For the engineers and ballisticians
Ways to measure pressure (https://www.theballisticassistant.com/ways-to-measure-pressure/)
As done by SAAMi / CIP / Arms manufacturers
MUST be someone doing this in .. SA
Some further insights
Ammunition Pressure Testing (https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/ammunition-pressure-testing/458750)
One needs a testing centre / workshop with a setup like this where you can take your hand-loads to be tested.
Does Somchem do it? I called them once and the secretary knew something about it, but I did not get through to the lab.
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 (https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADB015387)
Different machine / different equipment - different purposes
Quote from: Ds J on Sep 09, 2024, 12:25 PMDoes 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.