An event: good grub and a scientific look at reloading.

[meles meles]

oomans,

A select few of you have already been privately invited to an event being held at Renishaw Hall, near Sheffield, on the evening of Wednesday June 4th. We now have a few more places available on a first come, first served basis to those who enroll as instructed at

http://www.theweldinginstitute.com/bene ... ld-branch/

This meeting will begin at 18:00 for 18:30 with a Salmon & Gammon Buffet in the Rex Whistler room followed by two presentations on firearms technology. The first presentation will explore How and Why Gunpowder and Muskets replaced the Warbow despite being technically inferior to the bow for almost 200 years in terms of range and rate of fire. We will then then look at the metallurgy of the self- contained cartridge which eventually made breech loading firearms far more practical than muzzle loading muskets. Though simple in concept, the humble brass cartridge case has to withstand neglect and abuse, including transport and long term storage in different climates, and yet work reliably when called upon, withstanding the high temperatures and pressures of firing and ejecting cleanly and easily from the gun afterwards, and all at the lowest possible price.

The second presentation is a report by Ryan Stevenson, a Master's student from the University of Strathclyde, who has been working with Tim Stewart, European Shooting Championship gold medal winner at 1000 yards, to assess The Influence of Several Factors including Case Metallurgy on Accuracy and Repeatability of Modern Cartridges. Like all top level competitors, Tim manufactures and reloads his own ammunition and does so to the highest standards. The slightest variation from cartridge to cartridge in terms of length, volume, powder weight, bullet position and annealing condition can make a difference between winning a medal and being an also ran. Between them, Tim and Ryan made, shot, reloaded, re-shot and reloaded again almost a thousand cartridges, examining how their preparation and changes in case metallurgy affected accuracy. Ryan's findings are extensive and in some cases over-turn established thoughts on how to produce competition grade ammunition.

Renishaw Hall is just a few miles from junction 30 of the M1 and is well signposted. The postcode is S21 3WB.

Please note, pre-registration for this event is mandatory.

[meles meles]

Perhaps those of you who are coming along would add your names here as well as registering so we all know who to look out for ? Did we mention it's free?

[M99]

It would appear for reasons unknown I have received an invite and will be in attendance.

Mike

[IainWR]

Deeply regret I will be on the way to the Scottish Open. If the content / presentations are available afterwards online or as a CD I would love to have them at a reasonable fee.

Iain

[meles meles]

Oh no, oomanses, the only way to partake of this fount is physical presence...

Sheffield is en route to Scotia from down south...

[meles meles]

Tim is going to be there. Will you ?

Let us know pronto: there's only two days to go and we MUST have your name on the list by 09:00 on Tuesday 3rd June so we can order enough food.

[Triffid]

I'd have loved to come along, but it's just too far.
Will you be able to publish a copy of the paper here for the rest of us?

Triffid

[Charlie Muggins]

It's times like this I wish I had a car.

[HALODIN]

Obviously after the event and for those that can't make it, is it possible to summarise what these "over-turn established thoughts on how to produce competition grade ammunition" thoughts are please? Sounds interesting...

[legs748]

File under "b******, wish I'd have seen this yesterday." I would have gladly made one, only in doncaster too, bum cheeks. :roll: