Not even that.
I remember reading somewhere (long ago) that the mass of the primary explosive itself minus binding agents (usu. lead styphnate combined with lead peroxide) contained within a primer is on the order of just a few tens of milligrams; 10 - 25 milligrams depending upon application. Same goes for the compound used in non-toxic primers DDNP (diazodinitrophenol). So, at most, we are talking about an individual pellet mass of about 1/6th to 1/3rd of a grain?
For a case of ammunition containing 1,000 rounds, assuming the maximum explosive composition mass of 25 mg, there would be about 2.5 grams in the whole case lot. That's just less than a tenth of an ounce total (per 1,000 rounds) versus the total mass of 370 grams meaning that there's about 367.5 grams of propellant (give or take a gram) in the entire case of ammunition. In this case the primary explosive compound makes up a paltry 0.7% of the total explosive mass.
Last edited by the Schwartz; 06-19-2019 at 03:45 AM.
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.37kg is 370g.
https://www.convertunits.com/from/kg/to/g
My guess is that it's a Euro hazmat labeling thing.
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Sometimes not even that many.
I used to do 1-2k per week. For me it quickly became noise not improvement.
If I’ve got something I want to sharpen I’ll do maybe 100 rounds day for 3 days in a row. If I’m just trying to make sure I know which end is the flashy one I can get by with 50 rounds a week
I do have my own range though and can shoot anytime I want so the pressure of trying to squeeze something into a schedule isn’t there
We do get a lot of trigger time on varmints though so maybe that’s cheating