Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a reason why bullets aren't squared? Glock's are squared on the outside but shoot round bullets. Why not square, was it ever tested? Not talking about all guns just usually handhelds.message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down116
arrow-up1-4arrow-down1message-squareIs there a reason why bullets aren't squared? Glock's are squared on the outside but shoot round bullets. Why not square, was it ever tested? Not talking about all guns just usually handhelds.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoother than stablised flight, ask your self this: how would you cut a square hole in a billet of steel vs drilling/boring a round one?
minus-squarey0kai [he/him]@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoidk a knife maybe?
minus-squareVenator@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoIt would need to be a square extruded helix too, not just a square hole, for the rifling…
minus-squareAdulated_Aspersion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoSo…a bigger round hole with deeper grooves for the corners of the cuboid projectile? “Rifling” implies it would spin.
other than stablised flight, ask your self this: how would you cut a square hole in a billet of steel vs drilling/boring a round one?
idk a knife maybe?
It would need to be a square extruded helix too, not just a square hole, for the rifling…
So…a bigger round hole with deeper grooves for the corners of the cuboid projectile?
“Rifling” implies it would spin.