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What is purpose of rifling in a firearm?
Rifling causes the bullet to spin through the barrel and downrange. This spin stabilizes the bullet, allowing it to maintain a straight course to the target. Without the spin, accuracy would be dismal.
What causes a bullet to spin when fired?
Rifling in the barrel is actually grooves cut into the barrel by the manufacturer to cause the bullet to spin as it leaves the barrel. Before rifling the bullets would tend to tumble when they left the barrel causing them to have shorter range and be less accurate.
How do you determine the caliber and type of firearms from which it was fired?
Assuming you refer to a fired bullet, you would examine the bullet- measure it's diameter, length, weigh it, and compare those to known specimens. You would also examine the bullet for striations- markings made by the rifling inside the barrel. The number and direction of twist of the striations may indicate a particular make of firearm.
How do you check bore condition of a rifle?
Bore scope or bore light, after the weapon is unloaded an bolt remove/locked open. this answer is correct but there is an easier way, take the bolt out and look at the end, make sure there is no burnt, gouged or blistered metal on the end of the bolt (the end where the firing pin is ) if there is , this indicates an over pressure of the barrel, do not buy it! also look at the muzzle to make sure the hole is round with no chips or flat spots, (if present this can be fixed), look down the barrel , if the rifling is barley visible they are worn , and the easiest way to check the rifling is to take a bullet of the same caliber as the gun put the bullet into the end of the muzzle if the whole bullet lead slips into the muzzle end the rifling's are worn out, if the bullet does not go all the way in they are good, baring none of the other things listed are present. i would buy the weapon
What happens when you shoot a gun in space?
The gun will fire- gunpowder does not need external oxygen to burn. Assuming that you are in weightless conditions, when you fire the gun, you would be pushed in the opposite direction- action and reacting. If it is a rifled firearm, you would also twist in a direction opposite the spiral of the rifling. The bullet will go a very long way until it hits something, or encounters the gravity well of a plants, moon, or star.
What difficulties were involved in loading bullets that were large enough to spin inside a rifle barrel?
In the days of the muzzle loading rifle, the bullet had to be pushed down the barrel. When black powder is burned, it leaves "fouling", or gunk, behind. If a snug fitting bullet was pushed into the fouling, it would stick, and not go down the barrel. Even with a clean barrel, the bullet had to be hammered down the barrel, causing very slow loading times. This was addressed with the creation of the Minie bullet- smaller diameter, with a hollow skirt at the rear. The smaller bullet would fit down the barrel- but on firing, the hollow base expanded, gripping the rifling, causing the bullet to spin on the way out.
What would be the path of a bullet if fired in space?
Trajectory of a bullet in spaceAs per Newton's First Law of Motion, a body in motion tends to stay in motion (following a straight-line path), unless acted upon by an external force. If a bullet is fired on Earth, the external force that continuously acts on the bullet is the Earth's gravitational pull, which causes the bullet to travel in a curved (parabolic) path toward the Earth until it hits the ground. If a bullet is fired in outer space, however, it will be generally free from any external influences of celestial bodies; hence, the bullet will move in a straight line (and at constant speed) until it enters the gravitational field of a planet, star, or large asteroid, at which point its path will be deflected.Here's a question for you; Would there be any oxygen to ignite the primer on the bullet to make the bullet explode?
Why do you have problems locking the bolt down after chambering a shell?
This could be a lot of reasons. Are you sure it is the correct caliber of ammunition? The bullet could be too long, and engaging the rifling...It could be an extractor problem...Are they reloads or handloads? Any more info would definitely help.
Why are bullets coated with copper?
The copper jacket is needed to push bullets at very high speeds and to withstand the very high rpms generated by the rifling. A lead bullet would fly apart because it is too soft. The harder copper jacket keeps the bullet in one piece.
In 223 Remington with a 1 in 9 twist rifling what is best bullet weight?
1-9 is a very versatile twist. It should be able to handle the varmint bullets above 40 grains, and keep you entirely stabilized up to 62 grains. It's not so much the weight of the bullet which matters, but the length. I would think that anything under 77 grain OTM might be just fine, but...Over 62 grain I would be careful.
If a bullet was fired down through the earth's atmosphere how long would it take and how fast would it be?
That would depend on the mass of the bullet, the bullet's velocity when it left the barrel of the gun, and from how high up the bullet was fired from.
Why would a bullet pierce a mirror without breaking it?
A bullet may pierce a mirror without breaking it if it hits the mirror at a very acute angle or if the mirror is made of toughened material that can absorb the impact without shattering. The angle of impact and the velocity of the bullet both play a role in determining whether the mirror breaks or not.
