Thread: Wilcats and Pressure

No - simply stating the yield of the receiver is ~165k psi as a mechanical property
I could do the shear calcs in about 10 mins with some dimensions - I have some drawings for the Barnard somewhere here, but I dont think it has bolt and lugs on it

I can find no mechanical reason as to why 80k would not be a pressure easily obtainable and run as long as you are within normal signs with the brass (as much as I hate using a pressure number as limit/reference) however the chambering may start to exhibit the signs at 75000 or less... or more... The point at which this happens is unknown to me right now.

With an action of suitable strength, why cant modern strong brasses like Lapua small primer 308 etc be run to the same signs you would say Winchester; if the action is not an issue and you're not exceeding the brasses limitations, then what reference does pressure actually have other than a final figure?
The point of the brass is to be able to run it harder - thats why they make it

Do I think KG is over 80k? 100% definitely NO
I could guess at a number, but it would be only that, however the brass shows no signs after 5 firings and having never been FL sized still chambers, there is no measurable expansion and the primers are snug as a bug. Maybe a couple of grains more powder will change things and it will hit a brick wall, maybe there is room for 5gr more and the cases just require a body bump?
Only more testing will say how much if any headroom is there, and if the final numbers say 72k or 82k, then so be it