What are the odds that a gun discharge if dropped?
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It matters what kind of gun, if you have a revolver and you have it cock chances are better of it going off.
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No, it falls back down at its terminal velocity(maybe), which is slower than the muzzle velocity because of drag.\n\nThe bullet leaves the gun with a given amount of kinetic energy: 1/2*m*v^2 where m is the mass of the bullet and v is its initial velocity.\n\nAir has non-zero viscosity, which is a resistance to shear forces.  When the bullet flies through the air, it drags air along with it.  This gives some of the bullet's energy surrounding air, reducing the bullet's velocity and kinitic energy.  Drag forces between fluids and solids occur in the direction opposite their relative motion.  (If the fluid is stationary and the bullet is moving, the drag is in the opposite direction of the bullet's motion.  If the fluid is moving and the object is stationary, the drag on the solid is in the direction of the fluid motion.)\n\nSimultaneously with drag, gravity is applying a force toward earth.  This too reduces the bullet's velocity and kinetic energy.  However, as the bullet flies higher into the air it gains an equal amount of potential energy from gravity.\n\nThe net result is that the bullet is always losing energy in flight because of drag.  This means that the amount of potential energy at the top is less than the initial kinetic energy, and it is thus impossible for the bullet to be going at the same speed it was shot when it hits the ground.\n\nThe fastest an object will fall under the influence of gravity is the terminal velocity.  At this velocity, the force of drag (which increases with the size of the object's profile, the viscosity and density of the fluid, and the relative velocity of the solid and the fluid) exactly balances the gravitational force.
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reharsing with loaded guns
486620
Waite till some one drops one
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Depends my friend bought a refurbished gun at a paintball store and it broke in the first game. so, if possible i would ask the owner of the gun if you could test it out.
924502
They can only be shipped to, from or between FFL holders. Even a gift will have to go through the background checks and mandatory wait. UPS and FedEx ship guns, I think USPS may be taking them again too. \n\nBut it will have to go to a dealer at the receiving end.
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check at your local gun shop, they will know
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If you have access to Usenet, post this question to rec.guns.  If there's an answer, someone there will know it, I guarantee it.
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First of all - it won't fit in our weapons. \n\nNext is the fact that their ammunition does not meet our safety standards.\n\nNor does their ammunition meet our reliability standards.\n\nAnd we do not know if that ammunition has been properly maintained or stored.
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Moust guns have that information on them, persuming your gun is a double or singal barrel, Remove the forend of the gun and dissasemble it. Look beneath the barrel to see if its engraved into the barrel, anything over 1900ft lbs is normaly magnum proof. If you have no joy then try these\nhttp://www.met.police.uk/firearms-enquiries/proof1.htm\n\nhttp://www.met.police.uk/firearms-enquiries/proof9.htm\n\nthis link will show you what your looking for\n\n http://www.gunproof.co.uk/Proofing/body_proofing.html\n\nyou could also try contacting the birmingham proof house\nBanbury St, Birmingham, B5 5RH\n0121 643 3860.\n\ngood luck to you
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No. It has potential energy. When you pull the trigger the potential energy is converted in to kinetic energy that does the intended work.
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You'll have to take it to a gunsmith...Shouldn't cost much, if anything.
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never shooot a gun in the air. a bullet never has a name on it!! i wouldnt even shoot at the ground, it could bounce off a rock or something. stick to targets, much safer!
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that would depend on the firing speed.
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all firearms have a mfg name somewhere on the barrel just up from the breach along with that is the caliber 30/06, 22-250,30/30 somewhere on the barrel either that or you have a stolen one the has been filed and re-blued...
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Check with a gunsmith or several gunsmiths.  You'd be surprised at the spare parts they might just have stored away waiting for just such an occasion.  \n\nI found a magazine for an old Mauser pistol this way and iron-sights for my Belgium made .22 caliber Browning automatic.  \n\nGood luck.\n\nH
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Law abiding citizens can have all the guns they want. Everyone I know has at least one.  If the police show up to take my gun, well, there will be some shooting. It is my right to have one and to defend myself in my home. Badge or no badge, no one will get it without getting shot.