Somehwat interesting thread I saw the other day, which brought up this oft-discussed topic again. It seems this comes up frequently, but I have yet to get an answer that made sense to me without it immediately being contradicted by something that also seemed to have some logic behind it. Here's the most recent topic:
UJ pressure vs recoil thread now, in the above case, it was brought about by a topic on chamber length. I'm NOT wondering about chamber length. I am wondering what exactly the effects of higher pressure are on a gun, independant of recoil; and also what the effects of higher recoil are in a gun independant of pressure. I have recieved contradictory advice from different doublegun smiths on the same shotgun before--one saying that just about any reasonalbe payload was fine so long as the pressure was low, and the other saying that any reasonable pressure was fine so long as the recoil was low...and then of course on the good 'ol intranets you get all sorts of technical information from people who seem like they know a little about a lot of things, and I have a hard time separating them from whose who are genuinely knowlegable. I'm sure this thread could become the same way...but in this case what I'm wondering is if there are any peer-reviewed references out there where a curious lad like myself could read up on this (without requiring a phd hopefully)? I'm hoping to find something that can explain in somewhat concrete terms what exactly the real affects of both pressure and recoil are on the various parts of a gun, what the consequences are of varying levels of each, what the thought process is behind the various standards, some info on proof testing of guns and its purpose, etc. I tried accessing some of the publications on the SAAMI website but they repeatedly froze my computer. Is there an equivalent CIP website or reference that I might look for? I know of a couple books already that I'll look for, but what are the key ones? Other info? Is there a "Bat-signal" that Sherman Bell responds to?
Thanks,
Dave
