Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 18 hours 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-square18fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down113
arrow-up1-2arrow-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 · 18 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareDookieman12@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI just realized you meant a Minecraft-style square cartridge. There are a lot of very good reasons for this that should be very obvious to anyone who knows even a little bit about how firearms work and thinks about it for a little while. Rifling, case expansion, aerodynamics.
I just realized you meant a Minecraft-style square cartridge. There are a lot of very good reasons for this that should be very obvious to anyone who knows even a little bit about how firearms work and thinks about it for a little while.
Rifling, case expansion, aerodynamics.