• DarkThoughts
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    82 months ago

    Would not matter anyway. From what I learned, guns actually require the barrel to direct the force of the propellant forward, pushing it against the projectile, like a pressure tube. Without it, the projectile would just flop out while most of the force just vanishes as it expands out to the sides.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      That kinda makes sense, but the initial explosion of the gun powder will still accelerate the bullet to potentially dangerous speeds

      • @marcos
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        52 months ago

        dangerous speeds

        Way more dangerous to whoever is hammering them than to whoever is several meters away in front of it.