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A shotgun is an example of a smoothbore. The inside of the barrel has no grooves cut into it, as a rifle would have.
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How do you find the difference between a BB gun and a real gun?
A BB gun uses compressed air to push a round steel "BB" out of a smoothbore barrel. It does not have the power, range, or accuracy of a firearm.
Where can you buy 22 smoothbore rifle?
Try gun shows, gun shops, pawn shops, want ad, for sale ad, estate sale, on line auction
How big is the biggest gun on a tank?
The Russians fit 125mm smoothbore cannons to their tanks. The NATO countries like 120mm cannons.
What is a gun barrel?
That portion of the firearm through which the projectile is propelled by the burning of the powder charge. Unless a smoothbore, it also imparts spin on the projectile to stabilize it.
What is smoothbores?
For guns, a "smoothbore" is a gun that was smooth on the inside of the barrel(or bore). These were also called "muskets" or "smoothbore musket". Later, gunsmiths began to cut a spiral groove in the bore which was called "rifling" that gave a spin to the bullet, resulting in a straighter trajectory and longer range. These were called "rifles".
Does rifling in the barrel of an air gun leave Identifying marks?
An air RIFLE that shoots pellets through a rifled barrel will leave identifying marks on a fired pellet. A smoothbore air GUN that shoots BBs usually will not.
Can a rifled shot gun slug be shot in a smooth bore shot gun?
Rifled slugs are actually INTENDED for smoothbore shotguns. Sabot slugs are intended for rifled shotguns. Performance will vary from gun to gun, but Modified choke seems to give the best accuracy with rifled slugs for many shotguns.
Do ardesa still make 54 cal smoothbore barrels?
No, the largest caliber for infantry rifles is .50 caliber (12.7x.99mm in NATO). Besides a .54 caliber gun is WAYYY to big to have a person fire with todays advances in gun-powder and weaponry. However the M1A1 Abrams battle tank has a 120mm SMOOTHBORE cannon. Also, the A-10 Warthog has a 30mm minigun in it's nose.
When did gun makers start to rifle the barrels of guns?
Around the mid 1500s. Most would continue to be smoothbore for another 250 years- they were expensive to make, difficult to load.
What was they very first gun hunted with?
Impossible to tell. The weapon was LIKELY a smoothbore matchlock type weapon, since they were among the earliest form of firearms that could be used for hunting.
What is the diameter of a gun barrel known as?
The outside dimension of a barrel is simply the diameter. The traditional inside measurement of a rifled barrel is caliber and the traditional inside measurement of a smoothbore (shotgun) barrel is gauge. Strictly speaking, smoothbore gauges are not diameters. Gauge number is the number of round balls fitting the bore that can be made from a pound of lead.
Are homade guns legal?
In the US, it is legal to make a gun for your own use. However, the gun must be in compliance with Federal and State laws. You cannot make a machinegun, short barreled rifle or shotgun, or a smoothbore pistol without doing a LOT of paperwork.
