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Rifled Barrel length?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1129015" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Ok, Now I think I know where you want to go with your project, so I can make a few more comments.</p><p></p><p>Barrel length does have something to do with the accuracy of high speed projectiles. (It allows</p><p>the projectile time to stabilize and gain velocity.</p><p></p><p>A very short barrel with little or no rifling won't accomplish this very well. but if you use a heavy projectile and a barrel with no rifling, barrel length will be less important. at one time there were pistols that had no barrel and just used the cylinder, but they were very inaccurate and only used for very close defense (10 to 15 feet) they had a small length of extension to the cylinder just to allow the powder time to apply enough velocity and start the bullet in the general direction they wanted it to go.</p><p></p><p>Mortar's (Not the rocket propelled kind)normally have no rifling and are very short and heavy smooth bores that are very accurate at reasonable ranges with heavy projectiles. But They were considered siege weapons and had a high trajectory </p><p></p><p>Sounds like an interesting project. </p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1129015, member: 2736"] Ok, Now I think I know where you want to go with your project, so I can make a few more comments. Barrel length does have something to do with the accuracy of high speed projectiles. (It allows the projectile time to stabilize and gain velocity. A very short barrel with little or no rifling won't accomplish this very well. but if you use a heavy projectile and a barrel with no rifling, barrel length will be less important. at one time there were pistols that had no barrel and just used the cylinder, but they were very inaccurate and only used for very close defense (10 to 15 feet) they had a small length of extension to the cylinder just to allow the powder time to apply enough velocity and start the bullet in the general direction they wanted it to go. Mortar's (Not the rocket propelled kind)normally have no rifling and are very short and heavy smooth bores that are very accurate at reasonable ranges with heavy projectiles. But They were considered siege weapons and had a high trajectory Sounds like an interesting project. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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