Hi 2 piper:
my question is, did Hatcher have any "proof" of his theory? If so, who did the study and who paid for it? Perhaps this was just one of his theories!
How could the Winchester lab, H.P.White, get the photos wrong. This was before Dr. Edgerton and his high speed photography became the vogue. I have no idea if spark photograpy was used or not. The pictures looked like convential photos of the time.
In any case, the firearms field is an intresting area of study due to all of the theories, myths, and untruths the seem to prevail. Some are very amusing.
The old adage of believing only half of what you see and none of which you hear should be kept in the back of everybodys mind when discussing firearms. Always think carefully and question all that you "learn" to draw your own ideas. What is fact today may not be fact tomorrow.
As always, I look forward to your posts.
Franchi