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Commuting to the act of blasphemy on a lever action.
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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3669978" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Your exactly correct. PCC rifles use powders and loads for pistol length barrels typically. Back in the day there were .44 mag pistol cartridges on the shelf and .44 mag rifle cartridges. Some idiots used the rifle loads in pistols, so that went away. Every PCCis now loaded for pistol. </p><p>Chamber pressures and powder choices determine the load with barrel length in the equation. If the powder is expended in 12” of a 16” barrel, friction slows it down as its traveling down the barrel with reducing pressure behind it. </p><p>The best load is the one that finishes the burn at the muzzle with max pressure and is the most accurate. </p><p>High muzzle flash equals unburnt powder so that load isn’t the most efficient load. </p><p>interesting to note, back in the day manufacturers built “goose” guns. They had insane barrel lengths that convinced buyers they could shoot geese in the stratosphere if they bought their shotguns. </p><p>The shotguns with shorter barrels probably had the charge leave the muzzle faster than the goose guns as the charge was burned at 18-20”.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3669978, member: 5412"] Your exactly correct. PCC rifles use powders and loads for pistol length barrels typically. Back in the day there were .44 mag pistol cartridges on the shelf and .44 mag rifle cartridges. Some idiots used the rifle loads in pistols, so that went away. Every PCCis now loaded for pistol. Chamber pressures and powder choices determine the load with barrel length in the equation. If the powder is expended in 12” of a 16” barrel, friction slows it down as its traveling down the barrel with reducing pressure behind it. The best load is the one that finishes the burn at the muzzle with max pressure and is the most accurate. High muzzle flash equals unburnt powder so that load isn’t the most efficient load. interesting to note, back in the day manufacturers built “goose” guns. They had insane barrel lengths that convinced buyers they could shoot geese in the stratosphere if they bought their shotguns. The shotguns with shorter barrels probably had the charge leave the muzzle faster than the goose guns as the charge was burned at 18-20”. [/QUOTE]
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