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-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
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