Re: [HOE] Desert Eagle = ultimate wasteland gun

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> Physics!  Physics!  It's not just the time it takes to finish burning
> the powder, it's getting every possible dyne of force from the
> expansion of the resulting hot gas.  As long as the pressure behind
> the bullet is greater than the pressure ahead, you want more barrel.

Not really. If the barrel is too long then you start getting friction from
the barrel rubbing the bullet and the bullet slows down. Ideally you want
the bullet to exit the barrel the nanosecond the powder stops burning (I
think).
Because then the pressure starts to drop and friction kicks.

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Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


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