BIT? .22 cal charges

[ButchS1066]

Since Bill did the gruntwork, I'll do the fun part.

Pic 1 is a Tangfolio E22B and an assortment of .22 blank loads for my Ramset tool. Powder actuated tool loads are given both a number and color code. Lvl1=Grey, Lvl2=Brown, Lvl3=Green, Lvl4=Yellow, Lvl5=Red, and Lvl6=Purple. I don't have any Grey or Green loads to test.

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Pic 2 is the target, a 2" thick Priority Mail box full of packing peanuts. After taking the pic I added a piece of 3/4" plywood as a backstop. Testing was carried out with the muzzle about two feet from the box.

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Pic 3 is the target after testing. The brown and yellow loads peppered the box with powder, no other effect. The red and purple loads aren't crimped like the others, they have a paper wad in the end like old shotgun shells. The wad from the red load disintergrated, leaving a dent and two ragged holes in the box. The wads from the purple loads cleanly penetrated the front of the box. Nothing penetrated the back of the box.

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Non of the loads recoiled in the least, though the red and purple loads had a clearly visible muzzle flash. Noise wise, the brown load is about as loud as a party popper, the purple is about as loud as a firecracker.

Pic 4 is the spent cases. The yellow load split along one of the crimp lines.

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Now you know.

[Rumpshot]

Very interesting. I would have expected a louder report, but otherwise pretty much what I expected.

I knew some of them were crimped like a blank cartridge. I did not know about the wads.

The split case is pretty much to be expected as it is unsupported.

Next question, are they corrosive?

Thanks, Rumpshot.

[ButchS1066]

I figure without anything solid to push against they don't build much pressure, hence the minimal report. Corrosive? With as infrequently as the typical Ramset/Hilti gun gets cleaned, I don't think so.