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6mm Grendel Group Design Project
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:: 6.5 GRENDEL Deer and Targets :: 6mmARC Targets and Varmints and Deer :: 22 ARC Varmints and Targets
:: I Drank the Water :: Revelation 21:6 ::
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Originally posted by BluntForceTrauma View PostSolid reasoning, Stan, can't fault it. But none of us knows conclusively if the change was due to technical merits or politics or hidebound thinking. All of which, to me, are distinct possibilities.
However, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt. The developers clearly were progressive in their early thinking on shoulder angle, because they did just as you advocate and opted for 30 degrees instead of a more conservative angle. Plus, there is other evidence to support the idea that the shoulder angle changed as a result of reliability testing -- neck length also increased, a year or two before the change in shoulder angle.
There is good reason to be somewhat conservative in military cartridge design. Soldiers lives depend upon reliable operation of their weapons. Had I designed 6.5 Grendel, I would've just scaled down the 7x43 British, keeping the 20-degree shoulder.
Or, per the thread topic, scale down the 6.25x43 British to take your idealized 6mm projectile, possibly increasing shoulder angle to 23 degrees.
_ 7x43 British _ 6.25x43 British _ 5.56x45 NATO _
Originally posted by BluntForceTrauma View PostYou know the sordid history of small arms development in this country as well as I.Last edited by stanc; 01-23-2018, 11:16 PM.
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Originally posted by Kswhitetails View PostThat's a book I could sink my teeth into. Any info stanc?
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Originally posted by stanc View PostAlas, no. About ten years ago I submitted the manuscript to a publisher. The editor liked it, and accepted it for publication. But then the economy tanked and they canceled all new projects.
Here is a Kindle version of a book I have been wanting to buy.
Dummy me, I went to buy it on Amazon and they say I already bought it. Time to start reading.
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Originally posted by grayfox View PostStan, maybe the people who published the Handbooks would do your book now?Originally posted by bj139 View PostMaybe you could publish it in electronic form for a minimal cost?
More importantly, a large portion of the book was devoted to the now-defunct Objective Individual Combat Weapon and Objective Crew Served Weapon. Revising those sections, and adding coverage of more recent developments, would necessitate a considerable amount of rewriting. With my continually declining health, I just no longer have the desire or energy to undertake such an effort.
Besides, I'm not sure the book was ever really worth doing in the first place. In my younger years I had an unfortunate tendency to get excited about projects that usually proved to be a waste of time and $$$. But, attached below are a few sample pages (that I made for querying publishers) for your entertainment.
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Lots of pictures, my kind of book! They make USB interfaced 3.5 drives these days, I believe Sandisk still makes one, if you're interested in ever recovering your work.Nothing kills the incentive of men faster than a healthy sense of entitlement. Nothing kills entitlement faster than a healthy sense of achievement.
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Originally posted by Kswhitetails View PostLots of pictures, my kind of book!
Originally posted by Kswhitetails View PostThey make USB interfaced 3.5 drives these days, I believe Sandisk still makes one, if you're interested in ever recovering your work.
While attaching those .JPG files yesterday, I discovered a couple pages of text from the manuscript. Curiously, I was unable to open them. And when I tried to attach them to my previous post, I got an "Invalid File" message. I don't know if that means the files were corrupted when they were copied from the old computer to this one, or if .WPS files became obsolete during the last 10 years, and can no longer be read. If the latter, then having a 3.5" drive would seem moot.
My only other option would be if the hard copy of the book is still in storage, and I wouldn't bet that it is. After I moved here five years ago, I found that my brother had discarded just about everything of mine that I hadn't specifically requested be put in storage.
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Originally posted by grayfox View PostA 1903 was my first rifle, found an old one for sale at an Army-Navy store in Idaho in the 70's... for $47.50.
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You can translate the file, I'm no IT nerd but I know it can be done. Google is a capable wench for these purposes especially. If it can't be directly done, someone out there can take your discs, and get the data for you. I have a guy if you find an itch that you cannot scratch, and it won't go away; let me know.
As far as the 1903, yea. Mule legs are what my grandfather called his two. A NM 1903 that was "his", and a service 1903 that apparently Great Grandpa may have carried in the Great War. My great Aunt has pictures of him with one in his hands. Cool open sights rifle, it's obvious they weren't intended to be limited at 300 meters...Nothing kills the incentive of men faster than a healthy sense of entitlement. Nothing kills entitlement faster than a healthy sense of achievement.
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