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11/20/2005 10:40:21 PM EDT
Since you have to do the put a ruger MKII back together with the upsidedown and so on, You cant  put a ruger mark series pistol back together in space.  Someone also commented that a gun would be silent since theres no air. not sure how true that is.

11/20/2005 10:41:41 PM EDT
[#1]
would it even fire?
11/20/2005 10:43:35 PM EDT
[#2]
it should. only parts and functions relaying on gravity should be effected.
11/20/2005 10:58:55 PM EDT
[#3]
simple.

when it comes time to have wars in space, ommit the ruger MKII
11/20/2005 11:01:51 PM EDT
[#4]

Just thinking.



Don't.
11/20/2005 11:06:14 PM EDT
[#5]
And now you know why none of us SSDG's carry MKII's as sidearms.
11/20/2005 11:08:33 PM EDT
[#6]
Your thinking makes me think, and I dont like to think, therefore you need to stop thinking. Thank you.
11/20/2005 11:10:24 PM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
Your thinking makes me think, and I dont like to think, therefore you need to stop thinking. Thank you.



I think you're right.
11/20/2005 11:33:18 PM EDT
[#8]
has there ever been a firearm discharged in space?
11/20/2005 11:38:12 PM EDT
[#9]
yay! a logical paradox! Wait! NO!!!!*scfooomp**universe implodes*
11/20/2005 11:40:01 PM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:
has there ever been a firearm discharged in space?



Let's put our thinking caps on for this one.
11/20/2005 11:40:31 PM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:
Since you have to do the put a ruger MKII back together with the upsidedown and so on, You cant  put a ruger mark series pistol back together in space.  Someone also commented that a gun would be silent since theres no air. not sure how true that is.




Sir, please put down the drugs, your syntax makes the Baby Jesus cry

Since space is a vacuum, would the gun even fire
11/20/2005 11:55:12 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Since you have to do the put a ruger MKII back together with the upsidedown and so on, You cant  put a ruger mark series pistol back together in space.  Someone also commented that a gun would be silent since theres no air. not sure how true that is.




Sir, please put down the drugs, your syntax makes the Baby Jesus cry

Since space is a vacuum, would the gun even fire



Sure. If you think about it, any oxygen you'd need (if any) would be in the case already, and I doubt the suction of a vaccum would be enough to pull a bullet out of a casing with that little air and that strong of a wall.

Just imagine bullets that never drop (unless it gets close to a star/planet/ec.) and shell casings that fly just as far as the bullets. Not to mention recoil...heck, the "kick" would be "so strong" that you'd fly as far as the bullet, too (albeit really slowly and in the opposite direction).

I can see the ballistics charts now:

.223 w/55grn bullet:

TRAJECTORY

100 yards: -0"
500 yards: -0"
100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 yards: -0"

VELOCITY

100 yards: 3,200 fps
500 yards: 3,200 fps
100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 yards: 3,200 fps
11/20/2005 11:55:34 PM EDT
[#13]

Just thinking.


Does it hurt?
11/20/2005 11:55:58 PM EDT
[#14]
I believe that a gun should fire no problem in space, atmospheric oxygen is not needed for the bullet to fire.  Also in space (a true vacume) there is no medium (aka air) for the sound wave to travel in so therefore there would be no sound.
11/21/2005 12:02:58 AM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:
has there ever been a firearm discharged in space?



Let's put our thinking caps on for this one.



If not, then why hasnt there been one?
11/21/2005 12:32:52 AM EDT
[#16]
Back in my space shuttle door gunner days the M60s worked great up there!
11/21/2005 1:35:23 AM EDT
[#17]
In space no one can hear you shoot
11/21/2005 1:38:57 AM EDT
[#18]
If you were shooting in space, you wouldn't need to put your earplugs in.
11/21/2005 2:05:40 AM EDT
[#19]

Quoted:

Just thinking.



Don't.



Good call.
11/21/2005 7:57:24 AM EDT
[#20]
a interesting mix of comments & replys to say the least. However i remain correct.
11/21/2005 8:02:47 AM EDT
[#21]
Yeah, but there's no gravity in space. So shooting in space would only sreve as a means of presonal transportation. Just point the gun opposite of the direction you want to go.