[CoffeeMate]

:whisper: ...nobody mention the laser...

 

[CoffeeMate]

In a "conventional" gun the bullet has a velocity of zero before ignition occurs. So at ignition that bullet starts losing velocity? From zero? Negative velocity? :?

Yeah, it's called recoil. That's why they have those compensator ports on the barrel shroud. It makes the bullet go to warp speed as soon as your shoulder thingie starts to go up.

[/sarcasm]

:lol:

 

[CoffeeMate]

After the acceleration caused by the ignition of the propellant, the round loses velocity as it travels down the barrel.

Okay, but that's not what they said.

 

[CoffeeMate]

... if bullet prices were raised to $5,000 each, there would be a drastic decrease in murders ...

That's Feinstein thinking.

No, there would be a drastic increase in ammo theft.

 

[CoffeeMate]

The other possibility is that the amount of energy being dumped creates a cloud of ionized gases or even a plasma cloud. Either could look very similar to a fireball as they exited the barrel.

Yep, we've lots of pressure differentials (air and otherwise), multiple dynamic compression zones, friction, lots of EM field interplay...

:-k

 

[CoffeeMate]

Somebody alert the Atlanta Choo-Choo Commission!