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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    So, I've heard that it a hit from a hammer while it's burning provides sufficient shock. As far as the fumes go, we got to rig some charges when I was a cadet, and the stuff has a very chemically smell to it. Anything that smells like that in its stable form would have to release some nasty...
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    I've only heard good things about their performance in Vietnam. There was one story recounted in a memoir I read where a firebase was having issues with VC harassing them every evening with some mortar rounds. A ROK squad went out after one such episode and came back a few hours later with a...
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    New 1860 Army

    Those wedges are pretty tight when the pistols are new. As was mentioned earlier, a nylon mallet will work. Use the edge of the mallets face when the wedge goes in far enough to be flat with the barrel.
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    CCI #11 Magnum Percussion Caps at Midway USA

    The Tampa Walmart is crap for ammo-related items of any type.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    Heck, so many of us are getting so interested, we could probably each bring one round and have enough to do the test.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    I'm thinking it's a set of lug recesses where the arbor would normally screw in, and the arbor has lugs that turn into and engage those recesses.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    That's still doable. Taking part in the torture test of a new gun concept would be worth a few hours of driving.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    If you're talking about northern Colorado, I could make it there, too.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    Now, I can see how that design works. That is certainly feasible.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    Hey, I made the offer first! I won't be selfish, though. I'm more than willing to be part of a team of torture testers.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    And capability in that unmentionable capability is where the real proof of the structure would arise. If your one-of-these-days concept involves securing the barrel assembly from the end of the arbor where it protrudes from under the barrel, I could see it being able to hold up to a good bit...
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    But the wedge and slots still bear all of that force. You need bigger slots with more material around them to keep the wedge and slots from being deformed by repeated exposure to high pressures in that 35,000 PSI and up range. Think about the back edge of the wedge as a blade. The narrower it...
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    It seems that the wedge and barrel slot would have to pretty huge to prevent deformation with the use of higher pressure loads. Even with absolutely precise fitting to prevent less than perfect contact between the wedge and the rear of the slot, that force would have to be distributed over a...
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    I actually want to see a modern centerfire chambering of .357 Magnum or larger used to test that. I doubt Mike has seen any adverse effects on the lug, given the lower pressures associated with black powder loadings.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    200 rounds with that cylinder certainly provides a data point, but you'll need to see how it does after a few thousand rounds for more data. In fact, I would do examinations of the weapon after every 500 rounds to look for changes indicating wear from the centerfire ammo. With that being said...
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    We hit that point where income exceeds debt a long time ago, but my wife gets annoyed with the space my guns and related stuff take up. And I used the shifty method when I got my 1860 Army. I figured she wouldn't notice it was something new. She did, though. It probably had to do with the...
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    The fact that there is a removable component in the mix between where the cylinder is and the barrel means that there is a lack of rigidity. To handle high pressures, there really needs to be more rigidity than what can be provided where a wedge holds everything together. Even the barrel...
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    If my wife wouldn't complain about it, I'd already have a bunch more.
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    Hey, that's the order in which I got mine, too. It's fun to put hands on different design concepts, isn't it?
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    What are you putting your money on. Draw

    That is quite true. But revolvers begin to fail over time as parts stretch or compress from repeated recoil. The wedge does get compressed over time in an open-top design.
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