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Posted: 1/5/2006 2:25:02 PM EDT
 I just wanted to give everyone at ARFCOM the heads-up that the article I penned on the NATEC PCA-Spectrum ammo will be coming out in the March issue of Small Arms Review Magazine. We briefly discussed it here when I was in the process of testing and it is now wrapped up and gone to the printer. I think some of you folks are going to have fun with this stuff. Most Sincerely, Jeff W. Zimba - ARFCOM Industry Partner Production Manager Small Arms Review Magazine p.s. I also have articles on the STG-15L, the Fall Knob Creek Shoot and SAR SHOW 2005 in the same issue. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 2:58:53 PM EDT
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I'll have to be sure to pick one up. Thanks for the heads up.
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Posted: 1/5/2006 3:28:04 PM EDT
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I used this stuff when I first got my rifle. It really cuts back on weight, a fully loaded mag feels like half the weight of one with brass cases.
The only gripe I had was that I've had a few bullets fall out of the casings(2), but they were being handled pretty rough. |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 4:27:14 AM EDT
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I have yet to have any failures like that at all. It worked great and I was actually quite surprised with how well it did run and shoot. The cyclic rates are a little lower than with the brass-case Norinco I was measuring it against, and the velocity was @200 fps slower but it was more consistant than anything else I was measuring during the testing.
Jeff Z |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 4:44:36 AM EDT
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Must resist..., must resist...
Resistance is futile... Oh look, fathion ammo for the Than Franthisco thooters.  Maybe it would have been better if the cases were red and blue, you know red state, blue state. The ones for the blue states wouldn't have any powder, just dummy rounds.  That way everyone would be safe!  |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 5:41:13 AM EDT
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200 fps slower? That's giving up quite a bit.....
Simon |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:02:13 AM EDT
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The average muzzle velocity was as follows.
------------------------------ 16" Barrel NATEC - 2927fps NORINCO - 3105fps 178fps difference ------------------------------ 11.5" Barrel NATEC - 2574fps NORINCO - 2709fps 135fps difference Jeff Z |
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