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20 X 102 graphite coated Vulcan case

SG500

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Just a few pictures of an odd case.
I'm assuming its graphite coated (quite slippery and scratches off) Vulcan case - the case is made out of some sort of light alloy.

The projectile is probably wrong, I just put a nice projectile in the case to make it look better.

Any information on this would be appreciated.

All INERT etc.

Dave.
 

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Graphite or Teflon?

Hi SG500 are you sure it is (quote) "Graphite coated" or do you actually mean "Teflon" coated as I have not heard of a Graphite coated case?????

Teflon or P.T.F.E. as we also know it has been played around with for those difficult case extraction scenario's (Oerlikon I believe tried it out for the 35mm but abandoned it due to its toxicity when heated).
Nice round as always.
 
Chris I've got a green teflon coated Vulcan and it feels completely different to this one but you may be correct - I'll dig it out and take a photo sometime. The surface comes off too easily to be teflon.

I'm sure I've heard of graphite coated rounds, graphite after all is a good lubricant but you may be correct, anyone else up on this sort of thing?

Dave.
 
Graphite it is !

Dave if the coating comes off your "Graphite" round then I bow to your knowledge on that one as any kind of P.T.F.E. coating would not be easily removed.
 
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