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Offline 1SOW

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All firearms propel bullets using pressure
« on: December 07, 2012, 10:34:47 PM »
I made it through  physics, but I wonder if there is an optimum BBL length for this "gun"?
Kinda fun.
http://www.wimp.com/demonstratescannon/
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Offline jwc007

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Re: All firearms are propelled by pressure
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2012, 12:33:56 AM »
More specifically, Bullets are propelled by pressure.  :)  Firearms are only propelled if you throw them.   ;) ::)

What "Gun"?  Optimum barrel length will be dependant on powder charge and burning rate, bullet weight, and Caliber characteristics.

Is this really you 1SOW or did someone hack your account?   ???  >:(
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Re: All firearms are propelled by pressure
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2012, 01:04:45 AM »
oops,  added and corrected.  TY
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Re: All firearms propel bullets using pressure
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2012, 07:20:40 PM »
That was a pretty interesting video 1SOW, thanks for posting it. Good professor too, I always found teachers like him who make learning interesting much more effective.

Kinda wonder why the sound of a "gunshot(s)" didn't attract any attention from others outside the classroom., unless it did and was edited out.

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Re: All firearms propel bullets using pressure
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 07:28:26 PM »
I dunno...

if he is as smart as I think he is...

why did he shoot himself in the stomach?

I mean it blew a hole in plywood.

That said...great teacher. ;D
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Re: All firearms propel bullets using pressure
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 08:26:47 PM »
Very interesting!  8)  None of my College Professors were ever that entertaining.
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Re: All firearms propel bullets using pressure
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2012, 10:17:05 PM »
He bet on the deceleration of the light weight ping-pong ball.  His estimate was obviously incorrect---OWee.

The sound to me was no more than hitting a "roll of caps" with a hammer--if you are old enough to have knowledge of "cap pistols".  ???

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Very interesting!    None of my College Professors were ever that entertaining
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