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To: gundog
"Isn’t bullet velocity the culprit in barrel degradation?..."

No.

Barrels wear out from the breech, where bullet velocity is lowest, not at the muzzle, where it's highest. The culprit is the high temperatures in the firing chamber, which creates a blowtorch effect on the leade and near riflings. And while it's in this superheated state, it gets bombarded with granules of flying gunpowder, like a sand blaster.

66 posted on 01/29/2024 11:05:02 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

I understand the throat erosion thing. I’m curious about the pressure curve of whatever propellant is being used. To generate the kind of pressure they’re getting, wouldn’t a relatively slow powder be used?


71 posted on 01/29/2024 11:24:54 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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