• swim@slrpnk.net
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    6 months ago

    No barrel makes the whole round detonate. The bullet is ineffective, the “gun” explode :(

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      6 months ago

      Given that the thing was created on a meme of “what if programing languages were guns?” to represent the C language, I guess it’s pretty much correct.

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      6 months ago

      No, it won’t.

      You’re clearly uninformed on the power of Operator Prayer, or Tactical Theology, and the role it plays on the modern battlefield.

      With sufficient levels of belief, that bullet can achieve anything. Just remember, if you believe, your bullet can achieve.

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        6 months ago

        Just because you’re not wrong doesn’t mean you’re right. “Spray and pray” is the lowest form of divine intervention. - Laws of Murphy, 69:420

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      6 months ago

      Wait, is that true? I mean it clearly would be significantly less effective, but would it really not have enough propulsion to go vaguely forward with enough force to penetrate into a body?

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        How a gun “works” is that a thick-walled chamber houses the cartridge, so that as the powder ignited within rapidly expands (deflagration) there is nowhere for it to go besides violently propelling the projectile into the barrel. If there is no chamber, the thin walls of the cartidge are the path of least resistence, and the bullet likely stays put as the gases escape from cracks in the casing.

        So no, while this wouldn’t be “safe” (eye damage comes to mind), there would not be enough energy to significantly wound a human by striking a round’s primer without a chamber.

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        Nope, not even close. The edge of the casing is the weak point, the explosive energy would breach all around there first and the bullet would just kinda plop forward a bit.

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        The bullet is heavy. The pressure wants out it’s easier to breach a little bit of brass than to move a heavy bullet. The greatest risk here is the fragmentation of the brass casing.

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      6 months ago

      Alternatively, the shell has nothing to hang on to it properly so it goes flinging out, deforms, and then pegs her in the face.