From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 2/21/2025 9:45 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Leon Fisk"  wrote in message news:vpa2g8$3e2fq$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > That new Federal steel case is designed for 80,000 PSI as the standard   
   > load. The material is suppose to be able to expand slightly to help   
   > keep the case locked in the chamber and not blow back against the bolt   
   > as hard. Can be reloaded too but didn't see any detail on that yet. Not   
   > that I went looking for it either.   
   >   
   > Speculation was that it will be used to boost older rounds pressure too   
   > for newer guns that could probably handle the higher pressure...   
   > --   
   > Leon Fisk   
   > Grand Rapids  MI   
   >   
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   >   
   > If it erodes rifling faster it may not become popular, as with the .264   
   > Win Mag. Battleship gun bores eroded enough that the ballistic computer   
   > computation included compensation for the number of rounds fired, and   
   > the rifling was in replaceable liners. "All Quiet on the Western Front"   
   > states that German artillery barrels were so worn towards the end that   
   > the slowest shells would fall short into the German lines. I've read   
   > that double base powder burns hotter and causes faster wear than single   
   > base.   
   >   
   > https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/firearm-hunting/caliber-battle-6-5-   
   > creedmoor-vs-264-win-mag   
   >   
   > https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/1eou9sg/   
   > sailors_aboard_uss_new_jersey_bb62_work_to_trim/   
      
      
   Ha!  Yep.  Pretty much what I was saying in my other post.   
      
      
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