Bro! we are in the same hole! I'm a Marine mech Engineer and a Firefighter, which i combined both as a career "speciality firefighter officer/vessle eng." i can relate to all what you said! yup that engine room will cook you crisp! and don't you forget to lean on the turbo charger or the exhaust manifold as you trying to snake your way around the engine! melt instantly!It is indeed freaky, i can only assume the heavier hammer keep things open for longer, but since i can keep a speed that high on the output i just assume i am using the barrel for longer.
Increasing REG pressure up to 100 BAR only make the rifle shoot slower, so the increased pressure on the valve must shut it faster.
But at the low pressure the regulator was at least as consistent as it is at a higher REG pressure, but yes it is probably on the verge of collapsing.
I did not get around to try the really heavy slugs i have, which are 20 grain, CUZ the change to the heavy barrel was in the end of the day and i was getting bored, also my friend was on the BBQ at the time making dinner so i knew my time was limited with the heavy liner.
But i left it in the rifle and i am going to shoot with that barrel too when the Danish summer stop pretending to be winter. ( July on track to me the #3 - 2 wettest July on record )
And i think also one of the colder ones as temperatures barely been over 20 deg C and normally in July it use to be more than that though the absolute record for Denmark are 32-33 deg C, but we might only get 2-3 30 deg C days in a summer, and it is very rare to get 2 of those in a row.
This year we have not been close to 30 deg C, not even just 1 time.
I have visited the middle east, once bunkering off Oman, the PPL on the bunker barge was dropping like flies with heat stroke as their aircondition had failed, our engineers was over there but could not fix it.
I was standing guard on the deck watching the fule hose with a plastic bag filled with ice cubes and little holes poked in the plastic, and i was still cooking but at least my head was cold.
A ship engine room, well in areas like that there are places where the sweat evaporate as soon as it come out of you, and you can not touch the metal there without wearing gloves,
I have also often been in 200 deg C ovens ( powder painting ) with regular work clothe on and your painters air mask on to breathe, well you only want to be in there very short.
Also been in even hotter places getting my education as a firefighter / smoke diver, there you must cool a room on the outside walls / door before you can chance to open the door and put out the fire.
But more manageable as you ware proper firefighting clothe and a proper breathing apparatus, still you can feel the heat there and some also pass out and need to be extracted.
Also some will suck a 12 L dive bottle dry so fast you would think there is a 10 mm hole in the tank.
as hard and dangerous job it is, as it have its own joy rush & adventures! 'it won't be appreciated until later on, when have it all done and relaxed with your loved one!
Be safe my friend and God bless!
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