CO> JW> In the powderless practice rounds, the flash hole is
CO> JW> enlarged to allow a greater percentage of the primer's
CO> JW> energy to be applied to the projectile AND to reduce the
CO> JW> likelihood of primer setback from its discharge.
CO>Gee, you're fast.  I read the original message and in the same package get 
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CO>response.  You are, of course, 100% correct.
CO> JW> I'll repeat someone else's warning - treat these practice
CO> JW> rounds with just as much respect as full-tilt loads.  At
CO> JW> 12-15 feet the plastic variety will completely penetrate a
CO> JW> sizeable field rat shot through the ribcage.
CO>Good advice.  Those loads aren't for playing with.  Ask the Dragon Lady 
some
CO>about field rats, wax bullets and M36 S&W's inside a rent house five or 
ix
CO>miles from town.
Somewhere in Lawton, Oklahoma, there is a rental house with a plastic
divider between the living room and one of the bedrooms.  There is a
.357 hole in that plastic divider -- it got there when I decided that I
ought to test the effects of a plastic bullet before popping one of my
housemates in the butt. :-)
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