Reloading - art or science? - Page 2

fatboy97 · January 8th, 2008, 10:05 PM

I think it's a little of both. It's part science and art to work up loads.

Miggy · January 9th, 2008, 01:06 AM

See if this solves the riddle

Quote:

Artisan: a person skilled in an art or craft. A craftsman.
Craftsman: one who creates or performs with skill or dexterity especially in the manual arts.

1911NM · January 9th, 2008, 12:29 PM

The artistic application of the scientific process. One more way to rephrase.

bmcgilvray · January 9th, 2008, 02:38 PM

Science, artistically executed.

Tubby45 · January 9th, 2008, 03:22 PM

^ That I like.

varmonter · January 14th, 2008, 12:00 AM

Since it is mostly about weights and measures ..consistancy,ballistics,
experimentation,trial and error,pressure,velocity,Ballistic coeffficients
drop and windage correction,penetration, expansion,explosivness .

These are not normal artistic terms.

blueyedevil · January 14th, 2008, 12:30 AM

If you had hundereds of thousands of dollars in scientific equipment to quantify all the variables involved, it could well be 100% science. But since virtually all reloaders out there lack that equipment, a whole lot of "art" is involved. Then again, a whole lot of reloading just amounts to following the directions, not much art or science involved in that.

HotGuns · January 14th, 2008, 12:46 AM

Scientific Art

that about covers it.

Sheldon J · January 14th, 2008, 02:17 PM

A scientific event with out a doubt a great ball of glowing gasses, nuclear fission, and all kinds of numbers of why it is where it is and why we don't just fly away from or into it's fire.
So why it is then one of the most photographed, painted, and an uncountable amount of poems written about? While a bullet all polished is nice to look at and in no way compares to a sunset, "Beauty (after all) is in the eye of the beholder".

January 8th, 2008, 10:05 PM	#11
fatboy97 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Land of 10k Lakes Posts: 858	I think it's a little of both. It's part science and art to work up loads. __________________ Be Observant and Be Safe. Current Collection: Glock G26, G19, G23C, SIG P226-40 TT, Ruger GP-100, and 22/45 MKII Former Collection: Taurus 92SS, SIG P220 TT, S&W 360, SIG P239-40

January 9th, 2008, 12:29 PM	#13
1911NM Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Mexico Posts: 307	The artistic application of the scientific process. One more way to rephrase. __________________ NRA, USPSA SS & Lim-10 Blessed are they who, faced with danger, think only of the front sight. J. Cooper

January 14th, 2008, 12:46 AM	#18
HotGuns Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 5,184	Scientific Art that about covers it. __________________ AR. CHL Instr. To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men, their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism, and religious dogmas.' Dr. G. Brock Chisolm

January 14th, 2008, 02:17 PM	#19
Sheldon J Distinguished Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Battle Creek, Mi. Posts: 1,686	Take for example the Sunset A scientific event with out a doubt a great ball of glowing gasses, nuclear fission, and all kinds of numbers of why it is where it is and why we don't just fly away from or into it's fire. So why it is then one of the most photographed, painted, and an uncountable amount of poems written about? While a bullet all polished is nice to look at and in no way compares to a sunset, "Beauty (after all) is in the eye of the beholder". __________________ "The sword dose not cause the murder, and the maker of the sword dose not bear sin" Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac 11th century

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January 9th, 2008, 02:38 PM	#14
bmcgilvray Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Texas Posts: 1,152	Science, artistically executed.

January 9th, 2008, 03:22 PM	#15
Tubby45 Distinguished Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the reloading room Posts: 1,988	^ That I like.

January 14th, 2008, 12:00 AM	#16
varmonter Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: vermont Posts: 20	Since it is mostly about weights and measures ..consistancy,ballistics, experimentation,trial and error,pressure,velocity,Ballistic coeffficients drop and windage correction,penetration, expansion,explosivness . These are not normal artistic terms.

January 14th, 2008, 12:30 AM	#17
blueyedevil Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 616	If you had hundereds of thousands of dollars in scientific equipment to quantify all the variables involved, it could well be 100% science. But since virtually all reloaders out there lack that equipment, a whole lot of "art" is involved. Then again, a whole lot of reloading just amounts to following the directions, not much art or science involved in that.