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squashing the lead when the big light comes on.
Here's a good topic to stimulate some thought.
We all know that lead BULLETS obturate, read upset, or shorten, or squash, to fill the rifling grooves.
Now here's the question for you all to ponder and hopefully respond to.
Does the lowly ROUNDBALL obturate?
Is so why?
If not why?
Let me venture my not so humble opinion.
(Being as I have TWO science degrees means I don't know doodly-squat.) :bull:
According to Newton a body at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. Like the "big light" when the powder goes swoosh-boom.
Now we all know that lead BULLETS shorten because the back of the bullet moves a milli-second before the front does causing what we call obturation or upset so the bullet fills the grooves of the rifling and thus spins and hopefully aids accuracy.
My question is does the roundball "shorten" slightly when the big light goes on?
Bullets of course have much more mass than the round ball, but it stands to reason, (in my head) that the roundball would also shorten slightly due to rapid acceleration just as the bullet does.
I've seen stop action photo's of the ball exiting the barrel and the ball ain't round no more. It looks a bit like the cap of a mushroom.
Anyway I'd appreciate your thoughts, comments, quips, quotes, dirty jokes, or whatever on this topic. ::
Here's a good topic to stimulate some thought.
We all know that lead BULLETS obturate, read upset, or shorten, or squash, to fill the rifling grooves.
Now here's the question for you all to ponder and hopefully respond to.
Does the lowly ROUNDBALL obturate?
Is so why?
If not why?
Let me venture my not so humble opinion.
(Being as I have TWO science degrees means I don't know doodly-squat.) :bull:
According to Newton a body at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. Like the "big light" when the powder goes swoosh-boom.
Now we all know that lead BULLETS shorten because the back of the bullet moves a milli-second before the front does causing what we call obturation or upset so the bullet fills the grooves of the rifling and thus spins and hopefully aids accuracy.
My question is does the roundball "shorten" slightly when the big light goes on?
Bullets of course have much more mass than the round ball, but it stands to reason, (in my head) that the roundball would also shorten slightly due to rapid acceleration just as the bullet does.
I've seen stop action photo's of the ball exiting the barrel and the ball ain't round no more. It looks a bit like the cap of a mushroom.
Anyway I'd appreciate your thoughts, comments, quips, quotes, dirty jokes, or whatever on this topic. ::
