purely expeimental cartridge

I doubt it.

 

Read the name of the cartridge again. I don't think it is real.

 

Mavbe SW an shed some light on this.
I'm just wondering what alloy is used for the projectile
to be able to keep itself together at those velocities.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Eargesplitten_Loudenboomer

Wiki thinks it's real...

 

it is a real round, but as it says, experimanetal. brass life would be one or two reloads at most with that shoulder design, plus making teh brass in teh first place would be difficult and expensive, as making that type of shouler requres about half a dozen forming steps. for purely academic tudies of maximum speed it is an interesting round.

IIRC the last article i saw on it said they were using solid copper bullets of spitzer profile, custom made.

there are only two rifles in existence for this caliber as well according to the article.

SW

 

And SW owns one of them. LOL

 

Wow, that sounds like a Bugs Bunny name! I would not have believed it. Cool.

 

It IS a Bugs Bunny name....sort of. Ackley made the round just to see if he could get over 5000fps, I doubt he was worried about selling it, or having to put the name on a box....it didn't go fast enough, and he moved on... The round and the name were really just for fun...although if it had worked, he might have done something with the data.

Here's some WIKI for you..."Ackley was not just a wildcatter, he was a researcher as well, often testing firearms to destruction in the search for information. He also produced a number of experimental cartridges, not intended to be practical, but rather to test the limits of firearms. One of these experimental cartridges was the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer. This humorously named cartridge was developed by Ackley for Bob Hutton of Guns & Ammo magazine, and was intended solely to exceed 5,000 ft/s (1,500 m/s) muzzle velocity. Ackley's loads only managed 4,600 ft/s (1,400 m/s), firing a 50-grain (3.2 g) bullet. Based on a .378 Weatherby Magnum case, the case is impractically overpowered for the bore diameter, and so the cartridge remains a curiosity.[8]

Another humorous round, the .17 Flintstone Super Eyebunger, based on the .22-250 necked down to .17 caliber, has been used by Australian gunsmith Bill Hambly-Clark, Jr. to achieve velocities of 4,798 ft/s (1,462 m/s) out of a 52-inch (1,300 mm) barreled gun.[5]

 

And SW owns one of them. LOL

i only wish. i still kick myself for selling my 416 dakota magnum.

SW

 

I can only imagine the exit wound from a cartridge like that. That thing is crazy.

 

I can only imagine the exit wound from a cartridge like that. That thing is crazy.

with velocities like that the bullet would either zip right through leaving a clean entrance and exit, or massivly fragment, levaing only small bits. at 4500+ FPS metal does strange things.

SW

 

I once saw a .50 cal case necked down to a .30 cal bullet.....completely impractical as the bullet was a 180 grain round nose....probably would have disintegrated in the barrel

 

I once saw a .50 cal case necked down to a .30 cal bullet.....completely impractical as the bullet was a 180 grain round nose....probably would have disintegrated in the barrel

SLAP
SLAP is the armor piercing design by Winchester, developed for the USMC. Tungsten steel penetrator, approx .32 caliber. Designated M903, it is Saboted Light Armor Penetrator. SLAP is NOT intended for rifle use due to the presence of muzzle brakes.

 

I once saw a .50 cal case necked down to a .30 cal bullet.....completely impractical as the bullet was a 180 grain round nose....probably would have disintegrated in the barrel

SLAP
SLAP is the armor piercing design by Winchester, developed for the USMC. Tungsten steel penetrator, approx .32 caliber. Designated M903, it is Saboted Light Armor Penetrator. SLAP is NOT intended for rifle use due to the presence of muzzle brakes.

i think he means the 30-50 improved. the 50 cal case was shortened about 1.2", and step-necked to 30 cal. teh SLAP round was full 50 caliber, but used a sabot to shoot a 30 cal bullet.

SW

 

i think he means the 30-50 improved. the 50 cal case was shortened about 1.2", and step-necked to 30 cal. the SLAP round was full 50 caliber, but used a sabot to shoot a 30 cal bullet.

I knew what he was talking about just throwing out some options,it just simpler to buy some 50 cal. sabots and load some 06 AP bullets for the 50 cal. bolt gun,of course you need to screw off the muzzle brake so you don't blow it off. Those little buggers leave the muzzle at almost 5K+ and punch through 2.5" steel plate like butter.

 

odd name but a powerfull bugger

 

Shooting rodents just went to a whole new level!!!!

 

As a kid, I had a .257 Roberts. I lathe turned some bullets out of brass and aluminum. Don't remember the weight but they were light compared to the factory bullets. Hand loaded them to top loads for the factory light bullets.

The results were spectacular. I shot them at aluminum pop cans full of water. The bullets never came out the other side. They just exploded on contact with the can. The water turned to a large mist, the can split down the front and went totally flat. The top blew away and the bottom just sat there with a small tab left to support the totally flat sides of the can.

I don't know the velocity of the load but I am sure it must have been slower than the afore mentioned .22. Shooting things with high velocity bullets is fun!

 

I'm waiting for rail guns to become viable, velocity squared! 8)