So the bullet firing from the barrel actually creates a certain amount of thrust in the opposite direction AKA Newton's Third Law of Motion..
Adam Churvis wrote: > Actually, this is mostly a skill issue. If you're good enough to let off > three-round bursts with a well-aimed first round, if you hold the weapon > correctly and hold your body correctly, you should get proper coverage. > > But I'm sure Bruce will tell you that, in combat, you rarely have the > ability to use the perfect stance, because even the best of them don't > provide well for protection. > > If you draw a free body diagram of the environment, you'll see that the > force vector opposite the direction of travel of the projectile is directed > above the mounting point of the gun against the shoulder (draw the body as a > stick figure including the hips as a horizontal strut), and that the > shoulder and spine rotate around a vertical line. This describes a muzzle > arc with both an vertical component and a rotational component, resulting in > the muzzle tending to move up and to the right (for a right-handed shooter). > > That's where stance can help prevent the problem, and where a short burst > minimizes the problem because the earliest phase of the phenomenon occurs > while the muzzle is just beginning to move and hasn't had enough time to > gain velocity from the inertia. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:22 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: gun talk... clickNclack >> >> "The AK is a fully automatic weapon, and an inherent issue with >> anything >> automatic is that if you just pull the trigger and let her rip, the gun >> will >> walk up and over to one side. " >> >> Is this a torque issue? >> >> Bruce Sorge wrote: >> >>> The AK is a fully automatic weapon, and an inherent issue with >>> >> anything >> >>> automatic is that if you just pull the trigger and let her rip, the >>> >> gun will >> >>> walk up and over to one side. This is why we teach the SAW and 240B >>> >> gunners >> >>> to fire 4-6 round bursts. They fire at the target, the weapon moves a >>> little, you stop and reacquire the target and do it all over again. >>> >> This is >> >>> for point targets. For area targets, you fire a few more rounds at a >>> time for suppression. >>> Regarding the videos, I don't know. I usually use a SCAR or the M-4 >>> >> if I >> >>> have a choice. Or a sniper rifle if it is available, and depending on >>> >> the >> >>> scenario. >>> The AK is also a bit sloppy. By that I mean that when you shake it, >>> >> you hear >> >>> parts hitting each other. I have fired the AK though and I can >>> >> usually hit >> >>> whatever target I am aiming at. I just fire 2-3 round bursts for >>> >> control. >> >>> I am sure that Loathe will have more to contribute to this topic. He >>> >> is >> >>> pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. More so than I am. >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Vivec wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Is the AK47 as inaccurate as they make it seem in just about every >>>> video game out there? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281535 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
