Save a snowman……use ballistic gel.
as much snow as we had this year, i'd rather shoot snowmen! and run them down with the plow, and laugh when they finally melt!Save a snowman……use ballistic gel.
I get that! but ain't no snowman melting here,, they're all still froze solid from November!i'd rather shoot snowmen! and run them down with the plow, and laugh when they finally melt!
ready for spring.
Recovered revolver balls are slightly elongated in line with the bore, enough so you can see it and don’t have to measure themwondering if patched round balls are still round after being driven down the barrel and then fired?
plus, pounding the load turns the loose powder into a pellet. wonder if that's where the idea for pellets came from?What I want to know is just what does a round ball, or conical for that matter, look like after the shooter has bounced his ramrod on it 15 times. Every time I see that, I just cringe.
I have always believed there's some obturation, like a baseball being hit by a bat, but the topic is always debated in length here on the forum.
It's the basics of internal ballistics,,
It would have been a good topic for the show "Myth Busters" too try to solve.
Seems like so many shooters have the mistaken notion that powder needs to be compacted as hard as possible when in reality, just snug is fine. You just have to remove the air gap.plus, pounding the load turns the loose powder into a pellet. wonder if that's where the idea for pellets came from?
Yeah was gonna say... looks like I need to break out the molds and make a COSTCO run for some sacks of dry gelatin, and shoot the rb's into the gel.Save a snowman……use ballistic gel.
What I want to know is just what does a round ball, or conical for that matter, look like after the shooter has bounced his ramrod on it 15 times. Every time I see that, I just cringe.
No they are not perfectly round while in flight but slightly elliptical , more like a football with two round ends and a belt in the middle. Two reasons for this is loading pressure of soft lead and bump up from powder gas pressure.wondering if patched round balls are still round after being driven down the barrel and then fired?
No.wondering if patched round balls are still round after being driven down the barrel and then fired?
wondering if patched round balls are still round after being driven down the barrel and then fired?
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