PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoOrnate flintlock gun with heart-shaped muzzle, Germany, ~1765 ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageOrnate flintlock gun with heart-shaped muzzle, Germany, ~1765 ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarebestagon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI wonder if anyone ever tried to develop rifling with irregularly shaped bullets
minus-squareTwanHE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWhitworth rifle is the only one with a non round rifled bore that I know of.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 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-squarebestagon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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
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