8mm mauser bullet cross section

[David1974]

Here is a bullet cross section of that RWS E37 ammunition. I thought it was really interesting to see inside the round.

 

[gewehr76]

Thank you for showing this. Its the middle part that has tendency to come back towards shooter when shooting at hard steel targets or back stops.

 

[M1-Garand]

Thank you for showing this. Its the middle part that has tendency to come back towards shooter when shooting at hard steel targets or back stops.

We used to make center punches out of them.

 

[bros]

I wonder if that would be considered a semi AP round if the carbide end mill had a hard time. What is carbide of that grade 65 rockwell c? That stuff should penetrate mild plate with relative ease.
By the way....really neat to see that cross section.

 

[David1974]

I was more surprised to see that inner layer of copper. Anyone know why they would put it in there? Bros... believe me it does.

 

[donor]

I was more surprised to see that inner layer of copper. Anyone know why they would put it in there? Bros... believe me it does.

It could be just part of technological process.Maybe it was necessary for jackets to be copperplated before lead and steel insert were there?

 

[Meroh]

It could be just part of technological process.Maybe it was necessary for jackets to be copperplated before lead and steel insert were there?

That's my guess; copper plated inside and out; inner sub assembly inserted from the front end, then the whole thing swagged to shape.

 

[sail32]

K bullet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_bullet