Firing pin strikes primer, primer ignites powder, powder burns and turns into gas, gas expands and pushes projectile out of the barrel
It's the recoil from the force of the bullet being fired. The gun powder pushes the bullet forward and also equally pushes the gun back into your hand.
.45 ACP
No. The recoil from such a gun would kill you. action and reaction. Bullet would stand still, gun would move.
cocking a gun is when you pull the slide of a gun back and forwards once to get a bullet into the chamber to fire
No. Yes. All you have to do is strike the bullet's primer with a sharp corner of the gun.
The bore of a gun relates to the diameter of the hole in the barrel - and in turn the diameter of the bullet the gun can fire.
No
Metal and Bullet...More info: Metal: fire & stone Bullet: Gunpowder & Metal
IIRC, yes.
No, it does not. It has an arc, the same as a bullet fired from a gun does.
No. They are not designed to fire a 17 cal bullet
When the gun is fired the shell casing is ejected by the blow-back gas and the next bullet is automatically loaded. All in one motion. The next bullet is now ready to fire.