I’m a fan of both the round and the Makarov (a work of art in its simplicity).
With just a hair more oomph than .380, I agree with RevolvingGarbage that it’s a good minimum defense round. My Makarov stays loaded with +P hard cast flat nose for that purpose.
Interesting article. Seems like it's essentially an in-situ heat treatment of the alloy - the last layer before a pause is essentially allowed to "quench", and the heat applied by subsequent layers allows precipitation of Ni3Ti, whereas the first layers may be homogenizing .
This seems like...
Aluminum has limitations in certain areas, just like steel, and can by no means be stated as completely inferior to steel. If properly designed, an aluminum frame is a perfectly suitable design choice because of the corrosion resistance and weight advantages noted by many others.
I am a...
The microstructure is predominantly ferrite with small amounts of pearlite - pretty much pockets of it scattered about. As the carbon fraction goes down, the amount of pearlite diminishes (or in some cases is just cementite) until carbon is about 0.008% by weight. Below this, the structure is...
Time for me to jump back in. Permanent deformation at room temperature by stress relaxation in springs has been addressed in academic literature since at least the 1970's. This mechanism is completely different from both fatigue and creep. You are correct that creep is not operatimg in any...
It depends on the tempering temperature used for the steel part as to whether it will be affected. Short duration exposures up to the tempering temperature will have no substantial effect. As an example, if the part was tempered at 600F, the temperature would have to be higher before there's a...
Part of the problem with using sag as an example is that it describes a symptom. The symptom could have multiple causes - stress relaxation, wear (e.g. fatigue), overload, etc. There are research papers which document stress relaxation testing methods with reference to sag resistance, so it is...
Automotive suspension springs also take some sort of set and can relax to some extent over time. "Spring sag" is a catch-all term describing the symptom in that industry - mechanisms causing sag include stress relaxation. There are numerous papers on the subject (handful cited below), and plenty...
I'll tentatively plan on doing this experiment. I have no experience using load cells, but this will be added to the list. Seems like it would be well worth the relatively small investment to put some real data into this debate.
Bean counters will not make those decisions, but they will set cost targets that force engineering to get creative and/or make compromises. Pretty standard occurrence from my experience. Something like that could have prompted a design review, and determined that polymer was OK for a guide rod.
Thanks for doing the test. That 180gr XTP seemed to do alright in 10mm. Makes me feel better about the two types of ammunition I currently have that use it.
It certainly seems to be the hollow point of choice for a number of 10mm loadings.
I agree with the above. Unless there's a history of failure (e.g. bad design) for the polymer guide rod, I see no reason to replace it with a metal one.
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