jinglesassy
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If you were chosen to go to the moon to land in one week and you could bring 3 things with you what would you bring i would bring a baseball bat a baseball and my :camera:
I'd take a Henry Repeating Arms AR-7, brick of .22 and a camera, so that I could take pics of me being the first man to fo plinking on the Moon. I guess I'd have plenty of empty cans or whatever to shoot at so no need to bring up targets.
Would a lack of oxygen cause problems with the gun? Or is there already some O2 in the cartridge?
Would a lack of oxygen cause problems with the gun? Or is there already some O2 in the cartridge?
The propellant in firearm cartridges is self oxidising.
The only problems I can see are the lubricant in a vacuum, and potential cookoff due to solar heating.
EDIT:
Nevermind, Ghostrider answered with pretty much the same thing.
I know vacuum-lubricants have been developed, but I don't know how well they'd work in a firearm.
a pack of smokes, matches and half a decade old whiskey
Good luck trying to light matches and smoke in a vacuum!a pack of smokes, matches and half a decade old whiskey
Firearms work in a vacuum pretty well. The charge contains its own oxydizer. The problems are heat buildup and water-based lubricants that can gunk up the works.