What they say about the gunpowder containing its own oxygen is true, but modern ammo uses smokeless powder, not gunpowder. Smokeless powder uses nitrocellulose (and maybe nitroglycerine) for the same effect as gunpowder gets from carbon, sulphur and saltpetre.

In other words: bad dumbed-down science.

I made some of my own gunpowder when I was a teenager.  I didn't actually believe it would work, so when I hit it with a hammer, I discovered the meaning of powder burns.  Of course I wasn't wearing a shirt, so I got a nice burn in a line across my belly.

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Friday, May 27th, 2011 7:05pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter arvana.

but will it blend

Because the first thing we need to know if we one day colonize space: Can we still kill each other?

Actually, guns work BETTER in a vacuum because there is no air to slow down the projectile, no wind and possibly (if you're in space) no gravity to compensate for when aiming.

>> ^DonanFear:

Actually, guns work BETTER in a vacuum because there is no air to slow down the projectile, no wind and possibly (if you're in space) no gravity to compensate for when aiming.


Warning. You need to either be secured to something, or have a thruster pack, because the gun will act as a propulsion source for you. I speak from personal experience.

Discovery Channel is pissed about this pre-production release. The three actors seen are Kari, Tori and Grant before the standard digital retouching each episode gets.

I imagine that bullet was going quite slower to than a normal shot due to the pressure wave fucking up at the ignition point...