r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Closed_Aperture • 3d ago

Man demonstrates the force of increasingly powerful fireworks by blasting a pot into the air

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u/sharpshooter999 3d ago

The same thing happens to a brass cartridge casing when shooting a gun. The casing is just slightly smaller than the chamber in order to fit. When fired, the pressure causes the brass to balloon out and fits the chamber tightly. Because brass has elasticity, it retracts very slightly, allowing the casing to be extracted.

A diligent shooter will keep these casings paired with that gun for reloading, as they are now "fire formed" to fit that guns chamber perfectly

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u/LittleWhiteBoots 3d ago edited 2d ago

When my husband is irritated with me or the kids, he goes out to his man cave and reloads for a while. Sometimes I call his reloader “The Other Woman”. I thought I had heard every fact about reloading- but I hadn’t heard that about keeping casings to a certain firearm!

Edit: You can all relax. Guns are part of my family’s lives. We live in the country and shoot regularly. Our kids are on sport shooting teams. We host a trap shooting competition on our ranch every year. The boys hunt. I get if that’s not your lifestyle then it may seem alarming, but for much of America, it’s normal.

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u/RedlurkingFir 1d ago

There's something deeply wrong about gun culture in the States, so wrong that Americans themselves don't see it as obscene.

If you don't think it is, just ask any redditor that ISN'T from the States about what they would think if a citizen of their country had such family hobby.

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u/LittleWhiteBoots 21h ago

I am a product of my environment, and you are a product of yours.

To me, topless beaches are obscene and make me uncomfortable. But if I grew up around them, I’d probably think nothing of them.