[TML] NY Reload

[Bruce Johnson]

On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Knapp wrote:

> I was once told by a firefighter that cartages (is that the right
> term? Bullet and shell?) are not very dangerous because the bullet
> needs a barrel to get up to speed in. Is this the same for these guns?

You were given VERY bad information. While the Mythbusters episode  
correctly showed that it was the lighter cartridge that caused more  
damage in cooked-off rounds, either end could kill you based on the  
dents I saw in the ovens...

As for the Remington NMA, when a ball is properly loaded with the  
correct amount of powder in mine, there's approximately 1/4"-1/2" or  
so of chamber left (usually that's filled with a blob of grease, I've  
never actually measured it, and it's been years since I fired mine) so  
it would be more dangerous than a cartridge.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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