Cliff Grays Podcast with Aaron Davidson

Oh man, I just dont know when I'll have the time to get through this massive dissertation.

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Geez, the guys railing against Aaron and calling him a "douche" sound a bit...."douchey" themselves.

His experiences with the NX8's and MK5's really got my attention.

EDIT: I don't own a GW, but I appreciate the innovation for our sport
 
They don't stay locked up. The axial preload you can max without yielding is less than the force generated by the cartridge expansion on firing that is opposite the thread preload.

Maybe someone can help me understand this.. If you cant pre-load to a force higher than the force of a round going off without yielding, why doesn't the force of the round going off cause the joint to yield? Only thing i can think of is that the pre-load is primarily on the first few threads but in the opposite direction the force can be split amongst all the threads?
 
If you cant pre-load to a force higher than the force of a round going off without yielding, why doesn't the force of the round going off cause the joint to yield?
But isn't that what is happening? The force of the round is causing the joint to yield (move). Isn't that what Vaughn shows and what Aaron is saying?

Only thing i can think of is that the pre-load is primarily on the first few threads
And that is exactly how threads in a std threaded joint is. Only the first few threads carry most of the load.

Std threaded joint, ramp threaded joint (Spiralock) and a variable depth (tapered) threaded joint.

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