From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 7/25/2024 6:41 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 7/25/2024 3:14 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v7uhei$2f4on$1@dont-email.me...   
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   >> In this case I was mostly just playing.  I have some real parts I'd like   
   >> to inject with ABS, but I don't think I have enough machine for it.  I   
   >> have considered I might set the whole machine in one of the presses, and   
   >> push directly on the piston rod.  20 tons ought to do it doncha think.   
   >> Bob La Londe   
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   >> According to John Taylor 20 tons is the chamber pressure of a .577   
   >> elephant rifle which can solve any problem it's applied to.   
   >> (Cordite's pressure increases in African heat.)   
   >> However that solution is said to kill at one end and maim at the other.   
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   > Ah, one of those older lower pressure rounds.  Lots of modern cartridges   
   > run around 50,000-55,000 PSI.   
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      With that much surface area on the base of the bullet you don't need   
   a lot of pressure .   
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