Timeline for Possible mechanism for telescoping barrels
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| Feb 15, 2023 at 23:30 | answer | added | Harry Mu | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 13, 2023 at 22:37 | answer | added | Dot | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 7:22 | answer | added | Salda007 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 7:21 | comment | added | Salda007 | I feel like it's worth mentioning that all three of your example folding guns separate where the action meets the chamber; the barrel itself is solid in all three. And thinking broader, I'm not aware of any other folding guns where the barrel itself is in multiple pieces. So in that regard I wouldn't say that folding guns along the line of what you're describing have been proven. | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 5:56 | comment | added | Seraphim | If I may ask, what additional information is needed to make this question more focused? | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 0:16 | comment | added | Justin Thyme the Second | @Willk 'A telescoping water barrel is a very very slick idea. ' Or, it will just wash out. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 16:33 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 16:14 | comment | added | JBH | I can think of a couple of ideas (like wires that take the place of the barrel for guidance of the projectile... assuming they're made of strong enough metal and are locked in place until unlocked for collapsing the telescope, but why would you want to? The price you pay (loss of compression) is so high that it's a gimmick and not practical (your opponent, happily standing at range with a real gun, simply kills you). This is well within "Hunt for Red October" territory. "Can you shoot an ICBM horizontally?" "Sure! Why would you want to?" | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 15:28 | comment | added | Willk | A telescoping water barrel is a very very slick idea. That could totally work. Flat, the largest central hoop would be the outside with concentric stacks of 2 hoop on the side. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 14:15 | comment | added | JamieB | My 2 cents: don't explain this at all. Just have telescoping barrels. They have developed "a technique" that makes it work and unless you really need to describe the manufacturing details for some reason to advance the story, just never explain it to that level of detail at all. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 7:49 | comment | added | Escaped dental patient. | Sounds more for show than performance, but if that's what the ladies like... | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 6:34 | answer | added | TheDemonLord | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 6:28 | comment | added | Tom | I don't think that being in the barrel longer means the bullet accelerates longer (unless it's a rail gun). Pretty much all acceleration occurs in the first inch or two as the explosive expands, but it doesn't expand to fill the whole length of the barrel. Long barrels are mainly useful for increasing accuracy via rifling, which I assume actually slows the bullet down a little through losses to friction. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 6:21 | history | edited | Seraphim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2023 at 5:27 | comment | added | sphennings | Isn’t the mechanism of any telescoping thing by definition going to be one part sliding out from another. Can you try to be clearer about what exactly youre asking about? | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 5:27 | comment | added | Cadence | Reliable and sturdy enough... for what? What situation are you envisioning needing this in? | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 5:16 | history | asked | Seraphim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |