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How Guns Work - College Essay

How Guns Work

A gun is a weapon that uses the force of an explosive propellant to project a
missile.
Guns or firearms are classified by the diameter of the barrel opening. This is
known as the calibre of the gun. Anything with a calibre up to and including .
60 calibre(0.6 inches) is known as a firearm.

The precise origin of the gun is unknown, although they were in use by the early
14th century and were common place in Europe by mid-century. These early guns
were nothing more than large calibre cylinders of wrought iron or cast bronze,
closed at one end and loaded by placing gunpowder and projectile in the muzzle,
or open end.

Nowadays firearms are a little more sophisticated.

However, the ...

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of it and the base of the gun barrel behind it. The increase in pressure
caused by the gases causes the bullet to be forced into the barrel hence causing
the bullet to come out the muzzle at very high speeds. Once the bullet is fired,
it remains in motion from its momentum. The momentum will carry the bullet
until it strikes an object or gravity pulls the bullet towards the earth.

Firearms change potential chemical energy into kinetic energy in the actual
firing of the gun. Many people do not realise that the force imparted by
accelerating the bullet is not the only force acting on the gun, or the shooter.
Grains of burned gun powder are sent out the muzzle at high velocity. When the
trigger is pulled, the hammer strikes a small charge at the end of the shell,
the ammunition. This charge ignites black gun powder packed behind the lead
ball bearings. When the black gun powder burns, it produces gas that rapidly
expands with the burning of more black gun powder. High ...

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