Grendel as a Universal Infantry Cartridge

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No that's not what I said.

I don't think anyone here doubts Bill A in the least. Those numbers show that the load could have been accomplished at anywhere from a 39ksi to a 50ksi load. This supposts both what I said in this thread and what Bill A has told us.

Did you not say that the Wolf ammo is 10k psi below SAAMI spec? Bill said it tested at ~50k psi. You can't both be right.

With recent events I wonder if they hadn’t already made a substantial order of powder for the 110gr steel core projectile, and then had to switch the projectile last minute because of the ruling on the 5.45 ammo. Rather than going back to the drawing board, selecting a new projectile, and selecting a powder for the projectile, they may have selected the new projectile based on the powder in hand.

As I previously noted, a year and a half ago Bill posted that Barnaul planned to use a 100gr -- not 110gr -- steel-core FMJBT bullet. Weight of the current bullet is unchanged from that of 2012.

Try again.