So, sitting here looking at a box of loose ammunition just got me thinking. Bullets are very fascinating little things. Think about the difference in ballistics a few millimeters makes in a cartridge. The chemistry behind it all. Heck, bullets are just pretty little things. Precisely manufactured, gleaming, small pieces of brass, copper, and lead. I really enjoy looking at ammo more than shooting it sometimes. Anyone else have similar philosophical thoughts when staring at the contents of their ammo cans?
The sheer variety is also astounding. Hundreds of cartridges, some intensely rare others common as dirt, have been used at one point in time or another. They all have their niches and no one cartridge does everything. Every single one was engineered with a purpose in mind. The amount of engineering and man hours that has gone into engineering some of our favorite calibers is amazing when you think about it.
I just find ammunition to be very worthy of thought.
The sheer variety is also astounding. Hundreds of cartridges, some intensely rare others common as dirt, have been used at one point in time or another. They all have their niches and no one cartridge does everything. Every single one was engineered with a purpose in mind. The amount of engineering and man hours that has gone into engineering some of our favorite calibers is amazing when you think about it.
I just find ammunition to be very worthy of thought.
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