With the help of other designers and other designs. One such design, interestingly, noted:
The main problem is the barrel trunk locking assembly. With some changes, it was taken from the newly discarded self-loading carbine, where the locking was carried out by a compact and durable rotating bolt. This knot in the carbine was borrowed by MT Kalashnikov from the American rifle “Garand” M1, which was a natural phenomenon in the design business.
As they have no consciousness, they are neither awake, nor asleep. As to the term, I understand the meaning to be for when the bullet is stabilized in flight after leaving the barrel.
Blacky makes a good point. I failed to consider the weight of the firearm in resisting recoil. “Items at rest tend to stay at rest until acted upon by other forces.”
In the 80’s and 90’s, it was a true statement, because of
1.Suicides
2.”Zip guns”
If we take out these 2 factors, it is a false statement. It was kind of a trick question.
TRUE - IF we agree that the term “sleep” refers to when a boolit becomes stable. The weight of the boolit, muzzle velocity (& velocity as it travels down range) and the twist rate of the barrel in combination can either stabilize the boolit upon leaving the barrel or at some point further down range. The most common time to see this is with a heavy boolit run fast out of a barrel that is twisted for a nominally lighter boolit. My competition gun is a 30-06 with a 10 twisted tube specifically build for long range (past 500 yards). I shoot a 210gr boolit at 2800 FPS. At 400 yards I can consistently shoot a 1" group. At 100 yards I can barely hold a 1" group, at 200 and 300 I’m about 1.5". The theory verified by folks with Doppler radar ranges bears this out in that over spun boolits will describe a corkscrew flight path until they reach stabilization where in it becomes straight. Oscillation down range occurs when the flight speed has slowed such that the tip of the boolit becomes unstable and the back end decides it wants to drive, hence key holes.
Cheers,
Craig6
@Craig6 >>> IT IS >>> TRUE <<<<< THAT THE DOWN RANGE downrange
D stabilization of the bullet is caused when it reaches a subsonic velocity.
It looks like you weren’t sleeping P.S. THATS DAM GOOD SHOOTIN.
False
A “minnie ball” is not even a ball, it’s a bullet, and usually a very large one, on the order of 300 to 500 grains .
It was invented by a Frenchman , Meneinae, the name was shortened and simplified to “mini” and as for still calling it a ball, well I guess that’s just what all other projectiles were at the time " the ball".
The mini ball was a skirted bullet that could be a little undersized and dropped down a fouled barrel with ease. Then, when fired, the skirt flared and expanded to engage the rifling. It was one of the first truly “bullet shaped” projectiles to come into wide spread use. Very devastating as they were often 500. grains of lead at a diameter near or over half an inch! imagine that in use during the civil war, and the medical art at the time!
P.S. They were used in black powder, muzzle loading rifles. In case I didn’t make that obvious.
True or False : we know there is not actually such a thing as an “assault rifle” but, is there such a thing as " a salt rifle"? and if so, what’s it used for?
@DS-1 >> MINI BALL >>>>RIHGT YOU ARE SIRE>>>>. YOU JUST WON A ALL EXPENSE PAID
( by you ) trip to the gun range, redeemable within 30 days.
SWEET! I’ve been wanting to go to the range again, Now I have the excuse!
@DS-1 to answer your question, yest there are such things a A Salt Rifles and they are generally used for killing flies. That being said Assault Rifles do exist and the first one was made by Germany StG 43/4 which inspired the AK-47. It’s defined as a select fire weapon using an intermediate cartridge with a detachable magazine.
Cheers,
Craig6
@DS-1 >>> SALT RIFLE>>> I want to get one for BLACK FLYS >>> we don’t have them too often but when we do they are Worse than horseflies. I tried a pellet gun without pellets but it didn’t work too well. >>> BUZZ. BUZZ >>>>
@Craig6 , Right you are.
Interesting, I knew of the German rifle and it inspiring the AK. That there was an accepted definition of the designation “Assault Rifle”, I did not know. I believed the Germans did refer to the StG 43 in that way, or was it that it was part of the name of it ?, anyway, always good to learn something new.
Do you know when this “accepted” definition came about? I’d be interested to know. Does this also mean that the M16 and clones also fit within this definition? ( it would seem they must IF they are select fire ) Because for the shooting community to be claiming “assault rifle” is a false term is just as bad as any other incorrect information, but then, the AR semi-auto only would clearly not qualify, and is what the term is being applied too politically.
Any light there?
Thanks.
I’ve been tempted to get one too for the flies we get every year, I was just not sure about how well they worked, or how much salt I’d leave all over the house 
@DS-1 The Sturmgewehr (Storm Rifle or Assault Rifle depending on your German) is different from any previous because it was a RIFLE as opposed to an MP-38/40 is a Machine Pistol or Sub Machine Gun (Maschinenpistole 38/40) that fires handgun rounds. Previously all you had Machine pistols / sub guns and full size Machine guns with detachable magazines or were belt fed. So this was totally new and different.It’s also different in that it had a detachable magazine and was select fire and did not use the standard 8mm Mauser or the 9mm Luger rounds.
A fair short history of the StG 44 et al
By definition an Assault Rifle is select fire. AR-15’s are not by definition so the claim is correct. M-14’s M-16’s, M-4’s et al are but it gets as bit fuzzy with the intermediate cartridge thing. If you consider that all main battle rifles were 30-06 then a 308 and 223 would be intermediate rounds. If there were no 30-06 and the 308 was the main battle rifle then there is a twist. That said the 30-06 requires a “Long action” while the 308 and 223 lay in the “short action” world.
Cheers,
Craig6
@DS-1 >>>>SALT RIFLE >>>> they could be overkill too. When I saw the video The salt made holes in tinfoil. Probably a good idea to try it outside first. A home made elastic gun would work good too. Almost like an EDC you have to have it with you when you need it. It seems there’s always something trying to eat our lunch in life, big flys like Biden & little flys that also eat your food or suck your life’s blood.
Thanks, the arguments could be made to devolve quickly into questions of what “intermediate” is, etc, etc. Maybe I’ll try to look up the definition, and see if I can figure out when it was decided what constituted an assault rifle. perhaps the best determination of “intermediate” would be based on foot pounds of energy.
So this means that I could " pepper" something with salt . …
@DS-1 >>>>> yes and all you bugs that don’t want to get killed : BETTER GET ON OUT DA BACK DOOR.>>>>:us:
True because while they are sitting on a plane waiting to be delivered they are sleeping during their flight.
