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How fast did weapons and ammo technology really advance and when did it happen?
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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1870477" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>In answer to my original question, what was the real cause of the jump... it appears to be almost certainly due to IMR-17 hitting the market. Quantities of surplus powders, specifically that one which were available were huge and it was bleeding edge technology used in all of the military rifles of the first world war. That much innovation hitting that rapidly fueled a new era of problems and solutions to those problems (like how to deal with fouling from cupro-nickel jackets) which ended up with things like 4064 coming out which has lasted right up until today. I have 2lbs of 4064 in the powder cabinet. </p><p></p><p>People also might find interesting that copper fouling remover additives have been around since WW1. Things like tin and bismuth which form very brittle alloys when mixed with copper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1870477, member: 96226"] In answer to my original question, what was the real cause of the jump... it appears to be almost certainly due to IMR-17 hitting the market. Quantities of surplus powders, specifically that one which were available were huge and it was bleeding edge technology used in all of the military rifles of the first world war. That much innovation hitting that rapidly fueled a new era of problems and solutions to those problems (like how to deal with fouling from cupro-nickel jackets) which ended up with things like 4064 coming out which has lasted right up until today. I have 2lbs of 4064 in the powder cabinet. People also might find interesting that copper fouling remover additives have been around since WW1. Things like tin and bismuth which form very brittle alloys when mixed with copper. [/QUOTE]
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