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Thought this might interest 1 or 2 people on here.
For those unaware of what goes on in the 50bmg world, there are a couple specialty rounds that have become pretty coveted. Namely the Mk211 Raufoss (white/green tip) and the SLAP(T) rounds. The Raufoss is an explosive round with a tungsten penetrator. The SLAP (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator) and SLAP-T (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator Tracer) are tungsten penetrator rounds fired at very high muzzle velocities of close to 4000 FPS. The Raufoss specifically is easily faked, as the only way to really tell if its real or not is to have a round x-rayed. This is a pretty big deal since they currently run about $100/rd.
On one of the other forums there was some discussion about the Raufoss round, and the topic of x-rays came up. This got me thinking. I've got a couple 50bmg rounds, and access to an x-ray machine, let me try to take some images myself. I found someone locally that had a Raufoss round, so I thought perfect, let me add that to the rounds to be x-rayed. He actually had the SLAP rounds too, so I've pretty much got all the "common" 50bmg rounds to x-ray.
These were the rounds I took images of. With the exception of the silver tip API, I believe they were all factory loaded.
From top to bottom they are, M33 ball, M17 Tracer, API, APIT, Mk211 Raufoss, SLAP, SLAP-T, AMAX
Tracer - API - APIT Here you can see the slightly lighter cavities in the center of the tracer rounds on either end. The dark portion in the center round is a lead cap on the end of the API.
Mk211 Raufoss The very light tip is the incendiary, followed by the slightly darker portion in the middle which is the RDX explosive. The very dark area is the tungsten penetrator, with a lead cap at the tail.
AMAX - SLAP - SLAP-T The aluminum tip of the AMAX can't be seen in the x-ray. The SLAP-T on the right is slightly longer to house the tracer material with a lead cap. I was surprised the penetrator of the SLAP in the center doesn't actually get inserted deeper into the casing.
Here's a disassembled SLAP round so you can see its parts.
For those unaware of what goes on in the 50bmg world, there are a couple specialty rounds that have become pretty coveted. Namely the Mk211 Raufoss (white/green tip) and the SLAP(T) rounds. The Raufoss is an explosive round with a tungsten penetrator. The SLAP (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator) and SLAP-T (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator Tracer) are tungsten penetrator rounds fired at very high muzzle velocities of close to 4000 FPS. The Raufoss specifically is easily faked, as the only way to really tell if its real or not is to have a round x-rayed. This is a pretty big deal since they currently run about $100/rd.
On one of the other forums there was some discussion about the Raufoss round, and the topic of x-rays came up. This got me thinking. I've got a couple 50bmg rounds, and access to an x-ray machine, let me try to take some images myself. I found someone locally that had a Raufoss round, so I thought perfect, let me add that to the rounds to be x-rayed. He actually had the SLAP rounds too, so I've pretty much got all the "common" 50bmg rounds to x-ray.
These were the rounds I took images of. With the exception of the silver tip API, I believe they were all factory loaded.
From top to bottom they are, M33 ball, M17 Tracer, API, APIT, Mk211 Raufoss, SLAP, SLAP-T, AMAX
Tracer - API - APIT Here you can see the slightly lighter cavities in the center of the tracer rounds on either end. The dark portion in the center round is a lead cap on the end of the API.
Mk211 Raufoss The very light tip is the incendiary, followed by the slightly darker portion in the middle which is the RDX explosive. The very dark area is the tungsten penetrator, with a lead cap at the tail.
AMAX - SLAP - SLAP-T The aluminum tip of the AMAX can't be seen in the x-ray. The SLAP-T on the right is slightly longer to house the tracer material with a lead cap. I was surprised the penetrator of the SLAP in the center doesn't actually get inserted deeper into the casing.
Here's a disassembled SLAP round so you can see its parts.
