470EVANS,

there is nothing lost in translation here - and if, it would be the fault of your fellow Texans, as I went to college in the Lone Star State (and later to grad school in Florida) and had that kind of English imprinted on me . If anything, I might have picked up an accent

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I simply addressed one of the wilder claims about HOW OSR comes about. I know perfectly well what people talk about, and do not have reason to believe that they lie about their observations. The problem is that few have an understanding of internal ballistics and arrive at fairly wild conclusions about the processes that lead to those manifestations. I have explained most of the processes and misconceptions within this thread. For people who prefer the opinion of a specialist: In Australia, I would talk to an engineer at Thales/ADI, in Europe, you want to talk to the folks at BOFORS, Sweden (Thales/ADI makes the powder for Hodgdon, Bofor makes the powder for Alliant, Norma, Rottweil). These people know ballistics at the professional level, it is part of their job description. Don't expect this level of expertise within even the larger bullet companies - they simply don't need to know - and for the most part they don't.