Is a gun with a spiral barrel possible?

Yes


It's called "Rifling"

I WANT SQUARE BULLETS
SQUARE BARRELS WHEN

>>29948280
Myth busters made a 90 degree corner barrel and a nearly 180 degree barrel. Surely it wears the shit out of it, but the velocity was like 90-100% of a straight barrel.

Germany already don did it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSsFiS2Voxg

>>29948433
Beat me to It! Against hitters orders too... then he ended up loving it

>>29948433
>doesnt even fire it

waste of 7 mins

>>29948404
>nearly a 180 degree barrel
so, like, a normal straight barrel?

>>29948368
Already done. In 1718.
The Puckle Gun was used with square bullets when fighting against non-Christian enemies.

>>29948433
he says "frankly" in this one at 5:46

Why aren't bullets sharp? Wouldn't a sharp, triangular point at the end of the round penetrate further than a smooth, rounder one?

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>>29950415

>>29948368
Cubular shot exists. It's ok.

>>29950415
Modern bullets are pretty sharp for aerodynamics. They're a bit flat so they flatten more on impact to impart more energy (to break more bones and tear more flesh), but AP rounds tend to have a good tip to them. The penetrators inside are even sharper.

>>29948280
In theory, it'd work with enough lubrication, but the turbulence from the gases would slow everything down. A straight line is most efficient.

>>29950036
>180
>straight forward to straight forward
kill all americans

>>29950415
there was a weird thread a long time ago where someone asked that question and some idiot said "lol we can just pay retards to sharpen the bullets its not expensive guise" then it developed into a clusterfuck of people arguing over the logistics of such an idea

Basically sharp pointed bullets have a higher drag coefficient so any advantage in penetration from shape is lost in the lower velocity ballistics.

>>29950415
"As little as possible, as much as necessary" is a good term when talking about bullet penetration. If you have too much, such as a bullet with a steel penetrator, you just poke neat little 5.56/7.62mm holes in people.

>Not loop-de-loop barrels for style points

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>>29950559
Gun Design: Hot Wheels Racetrack edition

Has emailing KEL-TEK ever worked?
Do they even read your ideas?

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>>29950652

>Kel-Tec was not, in fact, the first people who attempted a double barreled pump action shotgun

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>There's no commercially available pump action 4+1 40mm shotgun available on the market a la that Russian riot shotgun

>You will never be burgled while you grab your giant-ass boomstick

>You will never spend 8 bucks on a single proprietary shell of Hexa-aught buckshot to literally blow someone in half

>>29948322

First post best post, underrated, and not even checked. For shame.

>>29950502
>a 180 degree angle is something other than a straight line
How's middle school coming along?

>>29950036
I meant just like the pictured OP image.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xfYfgpjtws

>>29950036
That would be a backwards facing barrel if it were facing straight forward it would be a 0 degree barrel.

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These are silly when you have modern tech to take care of this. It even has a camera so you can actually aim it properly instead of relying on exploding the bullet to try to get everything around the corner.