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Gun Fire Research Paper

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The development of weapons is a never ending race driven by fear of another country out gunning you in a war. It is what countries spend a large portion of their budgets on sometimes upwards of 500 billion dollars. Before supersonic jets or nuclear bombs the advancements in guns and firearms were revered as breakthroughs that would slaughter hundreds. A big leap in western gun technology came during the American Civil War as each side struggled to get the upper hand in the war. Born through this fire of combat came the rifle-musket and the minié bullet. What made the weapon so effective was its ability to fire at a decent distance and actually stand a chance at hitting its target.
These weapons are considered useless compared to more modern …show more content…

Rimfire bullets are crushed from the side where a chemical called primer lines the edges. This chemical ignites the gunpowder inside the casing and fires the bullet. The problem with this method is that the casing has to be skinny enough to be crushed but still funnel all the energy of the gunpowder into the bullet without breaking. The centerfire was meant to fix that while it was louder you could have a much more powerful round but having a small circle of primer stick out the back of the casing. The firing pin would hit just the primer igniting the gunpowder without crushing the casing. This meant you could have a thicker casing to fire a larger bullet.
Along with centerfire bullets and guns came another advancement that we still use to this day in almost every common military rifle. The vertical fed magazine at first they were integrated into the gun itself. Meaning you loaded the bullets from the top of the gun into the magazine that was attached. This was very common during WWI and was even seen into WWII. The advantage of these vertically fed magazines was at first not recognized. The tube magazine was still the most prevalent for quite a while even after the invention of vertical

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