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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 523207" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>Nope. The external force (<strong>external to the</strong> <strong>bullet, which is precisely the thing we want "acted on"</strong>! Not the barrel !) happens to be the <strong>powder pressure behind the bullet</strong> which overcomes <strong>the atmospheric pressure in front of the bullet</strong>. The barrel does not "contain" the pressure "in all directions", it only directs it towards the target. Otherwise the entire concept of shooting would be bogus. And of course the pressure is decaying as the bullet proceeds down the barrel. The powder transfers about 34% of its calorific value into producing hot gas which propel the bullet and about 70% of that energy becomes the bullets kinetic energy. The remaining 30% of the original 34% (about 10% of the original powder energy) is expended as muzzle blast unless the barrel is too short.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 523207, member: 35183"] Nope. The external force ([B]external to the[/B] [B]bullet, which is precisely the thing we want "acted on"[/B]! Not the barrel !) happens to be the [B]powder pressure behind the bullet[/B] which overcomes [B]the atmospheric pressure in front of the bullet[/B]. The barrel does not "contain" the pressure "in all directions", it only directs it towards the target. Otherwise the entire concept of shooting would be bogus. And of course the pressure is decaying as the bullet proceeds down the barrel. The powder transfers about 34% of its calorific value into producing hot gas which propel the bullet and about 70% of that energy becomes the bullets kinetic energy. The remaining 30% of the original 34% (about 10% of the original powder energy) is expended as muzzle blast unless the barrel is too short. [/QUOTE]
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