By Jove he's got it, lets get the man a ballistics calculator and a cold gun book and teach him some stuff Adam :)
Ballistics theory (it's an art really) is crazy. I freely admit I was never as good at it as I wanted to be. It's just like some guys can picture all of the 06976890576985768959075 v variables that are going to effect the flight path of this miniscule piece of metal. Blows the mind, hehehe, get it :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:48 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: gun talk... clickNclack > > 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:281592 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
