Most ar kabooms I have seen on the Internet involved splitting of the receiver on the left side. The more catastrophic ones had the piece blown off and the top splitting. The barrel extension failed and the barrel got launched. There is a picture where a plastic lower shattered around the magwell.
You can destroy anything if you grossly exceed the design. The only way to compare the materials is to test the samples incrementally until failure. Engineering design must incorporate a SF. We cannot toss this idea because we assume any failure will be catastrophic.
When the twin towers were designed, the engineers did not think of the yield strength of steel under high heat generated by jet fuel. Hence, industry standard evolves based on lesson learnt and engineers will have to defend deviations from common practice.
The fact is that the 7 is stronger than the 6. While it probably won't make a difference in normal operation, it will provide more protection in a failure beyond normal condition. This is a hard fact. You can argue that the scenarios where this difference will have an effect is slim, but this is up to individuals to determine the risk and benefit. We should not downplay the risk and brush away the industry standard. There is never a pure engineering reason to choose a weaker material. However, business reasons such as cost and logistic are legitimate reasons too- they are not necessarily evil but are part of the reality. As long as people understand this point it is no big deal.
You can destroy anything if you grossly exceed the design. The only way to compare the materials is to test the samples incrementally until failure. Engineering design must incorporate a SF. We cannot toss this idea because we assume any failure will be catastrophic.
When the twin towers were designed, the engineers did not think of the yield strength of steel under high heat generated by jet fuel. Hence, industry standard evolves based on lesson learnt and engineers will have to defend deviations from common practice.
The fact is that the 7 is stronger than the 6. While it probably won't make a difference in normal operation, it will provide more protection in a failure beyond normal condition. This is a hard fact. You can argue that the scenarios where this difference will have an effect is slim, but this is up to individuals to determine the risk and benefit. We should not downplay the risk and brush away the industry standard. There is never a pure engineering reason to choose a weaker material. However, business reasons such as cost and logistic are legitimate reasons too- they are not necessarily evil but are part of the reality. As long as people understand this point it is no big deal.
