Interesting, Austin. So if Dupont bulk smokeless burned cleanly at about 9000 psi, is it reasonable to assume that cartridge constructions using it generated at least 9000 psi?
Just my limited observations, and I don't have any historic ammunition industry materials, but I've seen and shot a few of the smokeless loads from 1920's shotshells, and some of them are quite stout. Then as now, manufacturers seem to want to produce the bigger, faster loads that are not good for the gun and in my opinon, not necessary. The desire to see how heavy and fast a load could be shot from a gun or rifle undoubtedly caused more than a few ruptured barrels.
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