator to catch it in the plate to look on the damage to the point of it and decide if i made it hard enough for future thicker plates.

so i made a 3mm deep notch and it was pretty fun so i started to make it look pretty and you can look on the pic and tell me if i did it well.


so i used was a 1cm thick steel bar, a flat file, a triangle shaped file, a 1600rpm drill press, a hacksaw and some sand paper for the looks.
i started of with the hacksaw, just pressed it against the steel and it cut itself in there. then i used a file of choice to make it look better and finally sandpaper to make it shiny.

enough talk!

[jrrdw]

What will you use for the fletching and how will you hold it on the dart?

[SpudFarm]

if i want to shoot at some range i can weld on some fins, but in the testing i will be doing point blank shots.

[Hotwired]

Not too close

I did an extreme point blank shot against some steel coins backed by a chunk of wood.

The plastic slug acting as the bore filler for the penetrator wasn't entirely clear of the barrel when the tip made contact so it expanded IN the barrel tip and flared it out slightly

[SpudFarm]

hmm point blank will be two round lengthes i guess

[SEAKING9006]

Drill presses are amazing things. If you know what you're doing, you can make a $40 drill press work as a mill, lathe, anything you want. I'm getting a new vise to put on mine that will make it able to work as a vertical mill. Will be very useful.

[SpudFarm]

well i just decided that if i can't find the money somewhere i will sell my trials bike and get a lathe..

then if i can use it i might start to go on high pressures as larda did

[Sticky_Tape]

Oh, I have done that stuff before for coat hanger wire darts works pretty good and looks good too good job.

[SpudFarm]

thanks! it is a bit scary when your finders almost jam to the steel rod!

i am going to do some more on it soon

[Sticky_Tape]

Jam on the steel rod? Never had that happen to me.

[SpudFarm]

i press a hacksaw against it and it suddenly goes against the finger.. fork that as i made a simple counter wait for that..

two new darts will be up in a sec one is a mean heavy fin stabilized one

[Sticky_Tape]

I don't get it but anyway. won't the welded on fins not allow the dart to penetrate?

[SpudFarm]

if it make it all the way to the fins is would have penetrated, and i rapibly cooled it after the welding so it is brittle.

i may machine a deep groove in front of the fins so it will snap.

[Sticky_Tape]

You mean drill press a grove?

[SpudFarm]

or simply make a groove

made a sabbot..