To repeat the ground rules of this subject, here's what we're debating: suppose I have a gun chambered for 2 1/2" shells and fire a shell of that length that generates 6,500 psi. I then fire a 2 3/4" shell in the same gun that generates exactly the same 6,500 psi peak pressure. What significant difference is there? We would really like to know.
Perhaps I, as a certified English-Russian interpreter, might as well step into this cross-cultural discussion. Geno's point is that while one gun will generate "exactly the same 6,500 psi peak pressure", another gun, of different barrell dimensions, will generate 7,500, or 8,500 or more. He has (and I have) seen 2 1\2" chambered guns function nicely with 2 3/4 loads, and other that showed evident signs of overly high pressure, like tearing off the head of the shell when fired (Geno, remember the topic about Oleg7's Hollis a couple of years back? there were pics of the shell, and the barel dimensions that showed exactly why it happened. Just one example.). I take it for a fact that if your gun shows high pressure signs, you'd better stop, no matter what a DGJ article or some net worm like me says on the suject. And it's good to know in advance which you have, before you get the action loose or worse. Thank you for your attention
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