John, Just so won't feel alone on this list; I, also am a 'shooter' and have many things that go BANG, besides reverse polarity electrolytics. I'm a handgun target and combat nut. Of corse I load all own ammo.
Hadley K7MLR At 04:43 PM 12/23/2008, you wrote: >On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:27:28 +0100, Magnus Danielson ><[email protected]> wrote: > > >David M. Witten II skrev: > >> Points of pride, I'm sure. > > > >All this talk still does not make me feel like going out and get a > >firearm of any sort, fashinating as they can be in their own right. > > > >If someone got me involved in elk-hunting maybe, but that's about it I > >think. > >I got the hunting thing out of my blood when I was still a teenager. I'm now >a precision shooter and a shooting nerd. Shooting can be very exciting to the >type that populate this list. Internal ballistics, external ballistics, >statistics, precision mechanics, precision electronics, etc. > >Ballistics timing is fast enough that you get to play with the things that >concern time-nuts. I have, for example, drilled an old barrel and inserted >conductive probes every inch. The bullet passing by makes up the circuit. The >probes were arranged in an R/2R D/A converter circuit so that I could digitize >them all with one fast A/D converter. I wanted to watch the acceleration of >the bullet down the barrel and compare it to chamber pressure. > >I learned that what I suspected was true, that with some powder loads, the >acceleration process is over before the bullet exits the muzzle and that >during the last few inches, the bullet was actually slowing from friction. > >It also explained why I could get almost as much velocity out of my .308 bolt >action silhouette pistol with the 14" barrel as I could from my M-14, >optimized power and powder weight for the pistol, of course. > >Finally, of course, there is the pride of accomplishment of achieving results >that few others in the world can do. Similar to achieving the best amateurs >have done with time measurements. > >There are lots and lots of things a nerd can do with a firearm other than just >shoot at things. > >John >-- >John De Armond >See my website for my current email address >http://www.neon-john.com >http://www.johndearmond.com <-- best little blog on the net! >Tellico Plains, Occupied TN >Some people are like a Slinky .. not really good for anything > but you still smile >when you shove them down the stairs. > > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
