I was also concerned about that, but how can we determine what is unsafe? A lot of members here wouldn't have any problem with a safety factor of 2 or less on their theoretical burst pressure calculation, but I wouldn't get anywhere near that thing. And I've seen several people using components at twice or more of their rated pressure. What happens when people start lying about the pressure ratings of their components just so they can have a silly badge? It could start putting others at risk if they decide to go by the false pressure rating given by someone else.Ragnarok wrote: Although I can see that there is much to come from a successful growth of spudding, a worry is that people will start to push materials past their recommended limits.
Perhaps things that exceed pressure ratings (or a general consensus of safe limits) should be considered exempt from awards for reasons of safety? Where things are not rated, an educated guess as to whether it is too much would probably suffice.
BTW. GB Semi is 360+ RPM in full auto and it is powered by a fairly small compressor. I'd say the compressor is less than average size, although it can't sustain fire for more than a few seconds. I don't think 100 RPM too high of a goal, you could probably even do that with a pump action gun if you had a nice action to it.
Edit: Although I do agree that any mechanical loader regardless of size should be counted.
