Fu-man Shoe
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Greetings all,
Looking for some input here. Background is as follows:
I am taking a college course on statistical analysis, and as
a project for one of my assignments in said class, I am doing
an analysis on cartridge case OAL before and after firing.
I thought it was a cool kind of project. Involves data collection,
analysis, graphing, and best of all, spending some time down at
the range.
My hypothesis was that .38 Special ammunition, when fired from
a gun chambered in .357 Magnum will have a greater OAL than
the same ammunition fired in a gun chambered for .38 SPL,
due to the extra room in the .357 MAG allowing for greater expansion.
The results were interesting, to say the least.
It appears that the cases fired from the .357 MAG actually had
a *smaller* OAL than the cases fired in the plain ol .38 SPL.
This is contrary to what I had expected.
What do YOU think happened?
R,
fu-man shoe
Looking for some input here. Background is as follows:
I am taking a college course on statistical analysis, and as
a project for one of my assignments in said class, I am doing
an analysis on cartridge case OAL before and after firing.
I thought it was a cool kind of project. Involves data collection,
analysis, graphing, and best of all, spending some time down at
the range.
My hypothesis was that .38 Special ammunition, when fired from
a gun chambered in .357 Magnum will have a greater OAL than
the same ammunition fired in a gun chambered for .38 SPL,
due to the extra room in the .357 MAG allowing for greater expansion.
The results were interesting, to say the least.
It appears that the cases fired from the .357 MAG actually had
a *smaller* OAL than the cases fired in the plain ol .38 SPL.
This is contrary to what I had expected.
What do YOU think happened?
R,
fu-man shoe