Tom Roster's column in the latest Shooting Sportsman, titled "Worries" left me disappointed and wondering if someone else had written the column for him. I've been a long-time fan of Tom's writings and opinions but this one left me wondering. He starts off with the blanket statement that firing a 2-3/4" 12 ga. shell in a 2-1/2" chamber will cause "at least a 1500 psi" increase in pressure. Doesn't say how he determined this, though. It doesn't jibe with Sherman Bell's real testing, as we know. He goes on to state positively that this increase in pressure will automatically cause increased recoil. He doesn't say it increases velocity and I'm sure he doesn't know that, either. However, if the velocity doesn't increase, recoil will not. Pressure doesn't cause recoil and therefore can't increase it unless it also causes increased velocity. All but the most hard-headed among us knows that. I don't know if Tom ever looks in on this fine board but I am still a fan and still respect MOST of what he says. This one let me down.
Last edited by Jim Legg; 10/20/07 08:16 PM.
