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This is a community dedicated to discussion around historical arms, mechanically unique arms, and Ian McCollum's Forgotten Weapons content. Posts requesting an identification of a particular gun (or other arm) are welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/@ForgottenWeapons

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Rules:

1) Treat Others in a Civil Manner. This is not the place to deride others for their race, sexuality, or etc. Personal insults of other members are not welcome here. Neither are calls for violence.

2) No Contemporary Politics Historical politics that influenced designs or adoption of designs are excluded from this rule. Acknowledgement of existing laws to explain designs is also permissable, so long as comments aren't in made to advocate or oppose a policy. Let's not make this a place where we battle over which color ties our politicians should have, or the issues of today.

3) No Advertising This rule doesn't apply to posting historical advertisements or showing more contemporary ads as a means of displaying information on an appropriate topic. The aim of this rule is to combat spam/irrelevant advertising campaigns.

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-Provide a duration for videos. eg. [12:34]

-Provide a year to either indicate when a specific design was produced, patented, or released. If you have an older design being used in a recent conflict provide the year the picture was taken. Dates should be included to help contextualize, not necessarily give exact periods.

-Post a full URL, on mobile devices it can be hard to tell what you're clicking on if you only see "(Link)".

-Posts do not have to be just firearms. Blades, bows, etc. are also welcome.

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Anatomy of a 9x19mm Cartridge (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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By no means forgotten, I'm only posting this as it might be educational for some of our friends in All.

It should be noted that the propellant often doesn't take up the full capacity of the case.

The term bullet is often used when describing a full cartridge, but technically a bullet is only the projectile (not including the casing, primer, or powder).

The metal jacket reduces residue left in the barrel from firing.

Most cases come in brass but steel and aluminum are also used.

This cartridge features a rebated rim, meaning that the grove on the left most side (which is needed for extraction) is no wider than the body of the casing.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As someone from Everything - thanks for the education.

Also, cool community.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Thanks, I'm glad I was able to share some knowledge. Make sure to scroll through some of our top posts if you want to see some weird and interesting historical designs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you want to risk addiction, check out the Forgotten Weapons YouTube channel. Ian is a great presenter on this topic. Zero politics, zero clickbait, much history.

I'm often stunned how a guy that young is a worldclass expert. Seems knowledge like his would take decades to consume and learn. Ian gets access to all kinds of museums, guns and opportunities because of his well-known expert status.

Here's Ian, AKA Gun Jesus.