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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Brass undersized by .020” :(
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<blockquote data-quote="bigedp51" data-source="post: 1893332" data-attributes="member: 28965"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>A Look at Bolt Lug Strength</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Lilja - Riflebarrels Inc. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="https://riflebarrels.com/a-look-at-bolt-lug-strength/" target="_blank">https://riflebarrels.com/a-look-at-bolt-lug-strength/</a></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Shear Strength</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Unless a cartridge case undergoes a complete head separation upon firing, the side walls of the brass case will stick against the chamber walls. Under some circumstances they may absorb as much as half the thrust. Case walls or a chamber that are oily will reduce this friction. So the action designer will not take this aspect into consideration when designing the lugs to more closely simulate a complete case head failure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigedp51, post: 1893332, member: 28965"] [SIZE=6][B]A Look at Bolt Lug Strength Lilja - Riflebarrels Inc. [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]https://riflebarrels.com/a-look-at-bolt-lug-strength/[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B]Shear Strength[/B][/SIZE] Unless a cartridge case undergoes a complete head separation upon firing, the side walls of the brass case will stick against the chamber walls. Under some circumstances they may absorb as much as half the thrust. Case walls or a chamber that are oily will reduce this friction. So the action designer will not take this aspect into consideration when designing the lugs to more closely simulate a complete case head failure. [/QUOTE]
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