[QUOTE=zombiefreak;18978484]
[B]WHAT IS A FIREARM?[/B]
A firearm is a device that shoots projectiles at a high velocity with a controlled explosion.
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Explosion might not be the best word to use, since the gun would break to pieces then, I used to think so myself, but my dad (Who's like... A cop.) mentioned that technically, it's not an explosion, you never want the gunpowder to project all of it's energy at the same time, since then you don't take the highest advantage of the power from the ignition, instead, the gunpowder just burns in a very high speed, too high for the human eye to comprehence. So basicly, the gunpowder burns, like rocket or jetfuel. I know it's a tiny, and problably useless fact, but I still feel like putting it out there.
But yeah, it basicly looks like an explosion, but the structure of it isn't the same.
Since... An explosion usually projects power and energy in an eliptic shape, the gunpowder simply projects it forward.
Anyways, awesome thread. Not a big fan of killing, but guns are still fun! :D
Black Powder tends to burn at a faster rate than Smokeless powder though. Black powder also has a lower ignition temperature than Smokeless or Pyrodex, which is why it's preferred for use in Firelocks, though a Caplock can use Pyrodex just fine.
However it should be noted that using Smokeless powder in a muzzleloader is an extremely bad idea, it provides much higher pressures than Black powder or Pyrodex and you'll ruin both your gun and yourself trying to fire it, most muzzleloaders are not made to handle such pressures.
[QUOTE=zombiefreak;19832087]Well first off America uses inches to measure their calibers while Europe uses the scientific metric system.
Okay so the caliber measured by the length of the bullet and diameter of the base.
For example, a 9mm Parabellum bullet would be written as 9x19. 9 meaning the diameter base, and the 19 meaning the length of the bullet.
Added to OP by the way.[/QUOTE]
I was JUST about to change my avatar to that Luger animation...
theif :mad:
[QUOTE=mugofdoom;19836083]I was JUST about to change my avatar to that Luger animation...
theif :mad:[/QUOTE]
How is he a thief? He was the one who requested it...
the atf defines a firearm as any device that fires projectiles using a chemical reaction, iirc
doesn't matter if it's that railgun that uses superheated plasma or a pinfire gun
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actually I guess it is just an explosion:
[quote]
Under 26 USCA § 861 (a), firearms is defined as “"a shot gun or rifle having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length, or any other weapon, except a pistol or revolver, from which a shot is discharged by an explosive if such weapon is capable of being concealed on the person, or a machine gun, and includes a muffler or silencer for any firearm whether or not such firearm is included within the foregoing definition." United States v. Adams, 11 F. Supp. 216, 217 (S.D. Fla. 1935) [/quote]
I could have sworn "chemical reaction" or something like that was a part of the definition. Speaking of that: Is it possible to use very small amounts of high explosives in place of gunpowder? For example, loading a .223 bullet into a .22LR casing but using explosives to get the same performance as regular .223 ammo. Thinking about it, I'd assume it wouldn't work because high explosives and gunpowder operate on entirely different principles (controlled, slow burn to build up pressure vs instantaneous release of energy), but has anyone ever actually tried this?
[QUOTE=UncleJimmema;19836250]How is he a thief? He was the one who requested it...[/QUOTE]
I mean I made my own. I don't know how he got his, I just saw he had the same Luger animation.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Ryan;19836344]
I could have sworn "chemical reaction" or something like that was a part of the definition. Speaking of that: Is it possible to use very small amounts of high explosives in place of gunpowder? For example, loading a .223 bullet into a .22LR casing but using explosives to get the same performance as regular .223 ammo. Thinking about it, I'd assume it wouldn't work because high explosives and gunpowder operate on entirely different principles (controlled, slow burn to build up pressure vs instantaneous release of energy), but has anyone ever actually tried this?[/QUOTE]
I can see it now.
C4 bullets, your gun better be quite solid.
[QUOTE=Whatwhat1337;19792498]Going to the range tomorrow. Will post range report when I get home.[/QUOTE]
Or, I would've posted a range report if the goddamn range hadn't been snowed/mudded in. Beautiful So Cal suffering under the effects of [del]global cooling[/del] [del]global warming[/del] climate change.
Could be an indoor range.
Either way weather has been miserable lately.
Damn Australia, damn my AVO, can't even get a license!!
Anyone who lives in Sydney know where I can get a butterfly knife..? >.>
[QUOTE=Mikhail;19800553]Guess what.
My first gun was my AK47.
I didn't make a mistake.
Because now I own about 6 guns. I have shot a ton of Military Machine guns and sniper rifles since I live in the US In Virginia, which is pretty much where the biggest gun shows in the United States are located.
You can shoot a fucking .22LR with your dick. Discussion over. Its pretty much a BB gun.[/QUOTE]
Are you an idiot? I SERIOUSLY want to see you shoot yourself with 22lr. Its wont "fEeL lIkE a bB gUnZ".
[QUOTE=EurofanBMW;19838490]Are you an idiot? I SERIOUSLY want to see you shoot yourself with 22lr. Its wont "fEeL lIkE a bB gUnZ".[/QUOTE]
It has lower recoil than a BB-gun, and less power than high powered BB-guns. (Or air-guns whatever you want to call it)
[QUOTE=EurofanBMW;19838490]Are you an idiot? I SERIOUSLY want to see you shoot yourself with 22lr. Its wont "fEeL lIkE a bB gUnZ".[/QUOTE]
Ive done it once, felt like an airsoft to the foot.
also gratz, 1000th post of this thread
[QUOTE=Fps_Deffy;19838503]Ive done it once, felt like an airsoft to the foot.
also gratz, 1000th post of this thread[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.brassfetcher.com/images/22lrSSSrifle.JPG[/img]
Aquila SSS .22lr, 16" in ballistics gel and tumbled around like a .223
Nasty bullet.
[QUOTE=evilking1;19838500]It has lower recoil than a BB-gun, and less power than high powered BB-guns. (Or air-guns whatever you want to call it)[/QUOTE]
Its still a projectile. People have died from 22lr believe it or not.
[QUOTE=EurofanBMW;19838543]Its still a projectile. People have died from 22lr believe it or not.[/QUOTE]
Yes I know, I meant more that high-powered air rifles can be more dangerous than a .22, so bb-guns shouldn't be thought as something undangerous.
[QUOTE=evilking1;19838551]Yes I know, I meant more that high-powered air rifles can be more dangerous than a .22, so bb-guns shouldn't be thought as something undangerous.[/QUOTE]
Wasnt implying that at all lol. Just trying to warn mr kalashnikov before he lodges a bullet in his head fucking around with a 22.
[QUOTE=EurofanBMW;19838568]Wasnt implying that at all lol. Just trying to warn mr kalashnikov before he lodges a bullet in his head fucking around with a 22.[/QUOTE]
But would that be a big loss if he stopped posting his africa-styled shooting technique videos?
[QUOTE=Campin Carl;19802398] Otherwise a .308 would be six times larger than a .50 cal.[/QUOTE]
basic maths fail? .308 is .3, and an additional .008, if it were 6 times a .50 cal it'd be 3.00 calibre
as for firearms, It's rare i get to fire one because i'm in Australia, though i feel safer living here, as not every homicidal loon has the potential to kill me before i turn around.
my only experience with firearms was either my dad's friend's 9mm rifle, the plastic-pellet spring-powered gun i had, that could pierce an aluminium can, or the broken air-powered copper-bb rifle i have somewhere.
any advice on fixing it? it used to work fine, but now when you pull the trigger the pellet just rolls out the barrel.
[QUOTE=evilking1;19838573]But would that be a big loss if he stopped posting his africa-styled shooting technique videos?[/QUOTE]
Lol I know, he looks like a skinny in the battle of mogadishu.
You'd be amazed how many bad guys get killed with a .22LR gun every year.
Not because it's powerful, but because sometimes it's the only thing the person who shoots them has and it can do the job. Albeit only with a bit of repetition. There are lots of people who own a single .22LR handgun that they bought new for under 100 bucks. They exist. There's one .22 revolver that was at one point sold for 20$ new. If you left it near a stove it would melt. Would malfunction constantly. Very little if any accuracy, very little power but better than nothing. Bad guy busts into their house late at night expecting them to be unarmed and piff-piff-piff. They either take a couple solid hits and go down or run off.
The tiny, underpowered, flimsy, cheap .22 pistol has saved a lot of lives that way. Not what I'd trust my life with mind you. But slightly better than nothing.
.22LR isn't all that weak. You can get a 30 grain bullet at 1750fps with 1 loading.
That's pretty damned close to the 5.7x28mm.
In any case, .22lr is WAY more powerful than .25acp.
.22lr would be viable for self defense if the primers were more reliable.
My buckmark runs as well as any other semi-auto, on decent .22lr ammo it never jams or has any sort of hickup.
[QUOTE=bODYbAGZ;19800538]I like the CheyTac Intervention
[img]http://www.downloadmunkey.net/images/M200.jpg[/img]
:smug:[/QUOTE]
I'll bet, you didn't even know this gun existed, nor what it was until you played MW2.
[QUOTE=Armotekma;19839226]I'll bet, you didn't even know this gun existed, nor what it was until you played MW2.[/QUOTE]
Well yeah that statment stands for half of FP.
[QUOTE=EurofanBMW;19839246]Well yeah that statment stands for half of FP.[/QUOTE]
I'd never heard of the gun before that.
But I've known about the .408 Cheytac round for a very long time.
Has anyone tried putting a thumbhole stock on an M14?
I bet that would look sexy in a generic kind of way.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;19839277]Has anyone tried putting a thumbhole stock on an M14?
I bet that would look sexy in a generic kind of way.[/QUOTE]
I don't think anyone has ever made one. Either way it wouldn't be as sexy as this:
[img]http://www.m1arifles.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jae-100-g2.png[/img]
Too bad the stock by itself costs almost as much as the gun that goes in it. So a Match Grade M1a+one of those Hubble space telescopes that people mount on them that cost more than the gun+200$ scope rings+that stock=a gun that can run over 5,000$.
Why is there a foregrip on the buttstock?
[QUOTE=Mabus;19846347]Why is there a foregrip on the buttstock?[/QUOTE]
Lol. It's not a foregrip. It's not even a grip. Do you really need an answer to this? Take a look at it again, now think to yourself, what logical purpose would that thing serve?
[QUOTE=Mabus;19846347]Why is there a foregrip on the buttstock?[/QUOTE]
Dude, it's a monopod. It's used to aid in stabilization of the weapon.
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