HebrewHammer said:
Kevin, While you designing new wads would you please take a look at maybe adjusting the shot-charge-diamerter to shot-charge-length ratio to match as closely as possible the "Golden Ratio" of 1 to 1.618. This would be the ratio of the dia-to-height inside the shot cup. You'd have to adjust the distance between the over-powder cup and the bottom of the shot cup; and maybe make the petal walls a little thicker.
I suspecion that Win and Rem are too big and opinionated to even consider this. But this Golden Ratio hasn't been called the Magic Ratio for nothing and it wasn't too outlandish an idea when they laid the foundation for the Great Pyramid and it held up.
Well HebrewHammer,
Please take note that the Great Pyramid just stands there motionless; albeit for a long, long, time! Wonder how it would hold up launched at 1300fps?
Everything behind the shotcup in a one piece wad is designed with speed and convenience for the loader.... Once exiting the barrel, everything behind the shotcup becomes like two tails on a hound dog. It is possible for the ol' dog to trip on his tails if they remain attached....
If 1 to 1.618 is this so called "Golden Ratio" of the shotcup, then I assume you mean unloaded as manufactured.... You realize of course, that upon firing and in the barrel, this ratio is changed drastically, in modern back-bored barrels even worse, and even as the wad falls away, it is different than it was when made..... At least to fit your ratio down to and as accurate as three decimal places..... HUMM???
I have patterned tens of thousands of combinations.... I will tell you the "Golden Ratio".
The
BEST patterning loads considering uniformity, roundness and even shot distribution (read less core shooting) are made up with a separate over powder gas seal (either plastic or fiber), then fiber filler/cushion wads, then a seperate plastic shotcup. The "Golden Ratio" of the shotcup length is the amount of shot you are loading..... Petals longer that you shot column length can
sometimes affect patterns.... Petals too short can also have an adverse effect... Even if the magical 1 to 1.618 happens to be hit on! Over the long haul of thousands of patterns, this combo has patterned the finest for me on average than all the other combinations or wad types tried.
The disadvantage is time! Lots of extra time and even expense to load this way. But it is your true "Golden Ratio"!
We have the hound dog and his two tails strictly because of convenience, cost, and it does
almost as well.....
Slidehammer