Nightmark@aol.com
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:29:54 EDT
In a message dated 7/2/99 6:14:15 PM, you wrote:
<<What I love about space movies are the gigantic
explosions and fireballs in outer space.
The consensus seems to be that guns
will fire underwater. Which makes sense since explosives will
detonate underwater.>>
Guns will fire underwater or in space because the combustion
occurs within the bullet casing, which is self-contained, not
in the chamber. I wouldn't expect an automatic to function
relaibly underwater, however, you'd probably get one shot
before the action fouled.
Same thing for space, although, being a vacuum, I'd expect
you'd find the gun's mechanism would function better and more
reliably than underwater. I've never tested this myself,
however.
Explosions and fireballs in space? Well, an explosion, say,
in a spaceship, would probably flare visibly until the
atmosphere from the ship was fully consumed... of course, you
wouldn't hear it. <g>
CEM
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