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  2. Physics of firearms - Wikipedia

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    According to Newtonian mechanics, if the gun and shooter are at rest initially, the force on the bullet will be equal to that on the gun-shooter. This is due to Newton's third law of motion (For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction). Consider a system where the gun and shooter have a combined mass m g and the bullet has a mass m b.

  3. Terminal ballistics - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, with equal or greater mass retention, the bullet proves to exhibit a higher sectional density necessary for sufficient penetration throughout its intended range. In the real world, where people make some occasional mistakes in judgement, flat pointed bullets can have some forgiving advantages. Bullets fail in a variety of ways.

  4. Boyle's law - Wikipedia

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    For a fixed mass of an ideal gas kept at a fixed temperature, pressure and volume are inversely proportional. [2] Boyle's law is a gas law, stating that the pressure and volume of a gas have an inverse relationship. If volume increases, then pressure decreases and vice versa, when the temperature is held constant.

  5. Recoil - Wikipedia

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    By conservation of mass, the mass of the ejected gas will be equal to the original mass of the propellant (assuming complete burning). As a rough approximation, the ejected gas can be considered to have an effective exit velocity of α V 0 {\displaystyle \alpha V_{0}} where V 0 {\displaystyle V_{0}} is the muzzle velocity of the projectile and ...

  6. How is a mass shooting defined in the U.S.? - AOL

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    The term "mass killings" has a similar definition. Akron shooting: At least 1 dead, 26 wounded at Kelly and 8th avenues incident How many mass shootings have there been in 2024?

  7. Muzzle blast - Wikipedia

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    By conservation of mass, the mass of the gas ejectae will be equal to the original mass of the propellant (assuming complete burning). As a rough approximation, the ejected gas can be considered to have an effective exit velocity of α V 0 {\displaystyle \alpha V_{0}} where V 0 {\displaystyle V_{0}} is the muzzle velocity of the projectile and ...

  8. Gun-makers tell Congress mass shootings are a 'local ... - AOL

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    The chief executives of two leading gun manufacturers called mass shootings “local problems” that cannot be blamed on “inanimate” firearms when asked by a House panel Wednesday if they ...

  9. Muzzle energy - Wikipedia

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    This caused many existing toy gun products on the Chinese market (particularly airsoft) to become illegal overnight, as almost all airsoft guns shooting a standard 0.20 g (3.1 gr) 6 mm (0.24 in) pellet have a muzzle velocity over 76 m/s (250 ft/s), which translates to more than 0.58 J (0.43 ft⋅lbf) of muzzle energy, or 2.0536 J/cm 2 of "ratio ...