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Thanks for that treatise. When you consider the tensile strength of brass and the thickness of a case, I don't see how you can count on it to decrease bolt thrust. Does it? Sure. Does it take force to remove one electron from one atom? Sure. Neither is normally worth consideration.

A bit old, but the Abrams operates at 80-85,000 psi. That's how they get 5000fps. Brass can't handle it, but steel can. Quickload has some large caliber military rounds in its database that operate at 75,000 psi. I, too, want a phaser--they hit where you want, not where you aim, and they do...

I understand the tround is still around, fighting for it's life. Some years ago I read it had been considered for naval ship defense and also considered for boring by using three projectiles in it's (sort of) triangular case to simultaneously hit and shatter rock. Is the Gyrojet classified...

A long ago study showed that knife and handgun wounds have similar fatality rates. It's the size of the hole and damage caused. Obviously rifles and shotguns have higher rates (if you leave out small rifles). It all relates to the size of the hole. A large knife (or a sweeping cut or many...

The rotation of the bullet is supposed to create a large cavity in the handgun bullet ads. Not sure that makes good hype in a slow twist muzzleloader. Also, the denser the projectile (especially the outer portion), the slower the twist needed for gyroscopic stability, so the lower density will...