Pressure Testing

NE Newton 2 years ago

For the engineers and ballisticians

Ways to measure pressure

As done by SAAMi / CIP / Arms manufacturers

MUST be someone doing this in .. SA

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OA oafpatroll

Does Somchem do it? I called them once and the secretary knew something about it, but I did not get through to the lab.

I got some load development testing done by the ballisticians at Somchem about 7 years back or so. It was for a variety of specialized 12G slugs that I was thinking of doing commercially and the data included pressure numbers for different shot column configurations per load.

NE Newton OP

SOMCHEM not necessarily but anyone that makes ammunition - including military ammo MUST do
So the other part of DENEL

SOMCHEM will have equipment used to test propellants

Closed Bomb

Different machine / different equipment - different purposes

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Does Somchem do it? I called them once and the secretary knew something about it, but I did not get through to the lab.

NE Newton OP

Some further insights

Ammunition Pressure Testing

One needs a testing centre / workshop with a setup like this where you can take your hand-loads to be tested.