Yes and no. I work in the medical field as a programmer analyst. We’re VERY WELL funded. To the tune of billions - as an industry. Me personally not so much.
When dealing with diseases like MD and cancer - where the patient is the variable - the number of corrective measures for data set is staggering.
My dad was a physicist with the space program. He’s told me many times they were just guessing about so many assumptions made and they got lucky more often than not.
I got it - and even understand most of the details - but explosives? that’s not my field. I wrote my dissertation on the recovery of vanadium salts from oil-fired power plant slag. Those old fuel oil boilers are a treasure trove of recyclable toxins.Yeah, it’s sort of amusing when someone attempts to call out a person on a certain post, and that person spits out a response like @rhino465 did……………..crickets….!!!!
Interesting work, Rhino….. nice job…
Most of what alot of you peeps do is wayyyy over my pay grade….I got it - and even understand most of the details - but explosives? that’s not my field. I wrote my dissertation on the recovery of vanadium salts from oil-fired power plant slag. Those old fuel oil boilers are a treasure trove of recyclable toxins.
Back then the idea of recovering those toxins for industrial use was cost prohibitive. But I still graduated so, it’s cool.
Thank King George and colonial era secret trials for our lack of total secrecy (Or openness to put it another way).
Except themselves, of course.
Nail on the head! But I better stop nowExcept themselves, of course.
Well, bringing this back to the OP, lots of things happen that shouldn’t and it sure does help to be prepared for when they do - things like a grandstanding prosecutor with Congressional aspirations or a loose necked cartridge that catches on the feed ramp. Either one can ruin your day; both are to be avoided as much as possible.Nail on the head! But I better stop now
Yes, you are on safe ground. Here’s why:
Hollow Base. You’re adding gap - airspace - into the equation. The bullet you’re comparing to has a solid base. If you are concerned, lower the charge another 5% and single load (no magazine or an empty magazine if your pistol has a magazine safety). It’s harder to have a catastrophic event resulting from a stuck bullet if you single load and visually check the barrel after each round.
Makes perfect sense. But then I went into overthink overdrive, and thought if they're the same weight, the mass displaced by the hollow base had to go somewhere, probably resulting in added length. But no. I checked their respective lengths (which I should have thought to do before) and the XTP is 0.571" and the Berry's is 0.550". How can that be? Maybe the Hornady copper jacket, being thicker than the Berry's plating buy less dense than lead, takes up more space? More likely it's a difference in the nose taper of the bullet. Either way, the shorter bullet, combined with a hollow base gives me confidence that I'm not going to create over‐pressure hazards by seating deeper.
