Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
A while back I carried several rifles to the range to test loads and check zero before hunting season. The third rifle of the day was an old 1894 Winchester rifle chambered in 32 WS. Loaded up the first handload and fired - it said pop and recoil was light. Uh-oh, squib! Eased the lever down; brass looked ok, bore was clear, target had a hole in it. Only then did I think to look at the chrono and it displayed the expected velocity.
Fired another with the same reaction, same results. Now I get it. The first rifle that day was an old British 500 Black Powder Express double launching 340gr paper patch bullets over 147grs of Swiss 2f and I fired ten rounds. The second rifle was a Sharps 45-110 launching 560gr bullets over 110grs of Swiss 1.5f; also fired ten rounds through that one. The roar and recoil of those twenty black powder rounds made my brain think the smokeless 32WS was a squib!
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- Little-Known Reloading Phenomena -
JimT,
2024-02-07, 09:11
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- Little-Known Reloading Phenomena - JT, 2024-02-07, 09:57
- The phenomena is called 'normalcy bias'. -
Miles,
2024-02-07, 12:49
- Yessir. Also callede "Expectation Bias" ... (nt) - JimT, 2024-02-07, 14:32
- Little-Known Reloading Phenomena -
A K Church,
2024-02-07, 17:44
- I was in Mozambique for two years .. when I came back - JimT, 2024-02-07, 17:58
- Little-Known Reloading Phenomena - JohnKDM, 2024-02-07, 22:11
- Little-Known Reloading Phenomena - Slow Hand, 2024-02-08, 08:11
- Little-Known Reloading Phenomena -
Jared,
2024-02-09, 09:14
- Thank you. I no longer have tweezers or magnifying glasses - JimT, 2024-02-09, 10:07