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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 2284462" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>No because what you're talking about is fantasy brought about by a lack of understanding about exactly how weak gravity is.</p><p></p><p>All your local gun shop guy told you is that he understands exactly nothing about tides, physics, gravity, the moon or its phases, metallurgy, etc... There isn't any effect from the moon being lit up that's different to it not being lit up which is going to be felt by anything smaller than a sea. <strong>The moon is still there when you can't see it </strong>during the new moon phase. It's just as much there as it is during the full moon phase. It's just that it's not lit up on a side you can see during the new moon. The Phase of the moon <strong>itself</strong> doesn't make anything different happen to tides, etc... It's really the combination of the position of the sun and the moon (which, yes, is what makes for the phases). When the sun and moon are in line with each other you get stronger tides (spring tides) than you do when they're tugging is at 90deg to each other (neap tides). In any event, if this were even remotely a thing then none of us would reload while the moon is at perigee or apogee but only in a narrow time window of about a week or two between the two points where stability would be at the highest.</p><p></p><p>If you're getting different results digging post holes as you describe then either you're losing dirt in the transaction (or gaining huge amounts of density) or, please document this effect correlation and provide your data for proper study as you may have discovered a new area of physics. My bet is that you've never in a single instance in your life or anyone else's failed to have dirt left over after inserting the fence post and filling the hole back up to the top. I'll put $100 cash on the line payable to anyone that can, under controlled conditions, replicate this variable result you speak of with respect to fence posts and if we can isolate it as a lunar phase effect then I'll toss an extra $1000 on top.</p><p></p><p>I've cast in all conditions and never noticed any variation which was outside of my normal variation's error bars. Anyone that has, I suspect that the human is the one experiencing the effect, not the lead/powder/etc...</p><p></p><p>With respect to casting, the closeness of your butt to the mold has more gravitational affect on your casting than the moon. Gravity is an astonishingly weak force and it gets weaker with distance. So while the moon is a lot bigger than your butt, your butt is a LOT closer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 2284462, member: 96226"] No because what you're talking about is fantasy brought about by a lack of understanding about exactly how weak gravity is. All your local gun shop guy told you is that he understands exactly nothing about tides, physics, gravity, the moon or its phases, metallurgy, etc... There isn't any effect from the moon being lit up that's different to it not being lit up which is going to be felt by anything smaller than a sea. [B]The moon is still there when you can't see it [/B]during the new moon phase. It's just as much there as it is during the full moon phase. It's just that it's not lit up on a side you can see during the new moon. The Phase of the moon [B]itself[/B] doesn't make anything different happen to tides, etc... It's really the combination of the position of the sun and the moon (which, yes, is what makes for the phases). When the sun and moon are in line with each other you get stronger tides (spring tides) than you do when they're tugging is at 90deg to each other (neap tides). In any event, if this were even remotely a thing then none of us would reload while the moon is at perigee or apogee but only in a narrow time window of about a week or two between the two points where stability would be at the highest. If you're getting different results digging post holes as you describe then either you're losing dirt in the transaction (or gaining huge amounts of density) or, please document this effect correlation and provide your data for proper study as you may have discovered a new area of physics. My bet is that you've never in a single instance in your life or anyone else's failed to have dirt left over after inserting the fence post and filling the hole back up to the top. I'll put $100 cash on the line payable to anyone that can, under controlled conditions, replicate this variable result you speak of with respect to fence posts and if we can isolate it as a lunar phase effect then I'll toss an extra $1000 on top. I've cast in all conditions and never noticed any variation which was outside of my normal variation's error bars. Anyone that has, I suspect that the human is the one experiencing the effect, not the lead/powder/etc... With respect to casting, the closeness of your butt to the mold has more gravitational affect on your casting than the moon. Gravity is an astonishingly weak force and it gets weaker with distance. So while the moon is a lot bigger than your butt, your butt is a LOT closer. [/QUOTE]
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