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An interesting thread on cast bullets, barrel leading and bullet obturation.

An interesting thread on cast bullets, barrel leading and bullet obturation. I ran across this thread: http://levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=39338 (All excerpts taken from the form are highlighted.) If you read that thread and have read our blog posts on barrel leading and...

Cast bullets, obturation and our parting thoughts.

  Cast bullets, obturation and our parting thoughts. In our opinion all the hype surrounding bullet obturation is nothing more than hype.  There are so many versions of the “formulas and facts” that differ so greatly they all can’t be...

Cast bullets and obturation, fact or fiction? Why the “facts” of sealing the bore don’t add up.

  In part one of our series we outline the information related to the obturation of cast bullets and our experiment to test the theory.  In our test the bullet failed to obturate to “seal the bore”.  Here is our...

Cast bullets and obturation, fact or fiction?

Much has been written on the necessity of a cast bullet to obturate to “seal the bore” and keep gasses behind the bullet.  You can find formulas for the amount of pressure necessary obturate a cast bullet based on the Brinell...