@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 3 days agoOrnate flintlock gun with heart-shaped muzzle, Germany, ~1765 ADimagemessage-square19arrow-up1124arrow-down11
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageOrnate flintlock gun with heart-shaped muzzle, Germany, ~1765 AD@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square19
minus-square@bestagonlinkEnglish3•3 days agoI wonder if anyone ever tried to develop rifling with irregularly shaped bullets
minus-square@TwanHElinkEnglish5•2 days agoWhitworth rifle is the only one with a non round rifled bore that I know of.
minus-square@MutilationWavelinkEnglish5•3 days agoRifling being the grooves inside the barrel that make the bullet spin, I’m thinking not. I can’t imagine anything but a cylinder working.
minus-square@bestagonlinkEnglish3•3 days agoI thought maybe if you had a shaped barrel and then just twisted it, you could spiral a bullet without cutting groves. Not sure if you’d ever find that easier than conventional rifling but people have tried wackier shit
it shot heart shaped bullets, obv
I wonder if anyone ever tried to develop rifling with irregularly shaped bullets
Whitworth rifle is the only one with a non round rifled bore that I know of.
Rifling being the grooves inside the barrel that make the bullet spin, I’m thinking not. I can’t imagine anything but a cylinder working.
I thought maybe if you had a shaped barrel and then just twisted it, you could spiral a bullet without cutting groves. Not sure if you’d ever find that easier than conventional rifling but people have tried wackier shit