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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (51742)6/3/2000 9:46:00 PM
From: Gauguin  Respond to of 71178
 
So get the goddam tables! :o)



To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (51742)6/3/2000 9:49:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<<Local peak pressures would be higher. Maybe double?>>

Maybe more. I've never been run over by a train to test the idea.

<<Someone somewhere has a table that correlates how thin a penny gets squished to how much pressure the wheels exert. You could answer the question with a caliper and $.01, if we had those tables. >>

It's the CUP used for centerfire rifle pressures as opposed to the LUPs used for shotguns. Need pure copper though.



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