ORIGINAL: mossy33oak
ORIGINAL: Pawildman
Do we even want to start about the difference between "compacted" vs. "compressed"??? Yeah, i realize the loading manuals don't mention compacted, but there IS a difference-----
well, this is the reason I asked this question. I didnt even really know what compressed was. I kinda thought compressed meant you heard stuff crunching when you seated the bullet. So no, I dont know the difference between compressed and compacted.
Main Entry:
2compact
Function:
verb
transitive senses
1 : to make up by connecting or combining
: COMPOSE
2 a : to knit or draw together
: COMBINE b : to press together
: COMPRESS
Main Entry:
1com·press 
Pronunciation: k&m-'pres
Function:
verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin
compressare to press hard, frequentative of Latin
comprimere to compress, from
com- + premere to press -- more at
PRESS
transitive senses
1 : to press or squeeze together
2 : to reduce in size or volume as if by squeezing
intransitive senses : to undergo
compression