Thank you. I am simply trying to understand, to get a minds eye general understanding of what is taking place after ignition. I am sure we are all(well almost all) struggling with the concept of barrel bursting every time we see a picture of one. We all like our fingers and want to keep them intact.

I already have an understanding but each time I see a picture of a barrel burst I need to rethink it so I don't wake up in the middle of the night with a bad dream. Often in life there is one small piece of information that is missing in our knowledge base that causes things to go wrong. An example of this might be a stepped end of a chamber in a barrel designed for brass shells. Now, I have heard about this and I may even have a Parker that has it but I am not even sure if there is such a thing. Easy enough to find out before I shoot the Parker again but if you never heard of this kind of thing you would have no reason to even think about it or the safety issue that might develop. Clear as mud but I think you know what I am getting at.

So many guns, so little time!