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When a gun is fired, gunpowder in the cartridge is ignited. It burns very quickly, creating a cloud of rapidly expanding high pressure gasses. Those expanding gasses push the bullet out of the barrel.
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What is th purpose of rifling a gun barrel?
Rifling a gun barrel causes the bullet to spin when it comes out. This makes the bullet fly more straight and greatly improves accuracy. Much like a spinning football spirals.
Will the bullet tumble if you hold the gun sideways?
No. It will still fly straight.
What makes a gun 380?
.380 refers to the diameter of the bullet fired- and to the type of cartridge used by the gun.
What is the difference between a rifle and a gun?
Gun can refer to a long gun or a hand gun. A rifle is very particular. It has to have grooved barrel which spin the bullet when it is going down the barrel. This spin action on the bullet makes it more accurate.
How far will a .22 caliber bullet fly?
It all depends on the gun and its specs like the guns velocity.
What effect does rifleing in the barrel of a gun have?
It makes the bullet spin when it is fired- much the same way a football spins in flight. The helps the bullet travel in a straight line, improving the accuracy of the gun.
How can you trace a criminal by a bullet?
When a bullet is fired from a rifled firearm, the rifling leaves marks on the bullet. Those marks are unique to that gun, and no other gun makes exactly the same marks. If a bullet (or fired cartridge casing) is recovered from a crime scene, and we suspect that YOUR gun was used to commit this crime, then a sample bullet is fired from your gun, and compared to the crime scene bullet. A comparison microscope is used to compare the bullets, or marks made on the fired cartridge case by the extractor and firing pin.
The main purpose of rifling features in a gun barrel is to?
It causes the bullet to spin which makes it go straighter.
How do you make a bullet fly without it burning?
First ordinary bullets don't burn, it is the powder in the cartridge that burns.you could throw the bullet with your handyou could use a slingshot to propel the bulletyou could use high pressure compressed gas to force the bullet through the gun barrel (i.e. an air gun, a carbon dioxide gun)etc.
Why does the bullet and gun have different acceleration?
The gun weighs MUCH more than the bullet.
Which has more momentum a train at rest or a bullet fired from a gun?
A bullet fired from a gun
How do you shoot a gun with a bullet?
Affix the gun to a target. Load the bullet into a cartridge. Load the cartridge into a second gun. Aim carefully, squeeze the trigger. If you have done everything right, you will have shot the gun with a bullet.
