Re:The Army May Have Found Its Next Rifle in a Colorado Garage
by paulddraper on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @02:44PM
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Maybe. I'm skeptical that multiple simultaneous discharges wouldn't adversely affect the accuracy.
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Re:The Army May Have Found Its Next Rifle in a Colorado Garage
by dasm on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:40PM
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This is way too detailed, but describes how barrels behave while a shot is being fired: http://www.the-long-family.com/shock%20wave%20theory%20summa...
Based on this, it seems like multiple barrels probably wouldn't affect each other in different ways, leading to shot consistency as long as there aren't significant differences in ignition time or velocity.
Re:The Army May Have Found Its Next Rifle in a Colorado Garage
by dasm on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:42PM
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Almost forgot: while not simultaneous, the AN-94 did not have issues with ultra-fast RPM in one barrel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN-94).