Limapapa.
I’m thinkin’ that your diagnosis concerning the long bearing surface on the long bullet is very likely correct.
I agree that some mysteries just ain’t worth the effort and angst. Sometimes one is better off to just accept that “it is what it is” and move on to what works for them.🙂
What man, on his death bed, ever lamented, "God, I wish I had spent more time at the office."
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