If this is a smooth bore barrel⌠then youâre loosing a fucking 50 cal that is not spin stabilized.
Oh god what a bad idea.
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too_high_for_this@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠agoItâs a Rossi Riot, single shot 12 gauge pistol. Itâs technically possible to fire .50 cal cartridges in a 12 gauge but it could wreck the gun.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Wouldnât matter if it was rifled. The bullet isnât going to touch the barrel.
Like Dookieman said, the barrel is much larger than the bullet (actually ~0.7" vs 0.5"), so all the gasses go around the bullet. Still dangerous, but Iâd be more worried about firing it than getting shot at with it.
Dookieman12@piefed.social â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Actually, the gun is completely safe. Many people have tested and confirmed this.
12 gauge is actually like .54 caliber so most of the expanding gas passes around the projectile without building pressure. The projectile leaves the barrel way slower than normal, but still fast enough to be lethal, and not very accurately.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Itâs not the barrel. The case basically explodes in the chamber. Shotgun chambers arenât built for that, and the extractor might not get the case out.
Dookieman12@piefed.social â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yeah, thatâs how firearms work.
When the gun and the cartridge match, the diameter of the projectile is slightly larger than the barrel bore. For example, a .357 magnum cartridge is .357 inches, stuffed into whatâs ostensibly a .35 caliber gun. Gunpowder isnât an explosive, it actually burns very slowly. Itâs this very small size difference that allows pressure to build and create the chamber pressures advertised on the ammo box.
Of course a shotgun receiver canât withstand the same pressure as a .50 BMG receiver, but thatâs not what I said. I said a .50 BMG cartridge wonât create enough pressure in a 12 gauge receiver to damage it.
But, by all means, donât take my word for it. There are plenty of videos of other people doing it and explaining it. Watch one of those instead.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Oh wow, thank you for explaining how guns work. Youâre so smart!
Itâs weird that my guns never destroy the brass. Does that mean they donât work?
And I guess C4 isnât an explosive either, because it burns slowly?
And I never said anything about the receiver. The chamber is a different part. And the cartridge will absolutely build up pressure before the bullet has time to leave.
Is your firearm knowledge just based on YouTube?