Originally Posted by
OS OK
Isn't this why we are having such a good time here? All of us...well...some of us 'flailing' around and digging deeper for clues? Getting lots of data, discovering subtle little things that trim a little overall group size...you know a person can learn from getting it 'right & wrong'...all depends on what you take away from something...right?
I remember a couple years ago when 'milk jug busting' was fun to watch on video...some very big explosions & some not so big but everyone having a good time watching. Some folks putting little yellow rubber duckies on the jug top and seeing how high they'd launch...I used ping pong balls for a good effect...
Several people started guessing at how much velocity a typical .45ACP HP would loose going through the first jug...well...I mulled on it for a while and came up with a hair-brain experiment.
Why not put the chrony behind the jug and clock it on the exit...sure enough I got the numbers. 908 fps going into the jug and 450 fps coming out with a perfect mushroom, kept all it's weight and we discovered that the first jug consumes 1/2 of the energy in that short little distance from front to back, providing your blend was good.
In a round about way, that's what we are doing here...looking under stones that haven't been turned over in a while or ever? Can't have more fun that that unless we get some one-holers once and a while for a bonus for our efforts.
I appreciate everyone's input especially since we have gone this long without any big arguments from anyone...that's saying something right there!