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al-xg wrote:I didn't know whether to say "Thank You" or "Thanks" so I said

Thank!

hehe!

I think longer tungsten(not tungsten carbide) rods could possibly work quite well here, seeing how the nail performed.

If they have to go through spaced layers though, we woulld need much stronger fins... or a drag stabilised shotgun slug type projectile with a hollow tail.

Nails :

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If they have to go through spaced layers though, we woulld need much stronger fins... or a drag stabilised shotgun slug type projectile with a hollow tail.

I'm thinking something more like 80-150mm depending on the thickness and susceptibility to buckling.
There are no constraints for trying to use cartridges here, so I'd say the longer you can get away with the better.
They should also stay a lot straighter when going through spacing like that.

Tungsten III :

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Tungsten

that's pretty impressive

ohh and I love the sound that your gun makes... sounds almost like silenced weapons from movies

yes, it makes no noise, fortunately it's powerful!

another video:

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al-xg wrote:There are no constraints for trying to use cartridges here, so I'd say the longer you can get away with the better.
They should also stay a lot straighter when going through spacing like that.

True - it would obviously fly slower but the extreme sectional density should more than make up for it.

Tungsten III

Fantastic!

Shame you didn't have enough backing behind the plate in order to retrieve the tungsten, should have rested it on the beam

I'm fascinated by the marks around the entry hole. It can't be fin fragments, delrin wouldn't make that sort of impression on steel. My theory is that fragments from the back of the rod break off on impact and are thrown by their forward momentum into the front face of the plate. If you could find one after firing, we can confirm it

given the mark of the second layer profile, she looks intact thy rod.

behind the white wood there was a profile!
I found two small pieces ...

How far away was the shot on that last video ?

There is a flash of something in that slowed down bit at the end, maybe just the rust but it looks like it's actually emitting light.

it is the tip steel makes sparks!

Petitlu wrote:behind the white wood there was a profile!
I found two small pieces ...

Wow, that is comprehensively shattered!

There is a flash of something in that slowed down bit at the end, maybe just the rust but it looks like it's actually emitting light.

steel on steel makes sparks, even at low velocities:

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"Show us"

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Petitlu wrote:"Show us"

EDIT !

I saw, I saw

That certainly explains the pitting around the entry hole!

It's almost like you have accidental FAP!

Yes! is that correct, it's an FAP!

Oups!