shving lead

[Leonard G. Allmon]

I have heard of the phenomenon of "Shaving Lead", and have experienced "Particle Blowout" from standing at the side of someone shooting a wheelgun, but I can't resolve the fact of the barrel end being "Beveled" or "Funnel Shaped" where it receives the bullet from the cylinder along with the degree of cylinder misalignment it would take for the firing pin to miss the primer being sufficient for the bullet to be "shaved" as it enters the barrel. To make a broad brush statement, it would seem that if the cylinder aligns sufficiently for the primer to be fired, then the barrel would HAVE to accept the bullet. Any thoughts on this??

 

[C.R.Sam]

1. A lot of, if not all, the stuff that flys out the side of a revolver is combustion byproducts...not shavings from bullets.

2. However. It doesn't take much misalignment between chamber and barrel to cause shaving of the bullets.

Even tho there is a bit of a cone to receive the bullet exiting from the chamber; any misalignment will cause the bullet to be somewhat damaged in the transition.

Sam