45-70 Research Paper

A firearm is one of the weapons that may be used when hunting. A firearm utilizes pressure produced from the burning of gunpowder to create gas. The pressure produced from the burning powder propels a projectile out of the barrel at a target. In rifles and most handguns the barrel has rifling on the inside of the barrel to make the projectile spin to travel better in the air. Rifling are groove that spin as they go through the inside of the barrel. Shotgun barrels are smooth and can fire “slugs”, a single projectile, or “shot”,

Another issue is the loud sound produced when shooting. This is due to the high velocity (up to 1400 fps). This can be a concern if you live in a highly populated neighbourhood. In some instances, it may also be hard to cock the rifle and you need to put some effort into it.

A Rifle could shoot a bullet up to 1,000 yards–and were more accurate. However, until the 1850s it was nearly impossible to use these guns in battle because, since a rifle’s bullet had roughly the same diameter as its barrel, they took too long to load. (Soldiers sometimes had to pound the bullet into the barrel with a mallet.)

     Riffles were another major contribution to the war, as far as weapons were concerned. The union forces had One of the most popular riffles was the Model 1861 Springfield Musket. The Springfield Musket weighed 9.25 pounds, had a twenty-one inch socket bayonet, and fired a .58 caliber mine ball traveling 950 feet per second. Riffled Muskets, which were also known as Enfields, were the second most popular riffles in the war. These Enfields, had a bore diameter of .557 inches, and weighed nine pounds three ounces. They were accurate at 800 yards, and could travel up to 1,100 yards without any difficulty. During the course of the war, 400,000 Enfields were sold to the Union troops, whereas a mere 20,000 were purchased by the confederate army. Although this weapons wasn’t as popular as the Springfield, the Enfield still packed a powerful punch at 1,100 yards (Ripley 43).

When the constitution was written the most advanced gun only shot one bolt at a time, and took 30 seconds to reload (Murphy). Now in the 21th century guns have “high-capacity magazines were used in at least 50% of the 62 mass shootings between 1982 and 2012. When high-capacity magazines were used in mass shootings, the death rate rose 63% and the injury rate rose 156%. David H. Chipman...stated that a high-capacity magazine ‘turns a killer into a killing machine.’ Some gang members use high-capacity magazines, such as 30 rounds or even 90 rounds, to compensate for lack of accuracy and maximize the chance to harm” (“Background of the Issue - Gun

Made in the 1860s, the rifle could shoot almost double what the musket could. The rifle could be reloaded twice as fast. But there still was a problem the bullet would wigel because the bullet would hit the side of the barle.

Both are considered long guns because they are shot from the shoulder and held with two hands. One of the major differences between the two is the barrel. On a rifle the barrel has a thicker wall with a smaller bore and rifling. Rifling is a thin grove or ridges inside the bore to give a spin on the projectile, which increases accuracy and distance. Shotgun has a thinner wall with a smooth bore. Specialty shotguns may have a choke in the bore, which adds a narrowing about 1½ inch from the end of barrel, to control the shot as it leaves. Another option for a choke is a screw on choke. When using a screw on choke one must be cautious about using the correct threaded choke, such as a Remington choke with a Remington barrel. A second difference is rifles use a cartridge and shotgun uses shells. Cartridges are measured in calibers and shells are measured in gages, except .410gage, which is acutely a caliber and would be equivalent to 68gage. Both rifles and shotguns have different types actions, such as single shot, semi-automatic and

The guns are plum featherweight. The pistol-caliber Banshees just trips over the 4.5-pound mark, while the rifle-caliber configurations are well within a rounding error of a flat 5 pounds. As those who shoot magnum revolvers know, this is tantalizingly tickling handgun heft — with the benefit of a stock (or brace).

This week’s reading is on the Cartridge and Firearms Identification. The measurement system used in cartridges and firearms is not universal or has a systematic reasoning on how a caliber or gage is determined, such as Europe and the United States has their own systems. But how ever there is NATO standard for the military. First we discussed calibers and how they are determined. The imperial system, by using fractions of an inch and designated as caliber, uses the interior bore diameter of the firearm, this originated with smooth-smooth bore arms. There are several ways to measure for the caliber; by measuring the interior diameter of the bore, from land to land, grove to grove, measuring the interior diameter of the casing neck, measuring

The American 155mm artillery gun was an exceptional artillery weapon of WWII. Well known by its nickname the "Long Tom", the gun could fire a 95 lb. projectile upwards of 15 miles with high accuracy. It could fire more than 40 rounds per hour of high-explosive, chemical, smoke or illuminating shells. Two different types were built, the M1 and M2. The M2 version fixed a deadly defective breach, starting in April 1944. The army built this weapon to have a big impact on the soldiers they were firing on. The American army is the first army to use and develop this weapon.

In the past 150 years or so there has been a tremendous amount of development in the evolution of the cartridge. The Henry .44 Henry rimfire cartridge has been proven as the stepping stone to the modern day rimfire cartridges. It’s creator B Taylor Hennery first developed the rimfire for a project with the New Arms Company when he was tasked to redesign a new action for the Volcanic Rifle. Henry later developed the .44 flat cartridge which caught the attention of Oliver Winchester who wanted to develop a repeating firearm, which lead to the development of the Winchester Model 1866 lever action. To this day, Winchester still pay homage to the founder of the rimfire cartage by placing a H on heads of all its rimfire cartridges.

Chambered for the .22 long rifle cartridge — regular or high velocity — it is designed for small game hunting and informal target shooting” I completely agree with the statement pertaining to small game, and “informal target shooting.” I believe that the 10/22 performs great in those categories. Our text went on to tell us that “Being a true carbine and having a barrel that measures only 18.5”, it also sports a stock that has carbine styling — the buttplate is curved, and the forearm is circled with carbine-style barrel bands. It features basic pistol-grip stock configurations, and the action is a blowback-operated type, fed by a unique 10shot detachable rotary magazine. Most 10/22s come with a fully adjustable folding leaf sight, and their receivers are also drilled and tapped for

The 3032 Tomcat is either Double-Action or Single-Action pistol, chambered for .32 Auto ammunition. Maximum magazine capacity is 7 rounds. The Tomcat holds an average amount of ammunition in compare to other pistols of the same caliber. The average .32 Auto bullet has 130 ft-lbs. of energy at the muzzle, what is much less powerful than the average pistol's round 338 ft-lbs. This round has a muzzle velocity approximately about 950 fps ,making it one of the slowest pistol rounds. Standard version of the 3032 and the 3032 Tomcat Inox are designed as semi-automatic pocket pistols, chambered in .32 ACP (also called 7.65 mm Browning) Those pistols are quite small, designed as an ideal option for concealed-carry and use as backup weapons. As such,

While it was originally chambered for blackpowder cartridges — while kinks were worked out in the smokeless powder variations — the rifle would go on to be chambered for the high-pressure rounds.

I focus in on the nitrogen powered ones they were the most powerful. I examined all the pistols, there were a ton and all of them had great reviews, so now i focus in on the FPS (feet per second) the most powerful one 625 FPS, but that wasn’t all, it had a superuser you could attach, and a pack of 500 hollow points pellets.