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I've, been shooting black powder, not pyrodex, for at least 30 years, so I'm getting nothing confused. I'd say I have a little real world experience concerning this issue. In all that time, myself and a large group of thousands of others have fired brass framed revolvers thousands of times. I have yet to see or even heard of any brass frames stretch in that entire period even though some claimed it would. Are you familiar with the PB tables for different calibers and why they were put together? They talk about "hot loads" in the tables and the potential damage it can do.You can't generate enough pressure in a black powder .44 cal cylinder to be considered a "hot load" unless you use a very tight ball. The unburned powder flies out the barrel. As a matter of fact it is recommended that the cylinder be filled enough for the ball to be even with the end of the cylinder. Brass frame revolvers will stretch with a lot of firing no matter what load you use.
Tell that to my brass frame, it's doesn't believe you. I'm so glad your formula works well in a controlled laboratory setting. Funny how it doesn't work as well where people are involved.
Look you have your bias, great, don't have a problem with it. I have mine, we disagree. Such is life.
"People are involved"? I'm not sure you understand the difference between smokeless and black powder. They make .44 cal black powder cylinders so that you can load them to the point that the ball sits even with the top of the cylinder so that there is no space between the cylinder and the barrel. It's almost impossible to generate dangerous pressures in cap and ball black powder cylinders using conventional black powder and pyrodex. Brass frame revolvers eventually stretch because of the difference between the hard steel barrel and the relatively soft brass frame.
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