Glad someone brought up this discussion over here. The main issue in the discussion over on UJ is whether overpressure (for example, using modern American factory loads in either American or foreign guns, made with shorter chambers and proofed at lower than current standards, and designed for lower service pressure) will accelerate wear--as in causing a gun to shoot loose (off face) sooner? I contend that pressure is the primary issue here, not recoil.

Rocketman, I'm having trouble matching up your "quote" with 2 Piper's post just above it. Looks like either he edited his original post, deleting comments about accelerated wear to metal parts, or else that was your addition to his post and somehow got included in the quote.

Having followed a lot of these discussions on this BB for a number of years, it seems to me that the consensus has always been: pressure can cause catastrophic failures and accelerate wear of metal parts; recoil mainly impacts the stock (and the shooter).

Last edited by L. Brown; 08/06/09 10:33 AM.