@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 1 month agoOrnate flintlock gun with heart-shaped muzzle, Germany, ~1765 ADimagemessage-square19arrow-up1126arrow-down11
arrow-up1125arrow-down1imageOrnate flintlock gun with heart-shaped muzzle, Germany, ~1765 AD@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square19
minus-square@bestagonlinkEnglish3•1 month agoI wonder if anyone ever tried to develop rifling with irregularly shaped bullets
minus-square@MutilationWavelinkEnglish5•1 month 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•1 month 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
minus-square@TwanHElinkEnglish5•1 month agoWhitworth rifle is the only one with a non round rifled bore that I know of.
I wonder if anyone ever tried to develop rifling with irregularly shaped bullets
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
Whitworth rifle is the only one with a non round rifled bore that I know of.