Small Cal Amunition Experience
Arrow Tech has worked on ammunition in virtually every caliber between 0.17 caliber (both air gun pellets & centerfire rifle) up to 8 inch howitzer, bullets, propellants, ignition systems, cartridge cases (& the interactions with the chamber), fuzes, armor penetration, trajectory matches, radar data reduction, bullet-barrel interactions (including in-bore balloting and body engraving) and rifling design. Below is an incomplete list of the small caliber ammunition projects Arrow Tech has worked over the years:
- 0.177 & 0.22 cal: Airgun Pellet
- .17 cal: long range projectile design
- .22 cal: green rimfire projectile design
- 5.56x45mm: brass & plastic cartridge case – chamber interaction studies
- 5.56x45mm: aluminum cartridge case – chamber interaction studies
- 5.56mm: engraving force measurements
- 5.56x45mm: dispersion reduction (M855, M855A1 & M856A1)
- .25 cal “bio bullet”: stability and dispersion
- 7.62mm: engraving force measurements (M80, commercial hunting bullets)
- 7.62x51mm: rifling geometry & Barrel Twist study (M80, Mk316)
- 7.62x51mm: projectile construction / dispersion interaction study (M80, M118 & Barnes Triple Shock)
- 7.62mm staged high velocity launcher
- 8.5mm projectile design trade study (development)
- 9mm training projectile dispersion study
- 9mm marker projectile flight dynamics
- 12.7x99mm: M962 SLAP-T Structural Investigation
- 12.7x99mm: .50 cal cartridge case – chamber interaction studies for XM806 gun
- 12 Gauge sabot slug aerodynamic & dispersion analysis
- 12 Gauge Statically Stable Cargo projectile
