Russian silenced cartridges SP-3, et al


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Telperion
December 30, 2007, 11:25 PM
http://world.guns.ru/ammo/sp-e.htm

With regard to these exotic cartridges, it seems that with any appreciable amount of powder, the cartridge case would become a dangerous pressure vessel once the piston sealed it up. Was the powder charge kept very low, or were the case walls made thicker to compensate?

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